Heritage Takes Win in Double OT

Mitch Mendenhall scores at the foul line for Woodlan just before the first overtime. More pictures at westbendnews.net

A couple weeks ago the competition heated up as the ACAC tournament took place and Heritage won over the Woodlan after the Warriors had defeated them last year in the tournament.

After the loss for Woodlan, they were ready to defeat the Patriots in this last chance effort. The game, however, was very close. Both sides fought tooth and nail for victory. Aaron Hahn was there under the basket getting multiple points for the night. The game went fast until they got to the end of the fourth quarter. Woodlan was ahead, but in the last seconds the Patriots scored to send the game into over time.

In the first overtime, both teams picked up the pace scoring points and once again the Patriots scored a bucket right at the end to tie the match, sending it into a second OT. Finally, the last overtime both Heritage and Woodlan let the clock run down and keeping the game tied at 45. With about 2 seconds on the clock the Patriots scored to send their team to victory once again.

Score by Quarter:

Heritage: 9. 11. 11. 10 4 2 Total: 47

Woodlan: 10 12 7 12 4 0 total: 45

Scorers of the Game:

Heritage — Burton 11 Mitchell 2, Tracey 2, Knapke 14, Hudson 12, Beard 6

Woodlan — Aidan Bayman 3, Ben Reidy 2, Trevor Wiedenhoeft 3, Ah’Lan Howard 8, Mitch Mendenhall 4, Aaron Hahn 19, Micah Robbins 6.

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