On Saturday, the Alliance St. Agnes Academy junior high basketball team traveled to Hyannis for a match up with the Longhorns. The Crusaders outscored the hosts in every period and went on for a 36 to 14 win. With the victory, St. Agnes goes to three and one for the year. Alliance’s big quarter was the third as the guests put 11 points in the scoring column while hold the Horns to just 2 points. Leading the offense for the Academy was Reese Armstrong who netted 13 points. Overall, SA had a nice balance offense with 6 players in the scorebook. Hyannis would then win the JV game. The Longhorns posted a 10 to 2 win in a 2 quarter battle. Alliance’s junior varsity squad falls to 2 and 2 on the year.
Alliance was strong on both sides in the opener. SA held the Longhorns to just one score while netting 9 points of their own. Four Armstrong points in the quarter gave the Academy the early advantage. Crusaders Maslin Breen and Penn Vergil added points in the period as St. Agnes grabbed a 9 to 2 lead after one quarter of play. In the second, the Crusaders got 6 points by Quinn Robertson to increase their margin. Two free throws by Vergil and an Aubree Shrewsbury basket gave the visitors a 19 to 8 lead at halftime.
St. Agnes continued their terrific play in the third on both sides. The Crusaders limited Hyannis to just 2 points while scoring 11. Three 2 pointers plus a three by Armstrong kept the Horns from making a comeback. Free throws by Robertson and Vergil pushed the Hyannis deficit at 30 to 10 after three periods of play. In the finale, play was even. Buckets by Alliance’s Alexis Shelmadine, Robertson, and Vergil accounted for the Crusader points. Final Alliance 36 Hyannis 14
ALL 9 10 11 6 36
HY 2 6 2 4 14
Scoring Armstrong 13 Robertson 9 Vergil 7 Breen 3 Shrewsbury 2 Shelmadine 2
Eight first period points by the Horns was too much for the Alliance JV team to overcome in the junior varsity match up. The hosts jumped to an early 8 to 2 after the first and won the game 10 to 2 in a two period ball game. The lone points for St. Agnes came for Vergil who had a basket in the opening quarter.
ALL 2 0 2
HY 8 2 10
Scoring Vergil 2
Alliance travels to Hay Springs on Monday.