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Final Weekend a Busy One for Freshmen

By webmaster, 02/26/15, 9:45PM CST

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The 9A team had a busy weekend. Friday night the Lightning traveled to Shakopee for the last game of the season and lost 59-45. Jake Mayer lead all scorers with 13 points, also adding 7 rebounds and 1 assist. Nick Manders had 11 points. Sam Brill, Jackson Bires, and Will Barry all had 4 rebounds.

On Saturday, Burnsville Booster Club hosted the South Suburban Freshman Boys Tournament at Burnsville high school. Eastview lost their first game to Eagan 52-33. Essam Ibrahim lead all scorers with 9. Moving to the consolation bracket the Lightning faced Farmington and won 51-41. Down by one at half, the Lightning surged halfway through the second half building a 14 point lead. Scoring for Eastview were: Nick Manders with 14, Jackson Bires 10, Ben Nuebert & Issam Ibrahim 8 each. In the semi finals of the consolation bracket Eastview faced Burnsville and lost 56-47. It was a close game all the way. The Lightning were there to compete and they did. Scoring for Eastview were: Ben Neubert had 15 points, going nine for ten from the line; Jackson Bires had 13 points and was 7 for 8 from the line; and Jake Mayer pitched in 8 points. As a team Eastview was 21-25 from the line. Eastview finished the season 7-20. The boys represented Eastview well, played hard and got better as a team throughout the entire season. Go Lightning!