Varsity Basketball
Girls and Boys Fall to Clarke County,
But Will Compete in Regionals

(February 18, 2006)
Reporters Jared Alan and Paul Mene contributed to this report

Both the girls’ and boys’ teams lost in their unique double header matches against arch-nemesis Clarke County in the district finals last night on the Eagles’ home court. The girls lost 66-58 and the boys lost 71 to 49.

The good news for the Mustangs is that their regular season record guaranteed both teams an appearance in the regional tournament and the boys will play next Tuesday and the girls Wednesday at Monticello High School in the first round.

Coincidentally, both the girls’ and boys’ teams had qualified for the championship games by beating the Strasburg Rams in the past few days. A report of the girls’ victory can be found elsewhere in this sports section.

In Thursday night’s game, the Mustangs defeated the Rams 54-45 for their third victory of the season against Strasburg.  Alex Goetting led the scoring with 16 points and junior Jack Settje added 13.

In the first and second quarters Mason maintained a strong lead over the Rams,yet after halftime the Rams came out strong. Sophomore Mike Schwengel found himself in foul trouble and Adam Chandler stepped in and contributed well.

After a tightly fought third quarter the Rams closed within one point, but the Mustangs fought back to clinch the victory.