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Spartan Boys Top Arvada West

Posted 12/14/2008 by Scott Bruskin

The boys’ basketball team had a great all-around showing Thursday night, en-route to a 62-42 defeat of the Arvada West Wildcats.
by Scott Bruskin
photo by Kevin Fleming
20081203125310_billy_small.jpg     The boys’ basketball team had a great showing vs. Arvada West, and needless to say this win was a great morale booster.

     The scoring for the Spartans was lead by junior standout Ray Riley, who contributed 19 points, more than 33% of the Spartans’ total. “Ray had it going, but this really was an example of a team game,” commented Head Coach Grant Laman. Junior Chris Carter also had a grand showing, notching 14 points. The third member of the junior trio, Billy Sprague, had eight points, shooting three of three from the free throw line. Jamel Compton had a good night on the court too, scoring eight points.

     Even after a great win, the Spartans are not done chugging along. TJ will continue play at the Green Mountain Tournament when they play the Mountain Vista Golden Eagles at Green Mountain Friday night. It should be a great game with a lot of action.

  1 2 3 4 OT Total
Thomas Jefferson 14 16 22 12 0 64
Arvada West 16 9 10 7 0 42

 Name Points FG Md 3Pt Md FT Md FT Att FT%
Ray Riley
19 6 1 4 7 57.1
Chris Carter
14 5 1 1 2 50.0
Shane Oliver
3 1 0 1 2 50.0
Jamel Compton
8 4 0 0 2 0.0
Deontae Fair
0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Kyle Carruthers
7 2 1 0 0 0.0
Zach Jackson
0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Billy Sprague
7 2 0 3 3 100.0
Ian Melnicoe
2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Seborne Harris
2 1 0 0 2 0.0
Jiron McMillon
2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Miles McIntosh
0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cedric Penn
0 0 0 0 0 0.0