B-A hoops teams drop season openers
December 9, 2022
The basketball season for the Bellwood-Antis boys and girls teams didn’t get off to the start the Devils and Lady Devils were hoping for Wednesday.
The Lady Devils lost their season opener 49-30 at United. Bellwood-Antis struggled to get points all night, at one point managing a mere 5 in the fourth quarter.
Senior Chelsea McCaulsky led the team with 20 points. sophomore Jenna Norton had 6 points and sophomore Leigha Clapper had 4.
The girls had 24 turnovers on the night.
The girls will look to get a victory over Tyrone on Friday night. This is the Lady Devils home opener, and tipoff is at 7:30.
The varsity basketball team started its season off with a tough 53-46 loss to Cambria Heights on Wednesday.
BA was down 17-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Senior Caleb Beiswenger led Bellwood with 12 points, and sophomore Holden Schreier followed with 9 points.
Central Cambria’s two highest scorers were Parker Farabaugh and Chris Sodmont who both scored 15 points.
The junior varsity team opened the night with a win, 42-26.
The varsity boys look to turn things around this Saturday against school rival Tyrone at Tyrone Area High School at 3.