![]() ![]() ![]() Parkland was overly aggressive in the second half and limited the Wildcats to eight third quarter points and only two in the fourth as the game obviously wasn’t being officiated as it was in the first half. We just wanted to keep playing West Stokes ball.” That was a big key for us, especially attacking their full-court press. “Coach kept telling us to attack and want the moments instead of trying to let someone else do it, but instead everybody going after it. “They are a good team and last year we played them passive and didn’t cease the moments,” said Mickey. Senior Luke Mickey led the charge with 12 second quarter points and tallied 18 in the first half. The Wildcats jetted to a 17-7 lead after one quarter of play with six different players getting in the scoring column and then pushed its advantage to 39-24 after outscoring the Mustangs 22-17 in the second frame. “When they took the lead, I told our guys ordinary teams would have folded, last year’s team would have folded, but this year’s team found a way to pull it out.” “An absolutely tough, tough mental moment for our guys against Parkland,” said Wildcat coach Dan Spainhour. West closed the last day of the tournament out with a third place finish over East Forsyth, 56-39. 4 Parkland, 62-55 in overtime and then lost 52-49 in another overtime game to eventual Pepsi Bracket Champion Mount Tabor (12-0). 5 Wildcats upset last year’s champions, No. WINSTON SALEM – The West Stokes boys’ basketball team fared well in the 45th Annual Frank Spencer Holiday Classic last week.
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