By Aimee Brandon Posted December 17, 2014
Lowry’s JV boy’s basketball team is ready for an amazing season. They had their first tournament in Battle Mountain on Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6. At the tournament, the boys played Yerington, White Pine, and Dayton.
The first game was against Yerington in which the boys lost 33-32. From that loss the team was able to improve.
“We started slow but through each game, we improved more and more. In the end, we played pretty well together,” said Jacob Hernandez.
Despite a loss the Bucks pulled together their first win of the season against Dayton, 35-22 after which they played White Pine and had another win, 48-12.
“We were 2-1, we lost our first game by 1 point because we could not hit free throws. The next two games were good, and we improved a lot. We also got to work on a couple of different offenses and defenses,” said coach Grant Beatty.
The tournament gave the Buckaroos some insight into their hopes for the season.
“The more we play together the better the outcome will be,” said Hernandez.
Coach Beatty is confident that his team will accomplish a lot this season.
“We have a good group and some juniors that give us good depth and leadership. We’re hoping to win in our league and prepare the boys for varsity,” said coach Beatty.
The boys will be presenting themselves at their first home game Friday, December 19 at 3:30 p.m. against South Tahoe. The following day, Saturday December 20, the boys play Dayton at 11:30 a.m. also in Lowry’s Old Gym.
