Young outlasts Old in student-staff hoops battle
Old team member Parker Flock attempts to block Young team member Coby Anderson. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Randy Garrison picks Grayson Blood out of the crowd to pull a name out of the bucket for the winner of the 50-50 drawing. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Young team member Ava Lawyer goes up for a shot. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Young team member Darren Standefora celebrates after hitting a three-pointer. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
The Young team kneeling, with the Old team standing. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Players came together Friday evening for the fifth annual Plains staff versus students basketball game. However, looking up at the scoreboard, the teams were appropriately called the Old and Young.
A flurry of three pointers showed how equal the talent was on both sides during the first few minutes of the game. Experience of the Old team members quickly became apparent as the nothing-but-net shots quickly added up. The identical twin Meredith brothers were a boost to the team. Luckily, they had different colored shorts on, which made the refs' job a bit easier.
During the first half of this hotly contested game, it was apparent that the Old team's maturity and skill levels gave them the edge. The spread of the score quickly grew.
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