Student-Teacher
B-Ball Game
Faculty Pulls Out
63-43 Win;
Seniors Raise over
$1000
By: Becky Roa (April 2, 2004)
After three close quarters, the faculty
stole the game away in the fourth quarter and pulled away to win 63-43
over the seniors Tuesday night in the first annual faculty versus seniors
legacy basketball game.
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Despite losing, the
seniors helped raise over $1,000 to be banked for their All-Night Graduation
Celebration bank account. Some 200 teachers, students and family members
came out to support the fundraiser that "will benefit the junior class
of 2005 as well, for the leftover money will be given to them as a nest
for their All-Night Graduation Celebration," said game originator and parent
Rosemary Lawlor.
The game featured the female faculty
playing the female senior students in the first and third quarters and
the male faculty versus the male senior students in the second and fourth
quarters.
The first quarter appeared to be
a jump start for the faculty as the girls’ JV coach Maggie Olson’s quick
moves and slick passes helped varsity volleyball coach Stacey Rosholt get
several open shots. But Maria Wood and Becky Roa kept the score in reach
by hitting a few shots just inside of the perimeter before the end of the
quarter. In the second quarter, the senior boys went in with enthusiasm
and ready to clean up and did so with a couple of Evan Hamme jump shots,
Nate McFarland defensive stops, and Ben Andrew’s pair of easy lay-ups after
suave weaves through the faculty’s defense. At the half the score was tied
24-24. |
The
senior boys get together on the sidelines to plan strategy
for how they’re
going to defeat the men’s faculty in the
first-ever Legacy
Faculty-Student basketball game that the
faculty won 63-43.
(Photo by Kory Lloyd) |
During the half, senior
Andrew Montgomery was awarded $100 for winning the All-Night Graduation
Celebration T-shirt Contest and senior mom Angelyn Wood was the winner
of the raffle for the reserved parking space in the visitor’s parking lot.
This parking spot will take on a special premium once students return from
their spring break and find that new construction fences will have eliminated
many parking spaces.
In the third quarter, the faculty
speedily put the game at a scarcity for the seniors due to defensive pressure
that resulted in steals and were converted to points by gourmet cooking
teacher Sally Twentyman, P.E. teacher Lauren Moran and varsity softball
coach Carlyn Kuder. Down by 13 at one point, the seniors put the game within
11 when Haley Chrisco’s defensive stop resulted in Becky Roa’s steal and
a pass to Elise Edwards for an easy two.
The fourth quarter started off great
for the seniors as Hamme hit more shots, Deuce Greenfield blocked shots
including one that shook athletic director Tom Horn and fired up the audience.
But, the boys’ varsity basketball coach Bill Broderick’s ball handling
skills proved to be too much for the seniors as he assisted points by varsity
soccer coach Frank Spinnello, varsity baseball coach Adam Amerine, and
girls’ varsity basketball coach Dan Wilkie. The faculty rode off with a
63-43 win over the seniors.
"This would have never happened without
the dedication that the 17 seniors and 18 faculty members put into making
sure this idea was carried out," said Lawlor. |
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The
referee throws up the ball to commence the first quarter
that pitted the
senior girls against the women faculty in
Tuesday’s Legacy
Faculty-Student basketball game that
raised $1,000 for
the All-Nite Grad Celebration.
(Photo by Kory
Lloyd) |
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