ATHENS JVs FALL TO SAYRE, 33-29
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | January 18, 2021 | Photo courtesy David Alliger
SAYRE — Sayre used a 14-5 second-quarter run to rally from an early
deficit, and then held on for a 33-29 win over crosstown rival Athens
here Monday evening in NTL junior varsity boys basketball action.
Connor Mosher knocked down a 3-pointer and scored five points to help Athens to a 7-5 lead after the first eight minutes.
In
the second quarter, Kannon VanDuzer scored six points, and Josh Arnold
added four points as the junior Redskins rallied for a 19-12 halftime
lead.
Jackson Hubbard scored four points in the third quarter as
Sayre used a 9-6 spurt to stretch its advantage to 28-18 heading into
the final eight minutes.
Carson Smith, who knocked down a pair of
3-pointers in the third quarter, scored four points in the fourth
quarter, and Lucas Kraft canned his second trey of the game, but Arnold
scored five points in the fourth quarter to help Sayre preserve the
victory.
Arnold led Sayre with 17 points, while VanDuzer and Hubbard aded six points apiece.
Smith led Athens with 10 points, while Mosher scored seven, Kraft added six, and Chris Mitchell chipped in with four points.
Sayre improves to 4-0 on the season, while Athens falls to 2-4.
Athens host North Penn-Mansfield.
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