Trojans takedown Townsend

The second verse was far different then the first for the Whitehall High School boy's basketball team.

After losing on the road 46-32 to Townsend on January 11, the Trojans were the far superior team in the rematch picking up a 56-31 home win Tuesday night.

"They came out focused and ready to go. I feel like they came out with a chip on their shoulder from what happened the last time in Townsend," Head Coach Zach McLean said.

Whitehall (7-7, 5-5 5B District) would come out of the gates quickly and built an early 19-3 lead sparked by two three pointers from freshman Brendan Wagner and strong play from senior guard Cade Briggs.

Whitehall would lead 32-12 and push the lead to as many as 30 in the second half.

McLean said they had game plan to play man-to-man defense and the team executed it well.

"There effort was great," he said.

Briggs led the team with 22 points, Clay Wolfe had 15, Wagner added eight, Dylan Smith finished with six, Hayden Hoagland chipped in four points and Bo Hays added one.

Read more about last week's game in the print edition of the Ledger.