Terriers run away from Minutemen

Too big too strong

BELLOWS FALLS-The Bellows Falls boys basketball team won their fifth straight on Friday night besting Mill River 75-40.

“Not the prettiest of games for us,” stated Coach Evan Chadwick. “I think there were times that Mill River outworked us. We got away with it tonight, but I made it clear to the guys in the locker room, that we will not be able to afford those lapses in the future.”

Mill River would grab an early lead in this contest 8-3, thanks to second chance opportunities that turned into back to back baskets. The Terriers would answer, rattling off 5 straight points off a Goodell corner jumper and two offensive rebound put backs by Pat Barbour, and Jonathan Terry, that gave the Terriers their first lead 11-8.

The Terriers would extend their lead to 7 at 15-8 after the first quarter.

Jamison Nystrom would get Bellows Falls off and running in the second, hitting a straight-away 3 to extend the Terrier lead to 10. Despite shutting the Minutemen out for over 4 minutes, the Terriers could not gain much separation, thanks to some turnovers and missed bunnies.

“It was real sloppy at times, especially in the second quarter,” says Chadwick. “We could not find the outlet and their zone defense was causing us some trouble. Luckily, our defense gave us the edge we needed until our offense found its footing.”

Darrell making the most of his minutes was electric on both sides of the ball

Jaxon Clark and Jesse Darrell, with their first minutes of the contest came in an immediately gave the Terriers a spark. A Darrell theft and dish to Clark gave the Terriers a 13 point lead at 24-11. After Mill River cut the deficit to 10, Darrell stole another pass and converted it himself to start a late 8-0 run for the Terriers that put them firmly in control at 36-18 at the break.

Clark with his patented floater in the paint

“That run at the end of the half was the ball game,” says Chadwick. “Clark, Darrell and Nystrom fueled it and it was huge.”

The Terriers left little doubt as to the outcome, opening on a 7-0 run capped by an Owen LaRoss inside hoop and the Terriers were able to mix and match with rotations the rest of the way to go to 6-2 on the season.

The Terriers had 10 players in the scoresheet, led by Terry with 13, Nystrom 11 and Barbour 10.

The Terriers have a short weekend break before they face Sharon Academy at 7pm on Monday.

Beating a zone defense

The more teams scout us, the more they are going to realize they cannot match us man-to-man. This will result in a lot of zone defense being thrown at us. Expect teams like White River Valley to play solely zone.

Watch this video to see some basic fundamentals on how to attack a zone defense. This will help build instincts and allow us to have a more flowing zone offense. “Strengthen thy weakness and you shall have none”.

Terriers take down Wildcats extend win streak to 4

It took little time for the Terriers to take control of their Friday evening contest against the Twin Valley Wildcats as they opened the contest on a 15-0 run and cruised to a 81-24 victory at Holland Gymnasium.

“I give a lot of credit to Twin Valley for coming here tonight,” stated coach Chadwick. “They were short players, but came here to play and they played hard, there is a lot to be said for that.”

The Terriers showed their depth, as 12 players scored, including Freshman Eli Albee’s first varsity points on a corner 3 that had the Terrier bench off their seats. However, the highlight of the night, was captain Jonathan Terry checking off one of his goals this season, when he converted a steal and dish from Jack Cravinho into a high-flying one handed slam, that electrified the Terrier crowd and put an emphatic exclamation point on the Terriers 5th win of the season.

“It’s nice to see the guys have some fun tonight,” stated Chadwick. “With all the cancellations, our boys deserved to smile.”

The Terriers take their 5-2 record on the road on Monday, as they face off with the Poultney Blue Devils at 7pm.