By Emily Demel and Kylee Mernagh, Staff writers
Every year, the senior faculty basketball game is a highly anticipated event, not only by the seniors and faculty, but also by the many underclassmen wanting to see if their favorite teachers or seniors will tear up the court, or walk away with slim to none playing time.
This year was no different, and with many athletes on both teams it was anyone’s guess who was going to win. The senior squad was full of many varsity athletes, while the faculty team had some pretty intimidating players as well. There were many standout athletes on both ends.
Senior Scott Engler scored the first seven points of the game. Reflecting back on how he played he said, “I was thinking we had a pretty controllable lead… but at the end we had sloppy defense and sloppy passes.” Mike Seltenrich came out strong with aggressive defense and back to back threes to bring the game to a nail-biting proximity, but in the end it just wasn’t enough.
The faculty team was stacked with many dominant players who were going to give it their all. Religion teacher Mr. Graver was asked about his defense and said, “As long as I fell, I knew I was trying my hardest.”
Mr. Brown, a controversial choice for the teachers because he’s a substitute, was a leading scorer who even brought the crowd to their feet after dunking the ball. It may have been a close game, but in the end there could be only one winner. The teachers pulled ahead and won 42-38, leaving the seniors disappointed but not discouraged.
Senior Kellie Griffin said, “I think we played pretty well considering the seniors normally get blown out by the teachers.”