Pettus in boy's basketball
WEIMAR — The Weimar High School boy’s basketball team earned a nice win Dec. 10 at Wildcats Gym in Weimar vs Pet- tus High School by a final score of 48-18. After Pettus got off to a fast start early, Weimar took over with their stellar offense, which eventually overpowered Pettus throughout the game en route to a blow out.
“It was just a team effort,” said Weimar head basketball coach Jakob Rehak. “We moved the ball well and got open looks. We pushed the ball in transition and were able to get a lot of open layups and a lot of open threes. Overall, good ball movement by the team.”
Weimar senior small forward Huxton Kloesel contributed with a solid offensive game and notched more than just a few baskets. “I just wanna make a deep playoff run,” Kloesel said. “This is my last year here. We haven’t had a whole lot of success in the past, so I just wanna change that this year. Hopefully we can keep the momentum in years going forward.”
Pettus hit a few threes in the first quarter, one of them being in the corner at the two minute mark to take an 11-9 lead. They went on to make another basket shortly after, then Weimar responded with a floater and a three in the corner of their own with just under a minute to go to take a 14-13 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
Weimar held the Eagles scoreless in the second quarter, making all kinds of baskets and hitting shots such as free throws, layups, and a couple threes to take a 25-13 lead at halftime after a made free throw from Kloe- sel in the final seconds. Wildcats junior point guard Jerron Fisher
started things in the third quarter with a layup, then scored an and one basket about a minute later to make it 30-13. Pettus swiped a steal to go along with a layup with 4:45 to play, then Weimar scored 10 unanswered points to storm ahead 43-15 at the end of the third quarter.
During the fourth quarter, the
Wildcats put it on cruise control as Pettus faced too big of a defi cit, resulting in Weimar winning comfortably at 48-18.
