Saturday, December 28, 2013

Elk Lake vs. Susquehanna

On Saturday night at Blue Ridge, the Sabers fell to the Elk Lake Warriors 82-47 in the championship game of the Susquehanna County/Denise Reddon Memorial Christmas Tournament.  With the loss, the Sabers fall to 3-4, 0-0 on the year as they get set to begin Lackawanna League Division IV play. 

Luke Falletta scored 10 points and hauled down 5 rebounds and joined Elk Lake's Tanner Reyan and Matt Woolcock, Montrose's Eric Burgh and Blue Ridge's Austin Darrow on the all-tournament team. 

Josh Wheeler scored a team-high 11 points, freshman Tyler Williams scored 9 points and Mark Zappe added 8 points.  Austin Felter dished out a career-high 7 assists and Christian Miller hauled in 6 rebounds to lead the team.

The Sabers will travel to Forest City on Thursday night to take on the Foresters.  JV game time is set for 6:00 PM.

Susquehanna vs. Blue Ridge

The Sabers earned a spot in the Susquehanna County Christmas Tournament championship game on Friday night by defeating the host Blue Ridge Raiders 56-47 to improve their season record to 3-3, 0-0. 

Luke Falletta and Josh Wheeler both tallied 15 points each, while Christian Miller recorded a double/double with 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.  Senior Brandon Soden chipped in with 4 assists to help the team to victory. 

The Sabers will face off against the Elk Lake Warriors on Saturday night.  Game time is 7:30 PM. 

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Susquehanna at Northwest

On Friday night, the starting frontcourt trio of Mark Zappe (14 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks), Christian Miller (11 points, 6 rebounds) and Luke Falletta (5 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists) led a strong team effort as the Sabers (2-3, 0-0) captured their first road victory of the season. 

Josh Wheeler chipped in with 12 points and 3 assists, Brandon Soden scored 6 points and Austin Felter dished out 3 assists off the bench.

In the JV game, Northwest scored a 40-35 victory over the Sabers.  Tyler Williams led the Sabers with 12 points while Garret Grausgruber added 10 points.

The Sabers are off until December 27th, when they face off against Blue Ridge in the semi-finals of the Susquehanna County Holiday Tournament at Blue Ridge.  Game time is 7:30 PM.