Basketball Recap: Wakefield Piles Up the Points Against Wisner-Pilger

Trojans

Team Score

01/13/25 vs Wisner-Pilger	69
12/13/24 @ Battle Creek	57
12/27/24 @ Ainsworth	53
12/20/24 vs Stanton	52
12/17/24 vs Bloomfield	48

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wakefield). They breezed by the Wisner-Pilger Gators to the tune of 69-41 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Trojans have posted since February 16, 2024.

Wakefield was led to victory by Cael Johnson and Jacob Birkley. Johnson dropped a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds, while Birkley went 8 of 13 on his way to 23 points and three steals. Those 23 points gave Birkley a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Borg, who posted seven points in addition to six boards and five assists.

The win snapped Wakefield's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-7 record. As for Wisner-Pilger, their defeat was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-9.

Wakefield wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 53-51 victory against Bancroft-Rosalie on the 16th. Wisner-Pilger has also already played their next contest, a 61-23 loss against Humphrey-Lindsay on the 14th.