Teachers win student faculty basketball game

By NATALIE DISLA

With a score of 10-9, the crowd roars, applauds, and stomps their feet on the steps of the bleachers as their favorite substitute teacher, Jerry Groover, takes the court.

While Groover may not have significantly contributed on the court, he had a major influence on the crowd. Whenever Groover came within a foot of the ball, the crowd shouted and whenever he missed a shot one could hear the spectators say “Aww!”  in unison.

The first quarter of the game ended in favor of the faculty, 13-15. The faculty members were consistent throughout the second quarter and eventually dominated as the quarter ended, 28-42.

While it may have seemed as if the game was set in stone, the students battled their way through the court in the third quarter. In the end, they still were not in the lead, but they scored 17 points and limited the faculty to seven points.

One could feel the intensity in the air as both teams dribbled back and forth on the court. The crowd remained on the edge of their seats, unsure of who would win. With less than two minutes left in the game, Axel Aldridge shot a 3-pointer, tying the game. Afterwards another student shot again making the score 57-55. Just as one thought the game was over, Criminal Justice teacher Joseph Windt tied the game.

In one minute of overtime, another student scored temporarily putting them in the lead. With less than five seconds left on the clock, Windt threw the winning shot making the final score 60-61.

“I was just at the right place at the right time,” Windt said. “It was a team effort.”

This win gave the faculty members their third consecutive win to the annual game.

“It was all for fun so it did not really matter,” sophomore Christian Rhea said. “And it was for a good cause, too.”

The Sophomore Class will donate all of the money earned to the Russell Home for Atypical Children, which helps severely handicapped children.