Coach Kent Bloms and his JV Boys have been a roll this week as they have won both games this past week.
The first game of the week was on Tuesday night when the Trojans hosted the Clayton Comets and Garner came away with a 63-52 win over the Comets. Garner was led by the following scorers: Dominique Reed: 16 pts, 4 rebounds, Juwan Moye: 15 pts, 6 rebounds, Jarie Hicks: 10 pts.
Garner's second game of the week came last night when they traveled to Knightdale to take on the Knights, the Trojans came out with the win, however it was a hard fought win for the Trojans.
Garner fell behind early as Knightdale raced out to a double digit lead, the Trojans finally found their stride mid way through the second quarter when Myles Crawford stepped into the game and saw his first action of the year.
Coach Bloms said "His defensive intensity ignited the entire team and was the spark that got us going. He was the key to our comeback." Garner was able to come away with at 63-58 win to move their record to 4-1 on the year and a perfect 3-0 in the conference. Leading the way for Garner was Juwan Moye with 17 points and 2 blocks.
Also contributing to the Trojan comeback was:
Dominique Reed: 14 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl
Larry Richardson: 10 pts, 7 reb, 2 stl
Jarie Hicks: 7 pts, 6 ast, 3 stl
The JV boys are back in action over Christmas break when they will play in the Athens Drive High School Holiday Basketball Tournament. Garner's first game of the Tournament will be on MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 at 4:00 PM when they take on Broughton.
If you would like to view the entire tournament bracket, you can click HERE.