The boy’s basketball team endured a roller coaster of a week, from winning narrowly at Falmouth Academy on Monday to losing badly to PJP on Wednesday to dominating New Testament in a Thursday afternoon victory. Winning two out of the three games before the Christmas break is an important milestone for the Storm, as they look to stay on the right track en route to a state tournament seed in 2013.
Sturgis faced a challenging opponent in Falmouth Academy on Monday, December 17, and snuck away with a 47-43 win, despite being heavily out-rebounded by their opponents. The Storm’s offense played fairly well, with junior sixth man Ryan Bracken having a big influence in the passing game. Sturgis’s forwards Kyle Garvey and Jacob Tobey played well and scored 12 points each, while guards Luke Chevalier and Aidan Fitzsimons both collected 10 points. Despite the good offensive statistics, a large number of turnovers and indecisive attacks kept Falmouth Academy in the game, and at the half Sturgis was only leading 21-18. In the final minute of the fourth quarter, however, Tobey gave the Storm 3 points off a layup and an “and one” (Tobey was awarded an additional free throw on the layup due to a foul), and Garvey sealed the win with another key layup.
Sturgis faced a challenging opponent in Falmouth Academy on Monday, December 17, and snuck away with a 47-43 win, despite being heavily out-rebounded by their opponents. The Storm’s offense played fairly well, with junior sixth man Ryan Bracken having a big influence in the passing game. Sturgis’s forwards Kyle Garvey and Jacob Tobey played well and scored 12 points each, while guards Luke Chevalier and Aidan Fitzsimons both collected 10 points. Despite the good offensive statistics, a large number of turnovers and indecisive attacks kept Falmouth Academy in the game, and at the half Sturgis was only leading 21-18. In the final minute of the fourth quarter, however, Tobey gave the Storm 3 points off a layup and an “and one” (Tobey was awarded an additional free throw on the layup due to a foul), and Garvey sealed the win with another key layup.
Two days later, the Storm could not keep up the momentum and fell to a very strong Pope John Paul squad 72-31. Sturgis’s defense successfully held PJP star center Ben Gibson scoreless, but four other PJP players scored double digit points to end any notion of a Storm comeback. Sturgis junior Mitchell Starr returned to the starting lineup to lead the team with 10 points scored and 5 rebounds, followed by Jacob Tobey with 8 points and Luke Chevalier with 7 points.
On Thursday, December 20, Sturgis achieved an emphatic 60-21 win over New Testament to come back from the demoralizing loss to PJP. Sturgis point guard Luke Chevalier had a stellar performance at point guard for the Storm, recording 13 points and 6 assists and controlling the Sturgis offense, which proved to be too much for New Testament to handle. Seniors Kyle Garvey and Aidan Fitzsimons once again led by example, collecting many crucial rebounds and scoring 8 points each.
Because Sturgis was leading 30-13 at the second half, Coach Kennedy decided to mainly play the bench players during the second half; and freshman Kyle Coolidge and junior Mackenzie Greene were among the standout performers. Coolidge began to show flashes of his potential, scoring 8 points and combining well with fellow guards Austin Rindfuss and Jonny Gomes, while Mackenzie Green scored 7 points and had 9 rebounds.
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