On Wednesday, March 10th, Yellow Jackets Basketball hosted Geff in the semi-final of the SIJHSAA Class S Regional. The Yellow Jackets are the 1-seed and Geff was the 4-seed. In the first quarter, the Yellow Jackets played some awesome defense and held the lead after 7-minutes of play, 8-0. The second quarter was a different story. Geff showed why they are a good ballclub and stormed back, but the Yellow Jackets still led at halftime 16-14. In the third quarter, the two teams traded buckets and the Yellow Jackets were still on top, 24-22 with 7 minutes to go. In the fourth quarter, the Yellow Jackets built the lead and held on to win the game 33-26. I can't say enough about the great defense the guys played. Just six days ago that same Geff team scored 49 points on us. The boys had a solid week of practice and really wanted to play in the Regional Championship game. Scoring for the Yellow Jackets was: Brendan Bowser with 10 points, Elliott Acree with 9 points, Reed Stinson with 8 points, Kollin Kelsey with 5 points, and Chase Gher with 1 point. Free throws are still a problem for us, as the team was 5-16 on the night. The Yellow Jackets A-team now moves to 5-4 on the season.
Next up: Yellow Jackets will host either St. Joe or West Salem for the Regional Championship on Monday, March 15th at 6 pm. GO JACKETS!!