The Lions varsity basketball team lost a tough battle against Ripley high school 57-55 on Friday night. The lions played from behind most of the night, but continued to battle and made numerous runs to even the score several times. However, the great effort fell short in the last few minutes. Leading the way for the Lions were sophomore John Ernst with 14 points and 13 rebounds; Senior Chris Turner with 9 points and 7 rebounds; Junior Evan McKinley 8 points; and Junior Austen Craig with 7 points. The lions will attempt to rebound from the loss by playing host to Felicity Franklin Tuesday night @ 7:30.
The JV Boys won their game against Ripley by a score of 59-45. Leading the way for the Lions were Sophomore Josh Heiden 15 points, Caleb Hayward 11 points, Blake Thompson and Dylan Adams with 10 points.
The Freshman boys basketball team lost their season opener to Ripley on Friday night. Jake Craig led the frosh with 16 points. Chris Mazzaro and Alex Sharp each had 8 points.
