Generals go 0-2 at Big Blue Classic
The Heritage Generals played two final tune-up games prior to the start of the Region 7-4A portion of their slate last week, but dropped two tough games at the Big Blue Classic at Model High School.
MODEL 50, HERITAGE 47
This past Wednesday, the Generals fell in heartbreaking fashion to the host Blue Devils.
Heritage took a 35-31 lead into the fourth quarter and led by two in the closing seconds. But Jeremias Heard would score with 11.9 seconds left to tie the game at 45 and send it to overtime.
Gavin Broadrick put Heritage back in front with a bucket in the extra session and the Generals kept the Blue Devils off the board for the first 3:30 of the fourminute overtime.
However, Heard scored again with 29.5 seconds left to tie things up at 47 and he struck again with a 3-point play with just 3.3 seconds remaining to account for the winning points. Heard finished with 18 in the victory.
Payton Newman had a team-high 10 points for the Generals. J.C. Armour and Kaleb Biddle both scored eight, followed by Broadrick and Bryce Travillian with six each. The rest of the scoring featured four from Max Owens, three by Kaden Swope and two by Kaleb Gallman.
NEW FAITH CHRISTIAN 72, HERITAGE 59
Then on Friday, the Generals wrapped up play at Model, but fell to the independent Titans from Riverdale.
The Titans led 22-9 after one quarter, only to see Heritage respond and cut the deficit to 33-31 at halftime. Broadrick scored all nine of his points in the second stanza to lead the charge.
However, NFCA would get nine points from Jamil Aleem in the third as the Titans outscored the Generals, 21-10. The two teams would play even in the fourth.
Aleem, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard, scored a game-high 35 points, including six 3-pointers, while he made all five of his free throw attempts.
Lennon Barrett had 12 points on four 3-pointers for the Generals (5-7). Biddle matched Broadrick with nine points, while Swope added eight.
The remainder of the points included six from Armour, five from Travillian, four by Owens, and two each by Newman, Cooper Bell and Maddox Henry.
The Generals and the Lady Generals will open Region 7-4A play at home this Friday against Central-carroll in a varsity doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m.