Boys blast past Nyssa in sweep

  During the Holiday break, the Weiser Wolverines traveled to Nyssa on Tuesday, December 27th for a mid-afternoon game of basketball. The day and the night, early night that is, belonged exclusively to Weiser. The Frosh/Soph team had the tightest game but even with just a one point gap, our boys came on strong in the fourth quarter to seal the win with Michael Huerta draining a three at the buzzer,42-35. The JV really had no problems at all stealing the ball and completing fast break lay-ins to win 52-30. The varsity game was slated to start at 6 p.m. but the game was played and over by 6:15 p.m. The varsity showed no mercy and with multiple rotations, none of the boys looked bad at all and plenty of teamwork, otherwise known as assists, abounded. Weiser would win handily 50-32.
  Starters for the varsity were Drew McKie, Issac Zanelli, Elias Daniel, Brock Bumgarner and Tyler Hemphill. Weiser controlled the tip. A few trips later, Zanelli to McKie for two. Zanelli to Daniels for two more. McKie had the rejection and putback his own offensive rebound on the other end of the court. On the fastbreak, Daniels to Hemphill going the distance for two. The score stood 8-0 at the 3:45 mark. McKie was fouled twice and sank all four free throws. Derek Reyes was fouled and made his count. Weiser led 14-4 at the end of the first quarter.
  Nyssa put some points on the board as Weiser started a bit slow in the second quarter. Daniels for two. Zanelli to McKie for two more. Hemphill sank a free throw. McKie with the hoop. McKie pulled down a defensive rebound, began to dribble down the court, spied Daniels with some separation from the defense, made the pass and the basket was GOOD! Nyssa would score the last five points as Weiser took a 23-13 lead in at half-time.
  Zanelli had to be one of the assist leaders this night as the first score of the third quarter came via his pass to McKie for two. McKie grabbed the ball on defense, outlet passed to Bumgarner who fired to Daniels on the fastbreak for two. Not seconds later, Weiser was on the fast break again and this time, Bumgarner made a backwards looking shot that went in. Incredible! When things are going right, it's a great day to be a Wolverine. Bumgarner to Hemphill on the fastbreak for two more.  McKie to Bumgarner for the two handed snap shot, 33-15 with 5:16 to go in the third quarter. Daniels putback an "O" rebound, Justin Roberts hit a bucket and Ethan Thomas went downtown for the THREE! With eight minutes to go, Weiser 40, Nyssa 27.
  Fourth quarter action saw plenty of bench players on the court. Zanelli would knock in two baskets. Roberts would chip in a shot. Bumgarner had one fall and the big foreign exchange student, Philipp Schmitz sank a shot and stole a ball. What a great day and night for Wolverine basketball. Weiser would win 50-32.
  Scoring: McKie 14, Daniels 10, Bumgarner 6, Hemphill 5, Roberts and Zanelli 4 each, Thomas 3, Reyes and Schmitz 2 each.