The Barons celebrated their senior players before their last regular season home game on Feb. 13 in a joint ceremony with Girls Basketball. Boys Basketball has five seniors, and all five started the game together against the Winston Churchill Bulldogs. Senior Captain Nate Bromberger commented, “It was a very special night, and I am thankful for the loud crowd celebrating the seniors.”
The game started on the right foot, with the team jumping out to an early lead, continuing a theme from their past couple of games. The Barons went into halftime maintaining their lead.
Coming out of the half, B-CC continued their dominance, but Churchill clawed back to make the fourth quarter competitive after a controversial full-court buzzer-beater to end the third quarter.
It was a very physical game, including Bromberger chipping his tooth in the fourth quarter after taking an elbow to the face, but the boys prevailed once again, winning 70-58. After the game, Bromberger said, “It doesn’t always look pretty, but a win is a win.”
This game completed the season sweep of Winston Churchill, and extended the team’s winning streak to four games.
Last week, Boys Basketball took on Thomas Wootton, a team they previously lost to at the beginning of January. They took the win at home, beating Wootton 65-56 and securing the regular season split.
Looking ahead, the Barons face rivals Walt Whitman High School tonight, Feb. 16, at 7:15 p.m. at Whitman. The boys lost a close, back-and-forth game against them earlier in the year and are looking to spoil Whitman’s Senior Night.
