Blowout City

On Tuesday night the Spartans played host to Community of Peace Academy after having fallen to St. Croix Lutheran on Friday night. The loss was a disappointing one for the Spartans because their shots simply did not fall for and they were not able to capitalize on their many offensive chances. The team was looking to put that experience behind them and was hungry for a morale boosting victory.

With their mind set solely on the game, the Spartans were able to put on a dominating performance much like the one against "rivals" MPA. The Spartans were much more talented that the other squad but also played very smart. The teamwork provided the Spartans with an early boost that allowed for everyone on the team to receive some playing time.

Dalante "the Chosen One" Peyton showed once again that he is not your average eighth grader. He has gotten more and more comfortable as the young season has gone on and is evolving into being an all around player. The Chosen One provided his teammates with open looks, took a few of his own money-balls and rebounded the air out of the ball last night. With hard work he is growing right before our very eyes and gives this program and the SPA community as a whole something to look forward to.

The game saw good contributions again from the three captains and CJ "the Panda" Whitaker came off the bench to provide sparks of exceptional counter attacks for the Spartans. The night was a also a very memorable one for junior captain Spencer "Spegly" Egly who while going up for a drive in the second half hit the deck hard and had to be taken away from the game. He mislead the crowd into believing it was nothing by standing up straight away but had to be escorted away when blood was seen above his eye. Luckily though Spegly was stitched up and should be able to play on Friday as long as he wears a mask.

Sophomore Connor Allen put on another solid performance and showed that he is one of the most dynamic players in the league, much like his distant relative Ray Allen.

The game ended 69-30 in favor of the Spartans. On Friday the boys will travel across the river to take on the Minnehaha Redhawks in a section preview game which promises to be a thriller. Go Spartans!