Pirates End Their Season with a Loss to the Panthers

On Thursday, February 21^st the Dodge Pirates boys basketball team traveled to Clarkson for the 2^nd round of Sub-Districts. The Pirates were in for a tough, high-scoring battle against the Leigh Panthers. The game began with a close score, and the 1^st quarter ended with the two teams tie, 17-17. By the end of the 2^nd quarter, though, the Panthers had extended their lead by 15 with a score of 22-37. The Dodge Pirates came back out the next half, gave a great effort, but just couldn’t diminish the lead the Panthers had created. With the Pirates still down 40-54 at the end of the 3^rd quarter, they used their determination to cut down the extent of the Panther’s lead. Even with he Pirates effort they just couldn’t stop Leigh, and ended their season with a loss and final score of 71-77. Lead scorers for the Pirates were Bryan Ruzek with 24 points, Adam Ortmeier and Chris Tomasek with 12 points, and Jacob Kreikemeier with 9 points.