Basketball Recap: Madrid-Waddington Sets Scoring Season-High Against St. Lawrence Central

Yellowjackets

Team Score

01/14/25 vs St. Lawrence Central	62
12/16/24 @ Colton-Pierrepont	47
12/20/24 @ Tupper Lake	45
12/28/24 vs Saranac Lake	24

Madrid-Waddington scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 66-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Lawrence Central Larries. The Yellowjackets were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Larries apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in January of 2024.

St. Lawrence Central had a senior duo take command as Ayden Beach almost dropped a triple-double on 18 points, 11 rebounds, and nine steals and Damien Ashley went 7 of 12 on his way to 20 points and six steals. The contest was Beach's tenth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Carl Moore, who went 5 for 12 en route to 11 points and three steals.

Madrid-Waddington's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 2-2. As for St. Lawrence Central, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.

Madrid-Waddington has already played their next game (against Brushton-Moira), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. St. Lawrence Central will face off against Norwood-Norfolk at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Lawrence Central has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.