On Thursday, December 2nd, Yellow Jackets Basketball traveled to St. Joe (Olney) for a WEAA Conference Basketball game. In the B-game, St. Joe defeated the Yellow Jackets 30-14. Scoring for the Yellow Jackets was: Tim Harness with 8 points and Ryland Houchin with 6 points. The B-team is now 1-5 on the season.
In the A-game, St. Joe jumped out to an early lead, but the Yellow Jackets fought back and trailed 14-10 after one quarter. The Yellow Jackets had a solid second quarter and only trailed by two points at halftime, 22-20. The third quarter would prove to be decisive, as St. Joe led 34-28 with seven minutes to play. The Yellow Jackets fought hard in the fourth quarter, but couldn't get over the hump. In the end, the Yellow Jackets fell in defeat 41-35. Scoring for the Yellow Jackets were: Elliott Acree with 16 points, Brady Porter with 9 points, Brendan Bowser with 5 points, Kasen Dulgar with 2 points, Rhett Andrews with 2 points, and Cameron Kolb with 1 point. The Yellow Jackets are now 3-4 on the season and 2-3 in WEAA Conference play.
Next up: Monday, December 6th, at St. Mary's School against Geff. There will only be an A-game starting at 6 pm. A-team players need to be at St. Mary's at 5:30 pm.