Boys 5th/6th Grade Basketball Recap

By: Vasco S. and Joe P.

The Pumas are on a 1-2 season. This game was against the Meyer Bulldogs. The first period went well for the Pumas. They were up 8 to 4, from some jump shots and a shot by Able Yolich while falling (which is called a floater.) Then onto the second period, this is when number 13 from the Meyer Bulldogs had about 5 fouls. In the third period the score was 10 to 12, a very close game for the third period. The Pumas started off with the ball for the fourth period. The Pumas passed it to Joseph Prestipino and a Meyer player crashed into him and he got two shots and made one of them so it was 11 to 12 with the Pumas down one. It was such a close game with such little time left. The Meyer Bulldogs had some real problems with fouls. They had a single player with 6 fouls (number 13.)

In the NBA to get ejected it takes 5 personal fouls, but in this league to get ejected it takes 7 fouls, so one more foul and he would have been out of the game. Number 13 had to play very carefully since he already had 6 fouls. Then onto the fourth period.The fourth period started out very calmly. No one was scoring, but as it got later into the fourth period both teams started scoring. A specific player had many fouls(number 13.) Near the end of the fourth period number 13 got ejected from the game with 7 FOULS!!! When he got ejected he had a very mad look on his face. At the end of the fourth period the Pumas lost by 6 points a final score of 15-21 for the Meyer Bulldogs. ;(

Click this link to see some photo highlights from the season.

Editors Note: The boys team did not make the playoffs this season. Better luck next year!