EHE Guardians @ Oakwood Eagles

The JV girls started off the night strong by starting the game on a 17-0 run. The defense for this team sparked the offense with many fast breaks usually leading to baskets. The main contributers to these fast breaks were Caitlin Cash, Tanya Mann, Caroline Denton and Audrey Birchfield. Andrea McConnell also contributed to this first half route with some beautiful jumpers. With the first half coming to a close Audrey Birchfield who was pulled up from the middle school team to play because of some injuries intercepted a pass and took it all the way to the other end of the court beating the buzzer with a layup. The second half was not much different than the first. Kaitlyn O'Brien had 6 second half points all coming off offensive rebounds. Aryn Baxa also played an excellent game and was very close to scoring off of two free throws. They played a great game and came away with a win in their first game of the year.

Points Scored

Caroline Denton-2

Audrey Birchfield-2

Andrea McConnell-10

Kaitlyn O'Brien-8

Caitlin Cash-4

Tanya Mann-4







The JV Boys were hampered with injuries and sicknesses coming into their game. Will had a 102 degrree fever and I sprained my ankle. Matt Harms was under the weather also and was limited in his amount of playing time because of it. On the first play of the game MO drove to the basket and missed a layup. Things did not look good for a few minutes. Coach called a timeout and calmed everyone down. From then on it was the MO and Caleb show. They took their men to the basket and scoring about every time. Right before the end of the first quarter Anthony Porter intercepted an inbounds pass and hit a fadeaway jumper to beat the halftime buzzer. This took us to the highest point total weve ever had in the first half of a game at 28 points. The second half was not much different from the first with MO and Caleb dominating and John Compton adding an extra 5 points. Near the end of the half Oakwood made a run while the second string was in. It wasnt nearly enough to pull it out though. PC and Elliot were both very close to scoring each going 0-2 from the field. It is definately the best game we have played all year which means we are playing better every game. I will not post anything for the next two games because I will not be here but I hope we do well. Go GUARDIANS!!!

Points Scored

MO-18

Caleb Cash-18

John Compton-5

Anthony Porter-2

Kai Stansberry-1

EHE Guardians vs. Tabernacle Rams

From the opening tip we knew we were in for a challenge even though 3 of Tabernacles starters could not play. On the opening tip a 5"6 black point guard outjumped a 6"5 Matt Harms to win the tip. Matt didnt do bad at all the other kid just had mad hops. The madness continued when the small point guard intercepted a pass and darted down the court for an acrobatic layup. This rattled our team a bit and after the first quarter we were down 8-5. The first quarter highlight was Peter Howard driving all the way to the goal for an excellent layup. The second quarter was back and forth but we had edged out a 17-16 lead due to the excellent shooting of Mo Will and Peter. In the third quarter it looked as if we had pulled away and were going to win, due to Mo hitting 5-6 free throwns in about a minute. Tabernacle did not go down. Their point guard led them on a run until it was a tie ball game. With 20 seconds left the little point guard pick-pocketed Will and rushed down the court for a layup tp tie the game at 41. We brought the ball down the court and gave it to Caleb down low. He missed a layup but got his rebound and put it back up and got fouled. He made two free throws to put us up 43-41. Tabernacle brought the ball down and their point guard drove towards the goal and I drew the charge. Game over right. No it was called a block and Tabernacle had 2 more seconds to win the game or tie. They threw the ball in and were trapped in a corner to end the game. It wasnt our best game but we still got out of there with a win. Our next game is Friday @ Oakwood.





Individual Scoring



Will Whiteside-7



Caleb Cash-6



Matt Harms-2



Peter Howard-6



Matthew O'Brien-13



Matthew Kreh-9





Tabernacle Scoring



Patrick Robinson (point guard)-19

EHE Guardians @ Easley Christian Eagles

After much preperation the JV Boys played their first game of the year against Easley Christian. For a few minutes the game looked like it was going great and we were playing very well up 6-0 in the first minute. But it turned ugly fast when EHE started missing layups and dropping passes. At the end of the first quarter Easley Christian had worked its way into an 8-5 ball-game. After a fiery first quarter speech Coach Whiteside had the Guardians ready to strike. The always reliable Diamond Press brought us many layups from Will, Mo, and Caleb. The new big man in our lineup this year (Matthew Harms) played well down low scoring in the second quarter on a layup. Peter Howard had 3 fouls in the first half forcing Mark Dibler to jump in and play point guard. With time winding down in the first half I received a long pass from Anthony, but my unawareness of how much time was on the clock made the buzzer beater a second too late failing to count. At halftime our lead was 20-7 meaning we outscored Easley Christian 14-2 in the second quarter. Early in the second half Easley Christian started lighting it up from behind the three point line and pulled within 11, but that was as far as they would get. The second half was capped off by great defense by Elliot and PC, and with an excellent pass from Kai to JC for a layup. The game ended 37-22 in favor of the Guardians. The game wasnt the best weve played but we pulled out the win. Our next game is November 18th against Tabernacle.



POINTS SCORED

Caleb Cash-5

Will Whiteside-8

Matt Harms-2

Peter Howard-2

Matthew O'Brien-12

Matthew Kreh-4

John Compton-4