Monday, February 25, 2013

NRMS boys win 8th grade SBAAC title

The New Richmond Middle School boys basketball team concluded an outstanding 13-4 season with a thrilling win over Bethel-Tate Middle School in the championship game of the SBAAC league tournament.

Trailing by 3 with one minute left, the Lions stormed back to defeat Bethel in a thrilling championship game by the score of 44 to 41.

Kneeling (from left) Luke Kavanagh, Grant Anderson, AJ Hobbs, Noah Kirby ,Dawson Cromwell; Standing (from left): head coach Brian Benzinger, Cooper Scholz, Cole Baker, Jacob Bishop, Ethan Gundler, Jacob Phillips, Gage Kramer, Peyton Schweikart, assistant coach Steven Wolf.

"I am very proud and happy for these players," said 8th grade coach Brian Benzinger. "It meant a great deal to them to finish their Middle School basketball careers with success.  They certainly achieved their goals with a championship season.  New Richmond High School has some very talented 9th graders coming their way next season!"