The defending Class B State Champs got a scare in the 1st Quarter, as MDI led the entire 1st Quarter, until there were 11 seconds left, when Old Town took their first lead of the night16-15.Old Town outscored MDI 16-9 in the 2nd Quarter and never looked back en route to a 65-46 victory in the opening game for both teams.

Even though MDI was outrebounded throughout the game, MDI was only down 16-15 at the end of the 1st Quarter, thanks to 5 points including a 3-pointer from Riley Swanson, and a 3 pointer from Aaron Snurkowski. Gus Reeves also added 3 points. MDI played tenacious defense and forced Old Town to miss shots, but the Coyotes were getting 2nd, 3rd and 4th opportunities thanks to their rebounding prowess. Drew Coloumbe and Kaleb Gifford hit 3-pointers, Eric Hoogterp had 3 points and Adam Richardson had 3 points.

In the 2nd Quarter, Old Town expanded their lead, and when Kaleb Gifford hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer, the led MDI 32-25.

In the 3rd Quarter, Old Town outscored MDI 15-6 to take a 47-31 lead. Hoogterp scored 7 points in the quarter, including a 3-pointer, and Richardson added 4 points.

In the 4th Quarter, Hoogterp added 11 more points for Old Town. Andrew Phelps scored his first varsity points for MDI, scoring 6 points in the 4th Quarter, including a 3 pointer. Swanson added another 3 pointer and James O'Donnell had 4 more points.

Scoring their first career varsity points for MDI were Andrew Phleps (6 points), Drew Rich (4 points), Graham Good (5 points), Aaron Boumil (2 points) and James O'Donnell (8 points). MDI started an all sophomore line-up of Reeves, Rich, Good, Snurkowski and Swanson.

Aaron Snurkowski led the Trojans with 10 points, and Swanson and O'Donnell each added 8 points. For Old Town, Eric Hoogterp had a game high 24 points, Adam Richardson had 13 points and Kaleb Gifford and Andre Miller each had 8 points.

MDI, 0-1 plays at Foxcroft Academy on Wednesday, December 10 at 7 PM in a game that will be broadcast on WDEA AM 1370 and WDEA Internet Radio. Old Town 1-0, plays at John Bapst on Thursday, December 11th at 7 PM.

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Old Town Coyotes Boys

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MDI

#NameGFGM2PM3PMFTMFTAPFPTS
10Andrew Phelps12111206
12Gus Reeves11101313
14Drew Rich11102354
20Graham Good12201445
22Colby Lee10000000
24Aaron Snurkowski131222210
30Russell Kropff10000000
32Aaron Boumil11100002
40Riley Swanson13120018
42Devin Parlatore10000000
44Jake Boumil10000010
50James O'Donnell14400108
TOTALS1171257151446

Old Town

#NameGFGM2PM3PMFTMFTAPFPTS
4Briad Westura10000000
10Drew Coulombe12110045
12Kaleb Gifford13120038
14Jake Jarvis10000000
20Tyler Gifford10000030
21Ryan Hoogterp11100002
22Eric Hoogterp11110112324
24Chad Bartlett11101203
25Tyler Gifford10000030
30Zach Bartlett10000000
32Andre Miller13302308
34Nick Sinclair10000000
40Mitchell Cole10000000
42Adam Richardson155035313
44Scott Smart11100012
TOTALS1272347121765

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