On Saturday, January 6 the Alliance boys basketball team had a game against Bridgeport. The boys went into this game very confident and with their heads held high. They had a great start but in the end, Bridgeport came out on top with a score of 60-58.
Head coach Holst told me that the game went well for the first few quarters. He said, “They are a solid team and the game went down to the wire. I am happy with the effort from the guys!” Holst said that the game was two evenly matched teams. He stated, “It was competitive I would say, back and forth for much of the game.” Host said that if there was one thing he could change about the game it would be how they ended it. He mentioned, “We need to be able to close out some games. We play well at times but we have to be able to play with a lead.” The boys played well for the most part. They played a role and it was a team effort from start to finish. Holst was happy because they shot and attacked the rim better in this game than past. If there was anything Holst wanted to change it would be the way the team handled adversity most importantly on the defensive end. Holst said, “We have to get key stops and rebounds when the other team misses.”
Seth Myering a junior at AHS said he was happy with how the game ended even though the team lost, he mentioned that there will be other teams to face and other games to win. The boys ended up losing by two at the end of the game. Seth said, “We had the lead most of the game then they hit a couple of threes and we couldn’t get one at the end.” Seth mentioned that Bridgeport is an awesome team and they have some talented kids who play basketball so it was a pretty good game! Seth Stated, “In Any game you lose you’d like to have one or two plays back. There is never just one single play that cost us but them hitting a three at the buzzer before half certainly didn’t help.” Seth said that the boys played well as a team, and he was proud of them for sticking through it even if they did lose.
The boys had a hard game in Bridgeport on Saturday but that won’t stop them from not giving them their best. The AHS boys basketball teams next game is Thursday the 12 at Chardron starting at 7 P.M. Don’t forget to come and support!
