By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Every good hoops team is going to drop a game or two along a successful campaign. Every squad seems to do it and expecting to sail through a scholastic campaign undefeated is sometimes unrealistic. And in the grand schemes of things, a loss is a good learning tool in the end. In the case of the team from St. Paul, it took one heck of an individual effort to finally topple the Falcons on Monday night, Dec. 22. Watertown’s Abby Collier notched over half of her squad’s final point total to help defeat St. Paul as her game high 29 points led the Indians to an impressive 49-45 win from the Maltby Street Gymnasium in Bristol. It was the first loss of the season for the Falcons (3-1) while Watertown moved over .500 in the victorious effort (3-2). In the Naugatuck Valley League tilt, Watertown won the first three quarters – by just a total of four points – and played St. Paul even over the final eight minutes to put up a huge win on the road. Collier’s effort was impressive as she hit only six field goals but from the free […]
By MICHAEL LETENDRE STAFF WRITER BRISTOL – Every good hoops team is going to drop a game or two along a successful campaign. Every squad seems to do it and expecting to sail through a scholastic campaign undefeated is sometimes unrealistic. And in the grand schemes of things, a loss is a good learning tool in the end. In the case of the team from St. Paul, it took one heck of an individual effort to finally topple the Falcons on Monday night, Dec. 22. Watertown’s Abby Collier notched over half of her squad’s final point total to help defeat St. Paul as her game high 29 points led the Indians to an impressive 49-45 win from the Maltby Street Gymnasium in Bristol. It was the first loss of the season for the Falcons (3-1) while Watertown moved over .500 in the victorious effort (3-2). In the Naugatuck Valley League tilt, Watertown won the first three quarters – by just a total of four points – and played St. Paul even over the final eight minutes to put up a huge win on the road. Collier’s effort was impressive as she hit only six field goals but from the free […]