2-1 & 3-3

2-1

A great start to the new season, the boys won at home against Henry Street 62-44. The Boys’
team is currently on a 2 game winning streak, and we’ll see to it that it will continue to rise.

The game started off with the Blue Devils winning the tip, and easily rallied for a 6 point lead
early on. As halftime came, we were still up by 6, but as Coach Soskind had said, “we should not be
winning by 6, but rather, by 16.” The game was close at the half, just like the game we had against JKO,
but as the second half started, we were easily sliding through their defense, getting steals, simple plays,
and although our defense wasn’t working correctly, we were able to manage an 18-point lead against a
team we had to beat. The game was another improvement both offensively and defensively. Everyone
played in the game, except for those that were injured, and we were able to use everyone to score, to
do anything that would help win us the game. In the end, the fans were a great support to our team,
and we’ll continue to win!



3-3
As the season for the Boys’ Varsity Basketball team continues, the final record as of this week is 3-3. This
week was a bad week of basketball, since we lost 3 straight games. (The game against ICE was forfeited
because ICE did not have their roster up, which means an automatic defeat, even if they won the game).

On Tuesday, we opened up a game against East Side Community, who was off to a poor start in the
season. The intensity level for East Side was overwhelming our team, and we were down early, giving up
12 easy points to East Side in the 1st quarter. The whole game, East Side had held the lead until the 4th
quarter, where we started to make a run, and eventually at the final minute, Peter Lok stole the ball and
scored the game-tying lay-up. Then we fouled, and they were up by 1 point. I lost the ball at the end of
the game, which caused us to lose, but when the scores were checked again, we had actually lost by 6,
so we would have never came back.

The next game was against PACE, and we started off with amazing intensity, and PACE was not ready
both defensively and offensively. As the game continued however, we began to lose intensity, and our
defensive plays were not going well. We weren’t rebounding by boxing out, and we weren’t playing with
confidence. We lost the game by 12, but it should’ve been a close game.

The final game was against Eleanor Roosevelt Huskies, who proved to be a tough team from the start.
They were intimidating, with a 6’6” center, but height doesn’t win games; the better team wins. We got
off to a poor start, scoring only 3 points nearing the end of the first quarter. As the game progressed, we
were able to get some points here and there, but ultimately, ELRO dominated the entire game, and we
lost by double digits for our second straight game.
We need to play better as a team and make the right decisions. We were not controlling our tempo, but
making our own plays which weren’t working. We’ll continue to improve, and we hope to see more fans
come out to our games!

-Joseph P. (12)