7th Grade Boys Highlanders v. Albany

The 7th grade Highlanders started out strong against the smaller Albany Middle School Cobras. Using a full court press and the well balanced offensive attack of Julian Cortez, Quinn Burnett, Graham Low, Nathaniel Lowhurst, and Dylan McBirney, the Highlanders jumped out to a 10-4 lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter the defensive effort of Skip Hill, Xavier Prospero, Sam Hunt, and Drew Bonnin clamped down and prevented Albany MS from scoring, while offensively Cole Gruendl and Nathan Krueger contributed to the charge, as the Highlanders increased the lead 21-4. In the third quarter the Highlanders continued the defensive pressure allowing only 2 points, while increasing the lead to 33-6. In the fourth quarter the Cobras valiantly put up a fight to outscore the Highlanders, but it was to no avail as Highlanders finally put away the Cobras and ended up winning 37-13. Nathanial Lowhurst led all scorers with 9 points, Quinn Burnett and Julian Cortez both had 5 rebounds, and Graham Low led the team with 5 steals.