Indians Win Opener

Indians Win Season Opener

The Indians started off the 2021 year with a win against the Nelson County Cardinals. While this game wasn’t always pretty, a win is a win.

The Indians started off strong and took a 16-8 lead after the first quarter. After being held to under 10 points in the first period of play Nelson County hung in there and won the second quarter by 2 points to take a six point deficit into the half by a score of 19-25. The Indians played well in the third quarter as Aaron Steele started to heat up. Behind his hot shooting, AC took a commanding 15 point lead at the end of the third. Still, Nelson county didn’t go away as they cut it to six but this is as close as it ever got and the Tribe secured their first win of the year by the score of 60-48.

The Indians had good play from a lot of players but three players really stuck out tonight. Aaron Steele led the Indians in scoring, as the senior talleyed 18 points getting it done from the outside and by driving to the basket. Lucas Pooler was able to attack the rim all game long and added 15 points of his own. Luke Janes ended up with a double double tonight as he had 11 points and an impressive 15 rebounds.

The Indians will continue to improve as the year goes on and it could be another great year for the Indians.