Basketball Recap: Ayden Beach's Big Game Can't Quite Lead St. Lawrence Central over Chateaugay

St. Lawrence Central entered their contest against Chateaugay on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The St. Lawrence Central Larries took a 49-31 bruising from the Chateaugay Bulldogs. The game marked the Larries' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

Ayden Beach

Steals

02/07/25 vs Chateaugay	3
02/04/25 @ Saranac Lake	4
01/30/25 @ Tupper Lake	10
01/25/25 @ Brushton-Moira	7
01/23/25 vs Salmon River	8
+ 17 more games

St. Lawrence Central lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ayden Beach, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. Beach has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 22 times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jacob Evans, who posted four points and five boards.

St. Lawrence Central is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 13-4. As for Chateaugay, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.

Coming up, St. Lawrence Central won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against St. Regis Falls at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Chateaugay, they will venture away from home to face off against Tupper Lake at 7:15 p.m. on Monday.