Health & Fitness
Huntley Sophomore Boys Basketball Survive at McHenry
In Sophomore boys basketball action the Huntley Red Raiders defeated the Warriors of McHenry on Friday night, 48-47.
Huntley improved to 12-8 overall and 5-3 in the Valley Division with an exciting 48-47 victory at McHenry.
The game was close throughout the first half as the teams traded leads. Huntley led 17-16 after one period and McHenry came back to take a 29-28 lead into halftime.
Blake Jacobs scored 10 of his team high 16 points (also a season high) in the first half and Daniel Janus had 11 of his 13 points in the first half.
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McHenry maintained its one point lead as the third quarter ended 38-37. The Warriors jumped out to their biggest lead of the game at 43-37 to start the fourth. Zach Gorney then hit a jumper (4 points), Jason Shields and Riley Wicks both hit 3’s and the 8-0 run by Huntley put them up 45-43.
The Warriors answered with a 3 pointer of their own to go back up 46-45. Blake then hit two free throws and Brad Spoeth made 1 of 2 free throws to put Huntley up 48-46. McHenry made one of two free throws and got the ball back with about 6 seconds to play. They called timeout to setup a final play and managed to get two good shots that did not fall as Huntley held on for the victory.
