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Wakefield boys drub Australian team, 57-31
Wakefield School’s opening boys basketball game in its own Life and Breath Showcase tournament was a stark contrast to last year's. Let’s put it this way: Knox Prep’s “B” team was no Montrose Christian.
Journeying some 9,700 miles from Sydney, Australia, the Knox kids could shoot jumpers and run the floor, but were light years in talent behind Montrose, a Rockville, Md., power that steamrolled the Owls last year.
As opposed to last year’s 90-31 loss to Montrose, Wakefield rolled to a 57-31 victory over the Aussies, as Jeff Byrd scored 24 points and Eric Wilson added 10.
“We thought it would be unique to play a team from Australia. We can play Montrose again, but we wanted to take the opportunity to play a team from another country,” said Wakefield coach Scott Barron.
One thing can be said for Wakefield’s scheduling: it runs the gamut. In last year’s 59-point loss to Montrose (then ranked No. 7 in the USA TODAY boys basketball national rankings). the Owls took center stage in their own jam-packed upper gym for an unforgettable moment that the grandkids may one day hear about.
This year the Wakefield boys lurked in the shadows of their lower gym. The older court is dimmer and decidedly unlavish, with its dishwater gray floor, a couple of skylights and a scoreboard on one end that makes it hard to plan last second shots if not facing it.
Suffice it to say this game required no buzzer-beating heroics.
Thanks to a flurry of inside baskets by Byrd, Wakefield led 37-9 at halftime. Byrd added three quick hoops to open the second half, as the rout continued.
“We wanted to come out and represent our country well,” said Byrd...
See the Wednesday print edition of the Fauquier Times-Democrat for the complete story.
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