Dryden’s Merrick Maris protects the basketball from a Bay City All Saints foe during last Friday’s non-league encounter at home.

DRYDEN — The Dryden varsity boys’ basketball team handed visiting Bay City All Saints a 61-37 setback in a non-league Snowcoming contest it hosted last Friday night.

In Friday’s contest, Dryden went up 18-16 after one quarter was over with.

The middle two quarters saw Dryden accumulate 25 total points and Bay City All Saints produce 15, pushing their cushion to 43-31 with 24 minutes gone.

Dryden then outscored Bay City All Saints 18-6 from that point on, good for a 61-37 triumph when the final buzzer sounded.

Merrick Maris (23) and Jacob Burgess (22) led Dryden with double figure point totals. They were backed by Dylan Ledford (six points), Jacob Buffo (four), Zack Lemke (three), Tommy Giles (two) and Sonny Coscione (one).

Kevin Kissane

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.