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Published December 17, 2010 in the Rutland Herald
The good, the bad, the victory for Springfield
By POODY WALSH
Herald Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD — When the end finally came Thursday night after Springfield had beaten Woodstock, 43-27, in a Marble Valley League game, neither coach was particularly happy.
Springfield coach Pete Peck was OK with the fact that his team won for the first time in three tries, but he knew it wasn’t a performance that was going to open the door to the Barre Auditorium.
“It was ugly basketball,” he said. “There was no semblance of order.”
For Woodstock coach Tim Leavitt, it was the first night in a couple of ways. Not only was it the initial game of the season for the Wasps, but it was the first game for Leavitt as varsity coach.
“The one thing I wanted tonight was a good effort and we got that,” Leavitt said.
Both teams only made 11 field goals, but Springfield had a 20-for-32 night at the line while Woodstock was just 2-of-7.
“I guess when you give up just 27 points, you’re playing good defense,” Peck said. “Still, I’m going to go and sleep on this on this and see if I can figure out how we can get better.”
Springfield opened the season with three game in six days and does not play again until Dec. 28 at powerful U-32.
“I gave the kids a couple of days (off) before we get back at it,” Peck added.
Certainly one of the positives to come out of the game for Springfield was the return of guard Jake Patoine. The junior guard missed the first two games, but returned and had a steady floor game and dropped in 10 points.
Ethan McAllister also had 10 points and along with Patoine were the only Cosmos in double figures.
In fact, nobody had more than 10 points and that was the number that J.T. Tolar scored to lead Woodstock.
Leavitt said that youth was also a factor in that game as, “At times we had two freshmen and two sophomores on the floor. We did some things OK, but we just couldn’t seem to finish some plays.”
It looked like the game was going to be tight as Springfield led just 10-8 after one period. But after that it was pretty much all Cosmos as they got it to 26-12 at the half and 34-20 after three quarters.
The Cosmos did have some squirrelly moments in the fourth quarter. They got the lead to 38-20 with 5:38 to go, then tried to play a little keep-away. However, they couldn’t sustain any long periods of possession and the Wasps went on a 7-0 run, paced by a Jordan Merrill 3, to lead the mini-comeback to 38-27 with 3:42 to play.
But that was it as Woodstock never scored again while Springfield got layups from Patoine and Mike Pianka, along with Mike Muther free throw, to put a lock on the game.
Next for Woodstock is a Dec. 21 game at Oxbow.
The good, the bad, the victory for Springfield
By POODY WALSH
Herald Correspondent
SPRINGFIELD — When the end finally came Thursday night after Springfield had beaten Woodstock, 43-27, in a Marble Valley League game, neither coach was particularly happy.
Springfield coach Pete Peck was OK with the fact that his team won for the first time in three tries, but he knew it wasn’t a performance that was going to open the door to the Barre Auditorium.
“It was ugly basketball,” he said. “There was no semblance of order.”
For Woodstock coach Tim Leavitt, it was the first night in a couple of ways. Not only was it the initial game of the season for the Wasps, but it was the first game for Leavitt as varsity coach.
“The one thing I wanted tonight was a good effort and we got that,” Leavitt said.
Both teams only made 11 field goals, but Springfield had a 20-for-32 night at the line while Woodstock was just 2-of-7.
“I guess when you give up just 27 points, you’re playing good defense,” Peck said. “Still, I’m going to go and sleep on this on this and see if I can figure out how we can get better.”
Springfield opened the season with three game in six days and does not play again until Dec. 28 at powerful U-32.
“I gave the kids a couple of days (off) before we get back at it,” Peck added.
Certainly one of the positives to come out of the game for Springfield was the return of guard Jake Patoine. The junior guard missed the first two games, but returned and had a steady floor game and dropped in 10 points.
Ethan McAllister also had 10 points and along with Patoine were the only Cosmos in double figures.
In fact, nobody had more than 10 points and that was the number that J.T. Tolar scored to lead Woodstock.
Leavitt said that youth was also a factor in that game as, “At times we had two freshmen and two sophomores on the floor. We did some things OK, but we just couldn’t seem to finish some plays.”
It looked like the game was going to be tight as Springfield led just 10-8 after one period. But after that it was pretty much all Cosmos as they got it to 26-12 at the half and 34-20 after three quarters.
The Cosmos did have some squirrelly moments in the fourth quarter. They got the lead to 38-20 with 5:38 to go, then tried to play a little keep-away. However, they couldn’t sustain any long periods of possession and the Wasps went on a 7-0 run, paced by a Jordan Merrill 3, to lead the mini-comeback to 38-27 with 3:42 to play.
But that was it as Woodstock never scored again while Springfield got layups from Patoine and Mike Pianka, along with Mike Muther free throw, to put a lock on the game.
Next for Woodstock is a Dec. 21 game at Oxbow.
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