BAINBRIDGE - Hosting Franklin on Thursday, December 10, the Bainbridge-Guilford boys’ varsity basketball team won a close game 42-41.

The game was close all the way until the final whistle when B-G would stand as victors by a small margin. The first half ended in a 19-19 tie as the two teams would trade buckets all the way until the end. The Bobcats were led by Sean Jones’ 15 total points. Jones helped keep B-G in the game with six points in the second quarter and five more in the third.

As the fourth quarter began, B-G was down 33-31. The Bobcat defense did what they could to stop Frankiln’s advances and attempted to keep them away from the net. Trevor Halaquist’s 10 points in the fourth quarter came in clutch for B-G. Halaquist’s 10 plus another from Alex DeGrot would be enough to give B-G the narrow victory.

Team statistics: Franklin; Derek Beers, 11-4-6 27. Max Carey, 3-0-2 7. Turner Thies, 1-1-2 3. Carson Dutcher, 2-0-0 4. B-G; Kyle Rideout, 2-0-0 6. Trevor Halaquist, 3-2-2 10. Sean Jones, 7-1-2 15. Tyler Johnson, 1-0-0 2. Alex DeGrot, 4-1-4 9.

Score by quarter:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total

Franklin 7 12 13 9 41

B-G 8 11 12 11 42

Sherburne-Earlville

COOPERSTOWN - On Wednesday, December 9, the Sherburne-Earlville boys’ varsity basketball team traveled to Cooperstown and won a close game 60-58.

S-E was down most of the first half and didn’t really get started until the third quarter. Cooperstown held the Marauders to only nine points in the first quarter and ten in the second.

At the start of the second half S-E was down 33-19 and things looked bleak. The Marauders came out of the locker room with purpose and fliped the tables on Cooperstown, scoring big numbers in the second half while keeping the Cooperstown offense at bay. S-E was led by Matt Hull who scored 22 points over the course of the game. Hull’s total was only eclipsed by Cooperstown’s Tyler Bertram who scored 34.

S-E is now 3-1 on the season.

Team statistics: Sherburne-Earlville; Tyler Bigford, 1-2-3 4. Ian Fleming, 3-0-0 6. Gavin Giroux, 7-2-2 16. Matt Hull, 7-8-11 22. Tyler Rodriguez, 1-2-3 4. Dylan Seymour, 1-0-2 2. Sam Tuttle, 2-2-2 6. Cooperstown; Jack Lambert, 4-0-0 9. Tyler Bertram, 12-8-10 34. Carmen Booan, 4-1-1 9. Owen Kennedy, 3-0-1 6.

Score by quarter:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total