Almont’s Haden Lacavera is pressured by Imlay City’s Holden Redd in BWAC play last Wednesday.
TRI-CITY AREA — Almont rolled to a convincing 64-20 win against host Imlay City in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity boys’ basketball encounter last Wednesday night.
In Wednesday’s encounter, Almont bolted out to a 23-7 advantage after one quarter was done and finished the half up 39-10.
When the action resumed, Almont picked up where it left off. Aided by a 13-7 third quarter edge, the Raiders widened the gap to 52-17 with 24 minutes gone.
Almont then outscored Imlay City 12-3 the rest of the way, closing out a 64-20 victory.
Joey Savel (13, including a pair of trifectas), Charlie Koenig and Blake Campbell (11, featuring three treys) and Scott Pape (10) led Almont with double digit point totals. The remaining Raider points went to Clayton Roszczewski (eight), Logan Walton and Richey Rockey (a triple each), Matthew Measel and Haden Lacavera (two apiece) plus Blake Cody (one).
Will Tolley (six, including a trifecta) paced Imlay City. Dom Ljuldjuraj (four), Ray Liu and Andrew Badder (a trey each) along with Chris Cezik and Dorian Lewis (two apiece) supported his performance.
Kevin Kissane has been covering high school sports for the Tri-City Times since 1985. When not standing on a field or court with his camera and notepad, he enjoys golf, travel and family. Kevin is a 1980 graduate of Capac High School, and is also a grad of St. Clair Community College and earned a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.
