New Life Christian School (VB)

The Frederick Warriors Varsity Boys met the New Life Christian School Rams for the second time this season on Saturday evening.

The Warriors began the game playing a 2-3 zone on defense against the taller, faster Rams. After falling behind by 11 points in the first quarter, the Warriors started pushing the opponents further out of the paint on defense and picked up their game; powered by an 8-point second quarter from Chris Leao. The Warriors pulled to within a bucket of the Rams late in the quarter. Then a bit of foul trouble and exertion drained the Warriors and the Rams stretched the lead back to 11 at the half.

The Warriors could not find their shooting touch in the second half against the Rams' man defense and points were scarce in the third quarter, with the Rams pushing their lead up over 20 points. The Warriors employed a man defense of their own in the second half, but the size of the Rams was too much. The Warriors fought hard till the end, putting up 51 to the Rams 79 points.

John Koffman led all scorers with 25 points, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 boards. Chris Leao had 11 points and 6 rebounds. Toby McGrath had 6 points and 8 rebounds. Daniel Passarelli contributed 6 points. Jonathan Pefley had 2 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Alex Leao had 3 boards.

All the boys demonstrated Godly character and great effort in this one.

New Life Christian School (VG)

The Warriors had been invited to play in New Life Christian School Ram’s homecoming games. The Varsity Ladies took the court after the middle school boys, anticipating a tough game against the powerful Rams; which included Liz Catoe, an old teammate of the girls.

From the start of the game it was clear that New Life controlled the floor, but the girls played with intensity and kept up a solid, challenging defense throughout the entire game. The score at halftime was 31-6.

New Life had older, better, faster, stronger, and more mature players, but that didn’t mean the Warriors played with less than a 100% effort. Though the scoreboard did not show it, the girls played some great all-around basketball. The final score was 61-11.

Emily Passarelli led the team with 6 points, 5 rebounds, and a block. Emma Matthews had 2 points, 2 steals, and a board. Amanda Stewart had 2 points, 1 steal, and a rebound. Ashley Kelly had 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and a block. Gabrielle Freese had 1 point, 5 rebounds, and a steal. Abby Messinger and Katey Altoff also contributed to the rebounds, having 6 and 3.

It was a rough game but the girls played hard, considering their competition. Great job ladies!

New Life Christian School (MSG)

The Warriors lost 39-11.

Bethany Carstens led the team with 3 points. Right behind her was Hailey Vernon (2), Tabitha Leaman (2), and Lydia Flynn (2).

Senior Night:: Admas County Chrsitian Academy (VB)

The boys took to the hardwood next on Senior Night anticipating a good game against the Adams County Christian Academy Rams, who traveled to Frederick to meet the Warriors for Round 3 in this ongoing battle. The Warriors had pulled out two 2-point wins in Gettysburg against ACCA earlier in the season. Would the home court advantage help the Warriors the third time around? The Warriors had beaten ACCA two weeks earlier for their Senior Night. ACCA came ready to return the favor on the Warriors’ Senior Night.

The night started with the singing of the National Anthem; sung beautifully by Heidi, Abby, and Daniel Messinger. Then the game began.

The Warriors came out flat to start the game and ACCA jumped out to an 18-12 lead after one quarter. The Warriors were not ready to respond in the second, falling into a greater hole at the half, 30-21.

In the second half the Warriors realized that merely showing up was not sufficient. They began to fight back. The Warriors outscored ACCA in the third and fourth quarters and played great team ball. They pulled ahead, but only by a basket. With only one minute left, the Warriors lost their lead and fell short by 2 points, the final score being 54-52.

John Koffman led the team with 14 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, and a block. Toby McGrath had 12 points and 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and a block. Daniel Passarelli had 12 points and a steal. Josiah Carstens had 6 assists. Chris Leao had 6 points and 6 boards. Alex Leao had 4 points, 4 boards, and an assist. Jonathan Pefley contributed 3 boards.

After the game all the fans and players honored Alex, our senior, by watching videos of him and hearing Coach Ron remark on his time with the Warriors. Before everyone left, the families, players, and coaches gathered to pray for Alex. Congratulations to him for finishing out his high school years!

It was a tough loss, but the Warriors showed Godly character through the whole game and the fans couldn’t have been prouder of them. Good job guys!

Adams County Christian Academy (VG)

Friday night the Warriors’ varsity teams came looking sharp in their white jerseys to host the Adams County Christian Academy Rams at their very first home game of the season; Senior Night for the Warrior boys!

The girls were the first to play and took a fast lead. In the second quarter, Coach called a time-out and told the girls he wanted an "inside game." The guards were told to pass the ball into the post players, and the post players to make a move and shoot. It worked beautifully. Gabrielle Freese had three baskets in a row, Emily Passarelli had two, and Abby Messinger also dropped one in! By halftime the Warriors were up 16-6.Going into the second half, the girls kept playing great, and had a nice lead to fall back on. They kept up the momentum and were up 21-15 at the end of the 3^rd quarter.

In the 4^th quarter, though, the girls played like they had already won, and the Rams came back, putting the Warriors up by only 5 with only 15 seconds left. The Warriors had the ball though and passed it in, Emma Matthews secured the win by sitting on the ball for several seconds, leaving everyone laughing as the final buzzer went off. The final score was 28-22.

Gabrielle led the team with 9 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 1 steal. Emily was right behind her with 6 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 steals. Emma had 6 points, 6 steals, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist. Abby had 2 points, 9 boards, and 1 assist. Amanda Stewart contributed 3 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, and an assist. Ashley Kelly had 2 points, 6 steals, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 1 assist.

It was a great win and the girls never let less than a Godly-character be portrayed. Great job ladies!