38th District Tournament by Lindsey Banks

District Tournament 2012! Not one, not double, but TRIPLE OVERTIME!

You walk into the gym with Jacket Pride heavy in the air. The crowd hasn’t been this enthusiastic all year. The spirit in the students has finally come out and is shining bright. Many of the students had painted faces and were “blued out”.

The girls take the court first, starting at 6:15. Their opponents, The Deming Black Devils. The girls had the crowd behind them, no matter the turn out. They let their guard down, and let the Black Devils speed past them, letting the score end at 44-60.

Their leading scorer was Megan Bretz with a total of 15 points. Next we had Grace Kiskaden with 11 points. Reesa Martin with 9, Robyn Cohorn with 6, and Lakyn Jolly with 2 and Elizabeth Johnson 1. Also, our top two rebounders were Reesa Martin and Robyn Cohorn.

As the crowd could see Tuesday night, Robyn Cohorn, the only senior, was very upset about the loss but walked off the court hugging each one of her players with tears in her eyes. She has played basketball nearly her whole life, and she was a key component to the team, NCHS will miss you Robyn!

Following the girls, came the Blue Jackets delivering a nail biting, intense game. The boys were in the lead of and on the whole game. At the end of the 3^rd quarter, Jackets were leading 33-29 and had the student section screaming to the tops of their lungs.

Unfortunately, going into the 4^th quarter, the boys let off a bit, not defending quite as well. With 14.4 seconds left in the game, the jackets are up 42-40 and, of course, Deming shoots a 2 point field goal and ties the game, leaving the Jackets no time to get one last shot in, going into overtime, 42-42. Little do we know, it was going to be one long game. Both sides of the court are fired up and yelling, making it almost impossible to even hear yourself think.

These two teams are playing like champs and both are holding their all. Nicholas gets up to 44-42. Then with the defense a little too weak, the Black Devils swoop in and sink another shot, tying us up again, but still giving us time to get a couple more shots in. Which we did, both teams. The buzzer goes off to end overtime, and the score is set at 46-46. Time for double overtime.

We are hoping this time that the Jackets take down the Devils and send them packing. 8 seconds is put on the clock and the boys take the floor once again, ready to end the game. Deming scores a few points and gets the score up to 48-51. Many Jacket fans are seen getting ready to leave, thinking the game is over and we have lost, but just as the time runs down, one of the Jackets goes up for a lay up and draws the foul AND makes the shot. We end up tied 51-51 and go into TRIPLE OVERTIME.

Though both teams fought for the win, the Jackets came out two points shy, 60-62. The Deming Black Devils won an outstanding game.

The boys, like the girls, only have one senior, Jordan Bussell. He was hurt by his loss, but knew the team had left their mark in their outstanding last district game. Your school is proud, you will be missed Jordan!

Congratulations to every team in the 38^th District Tournament, win or lose, you all played well!

The girls take the court first, starting at 6:15. Their opponents, The Deming Black Devils. The girls had the crowd behind them, no matter the turn out. They let their guard down, and let the Black Devils speed past them, letting the score end at 44-60.

Their leading scorer was Megan Bretz with a total of 15 points. Next we had Grace Kiskaden with 11 points. Reesa Martin with 9, Robyn Cohorn with 6, and Lakyn Jolly with 2 and Elizabeth Johnson 1. Also, our top two rebounders were Reesa Martin and Robyn Cohorn.

As the crowd could see Tuesday night, Robyn Cohorn, the only senior, was very upset about the loss but walked off the court hugging each one of her players with tears in her eyes. She has played basketball nearly her whole life, and she was a key component to the team, NCHS will miss you Robyn!

Following the girls, came the Blue Jackets delivering a nail biting, intense game. The boys were in the lead of and on the whole game. At the end of the 3^rd quarter, Jackets were leading 33-29 and had the student section screaming to the tops of their lungs.

Unfortunately, going into the 4^th quarter, the boys let off a bit, not defending quite as well. With 14.4 seconds left in the game, the jackets are up 42-40 and, of course, Deming shoots a 2 point field goal and ties the game, leaving the Jackets no time to get one last shot in, going into overtime, 42-42. Little do we know, it was going to be one long game. Both sides of the court are fired up and yelling, making it almost impossible to even hear yourself think.

These two teams are playing like champs and both are holding their all. Nicholas gets up to 44-42. Then with the defense a little too weak, the Black Devils swoop in and sink another shot, tying us up again, but still giving us time to get a couple more shots in. Which we did, both teams. The buzzer goes off to end overtime, and the score is set at 46-46. Time for double overtime.

We are hoping this time that the Jackets take down the Devils and send them packing. 8 seconds is put on the clock and the boys take the floor once again, ready to end the game. Deming scores a few points and gets the score up to 48-51. Many Jacket fans are seen getting ready to leave, thinking the game is over and we have lost, but just as the time runs down, one of the Jackets goes up for a lay up and draws the foul AND makes the shot. We end up tied 51-51 and go into TRIPLE OVERTIME.

Though both teams fought for the win, the Jackets came out two points shy, 60-62. The Deming Black Devils won an outstanding game.

The boys, like the girls, only have one senior, Jordan Bussell. He was hurt by his loss, but knew the team had left their mark in their outstanding last district game. Your school is proud, you will be missed Jordan!

Congratulations to every team in the 38^th District Tournament, win or lose, you all played well!

You walk into the gym with Jacket Pride heavy in the air. The crowd hasn’t been this enthusiastic all year. The spirit in the students has finally come out and is shining bright. Many of the students had painted faces and were “blued out”.