Health & Fitness
Huntley JV Boys Lose to Cary-Grove
Huntley JV Boys Basket falls 39-37 on the road to Cary-Grove.
The JV boys lost their first game of the season, 39-37, at Cary-Grove.
Huntley jumped out to a 6-0 lead to start the game and led 8-2 after one quarter. Cary-Grove then hit back to back 3-pointers to start the second quarter and pull back to even at 8-8.
The rest of the game was back and forth with 16 lead changes. The largest lead either team held was 4 points.
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With the score tied at 37 the Trojans had the ball with 11.2 seconds remaining. Huntley committed a foul with 6 seconds remaining as the Trojan player drove to the basket along the baseline. Cary-Grove made both free throws and the Red Raiders desperation attempt came up empty as time expired.
The scoring for the Raiders was very balanced with each player scoring between 4 and 7 points. Robert Barreto led the team with 7 points. Mason Wicks had 6 points. Kevin Melaniphy, Kemdi Egekeze, Tommy Regan and Jake Wagner each had 5 points. Zach Gorney finished with 4 points.
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The boys also had a season low 10 team turnovers as their record fell to 4-1.