JV boys hoops team falls to new, unfamiliar foe

by Dillon Cooper

The Pittsford Wildcats JV boys basketball team has had a decent season to this point, with a .600 winning percentage. Who could argue with that? The Wildcats had been shooting excellent lately from any place on the hardwood. P-ford would be definitely short handed with 4 players out because of Quizbusters, sickness, injuries, and academics, and with only seven players suiting up it was sure that the Wildcats couldn’t afford to get in early foul trouble, for each player would have to play hard and smart for a very long time.

The Bellevue Broncos would prove to be the superior team in the affair winning 61-42. “They were bigger, faster, and stronger then us, but we had more talent but we still didn’t come up on top,” explained freshman Jordan Castle. “I got a lot of early fouls,” added sophomore captain Robby Wheeler, who fouled out in the 3rd quarter. The ‘Cats had two players foul out so early in the forth they had to battle with 5 players. The Wildcats would come close and seem to be right on the Bronco’s heels and it seemed that the Broncos were getting tired when actually the Wildcats should have been the ones tired if anyone should have been. “It’s hard to come back when you are down by 15,” said sophomore leader Kyle Wyatt.

The Pittsford Wildcats are now 6-4, but still 5-1 in their conference (one game out of first place for the conference title). Friday is homecoming and the Wildcats do not want to disappoint as they will be taking on the Redskins of Camden-Frontier, a team that Pittsford beat earlier on the road. This is important because it’s a conference game, and if the Wildcats want to keep their conference championship hopes alive they will need to come away with a big W!