Spencer vs. Greenwood, from p. 13 - Loyal comes up short against Blair-Taylor

Spencer vs. Greenwood, from p. 13

of playing time and get them some experience out there,” said Jennings.

Seven other players besides Bezlyk scored points, including McHone with 12, Anderson and Miller with 10 each, Wes Nieman with 7, Luepke with 6, Lalicata with 3 and Reed Knecht with 2.

“Reed is coming back off an injury, so we kind of brought him back a little slowly. But he played good minutes tonight. He’s one of the better defenders on the team for sure,” said Jennings.

Luepke also saw more playing time than in games past. “Carter got more minutes tonight than he’s been getting, so that was good. And he was productive during the varsity game, so we liked that,” said Jennings.

When asked what specific things he felt his team needed to work on before the next game, Jennings had no hesitation in his response.

“Turnovers. We can’t turn the ball over as much as we have been turning the ball over. We’ve been doing better on rebounding, but the biggest thing is turnovers,” he said.

On Greenwood’s side, freshman Keegan Gipe led the way in scoring. He scored 10 points, all 2-point shots. Durrstein was next with 9 points. Eckes had 3. Mulvaney, Vetterkind, Oldham and Anton Livingston each had 2.

Above, Bryce Deegan shows off his vertical as he makes a basket in last Thursday’s home game against Blair-Taylor. Below, Jacob Schill drives toward the basket. Despite a close score of 32-28 just after halftime, the Loyal boys ran out of steam and Blair-Taylor won 54-42.

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