Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Team Moves To 6-0 With Win Over Wolves (12/14/15)

The Clarion Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Team hosted North Clarion on Tuesday night (January 13th) and came away with a hard-fought 40-37 win.

The game which was close after every quarter, saw the two neighboring teams tied at 8-all after one. The Wolves held a two point lead at halftime, 19-17.

A 16-10 Bobcat advantage, in the third, left Clarion with a 33-29 lead as the teams headed to the final period. The Wolves outscored the Cats by one, 8-7, in the fourth to set the final, Clarion 40 – North Clarion 37.

Ryan Anthony poured in 15 points to lead the JV Cats. Christian Smith followed with 13 points.

Ty Burford had 6 points and Reed Anthony and Tom Hearst each had three.

Coach B. J. Wrhen had this to say after the victory, “We improved to 6-0 with the win. I am very happy with the way our team played tonight and how they have performed so far this year.

“We have battled a lot of adversity already this year. I have asked different guys to do different things this year and everyone of them has stepped up and done what we needed them to do. Tonight the boys started off a little sluggish, but really picked it up in the third quarter, then controlled the fourth quarter by playing smart basketball when we had the lead.”

The Boys Varsity and JV Teams will play at Moniteau on Friday (January 16th).