Rockville Suffers Tough Loss on Senior Night
March 18, 2010 • by Nathan Zielinski
Filed under Sports
The boy’s Rockville basketball team ended a tumultuous season with a rough loss to Fermi. It was a long hard fought game where defense was key. Seniors Brian O’ Gara and Jeremy Susi played consistently well all game long, and Saige Douglas added offense in crucial points of the game.
Rockville was playing from behind for most of the game, but a late fourth quarter surge aided their comeback and they tied the score at 42 in the closing seconds. Unfortunately, Fermi was able to make a layup with less than five seconds left, and Brian O’ Gara missed a half court shot to end the game. O’ Gara said, “I thought the shot had a chance, but it was just a prayer.”
Senior Bryant Davis also played shut down defense and hit a key three early in the game. The team was only able to notch three wins in a season where many players were kicked off the team for poor behavior and many others left that were unhappy with the team’s performance.
However, this troubled season is a sign of good things to come. Juniors Taylor Botteron, Michael Faniel, Ian MacDonald, and Jori Dumais who all came off the bench this year will lead the team next year. Also, the sophomore class has many promising young players that even saw varsity minutes this year. The class is led by Vincent “V-Nice” Desilets and Tyler Brough. Junior Talyor Botteron said, “I’m excited for next year, and the juniors and sophomores get along well so it should be a fun year.” The new look Rams will come back strong next year and look to turn around this years rough results.
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