John Hay played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They came up short against the Glenville Tarblooders, falling 81-58. While losing is never fun, John Hay can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 630th, while Glenville is ranked 141st).
Despite the defeat, John Hay had strong showings from Melvin Wells, who posted 14 points, and Taevon Walker, who scored 18 points. Another player making a difference was A'Chauntez Glenn, who had 14 points.
Xavier Vickerstaff continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Glenville, dropping a double-double on 20 points and 14 rebounds. Vickerstaff has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Braylyn Irby was another key player, putting up 12 points and six rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for John Hay and nudges their season record down to 2-6. As for Glenville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
John Hay wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 65-40 loss against New Lexington on the 28th. As for Glenville, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, an 80-36 victory against East Tech on the 20th.
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