This was no ordinary high school basket ball game, two nationally ranked teams played against each other during a regular conference season. This was not an ordinary high school basketball game because all the tickets were sold out. I was lucky to get a free ticket since I am a DeMatha student. Another reason why this was not an ordinary basketball game is because of the number of students that attended and the excitement they showed. Most high school basketball games have some excitement and school pride. At DeMatha and other WCAC schools, the student section actually makes a lot of effort to represent their school. The enthusiastic students caused distractions for the opposing team for this game. DeMatha students had full size faces of Coach Mike Jones and Coach Morgan Wotton. They waved them for free throws. They also chanted and did a great job of showing their spirit. DeMatha has a great Pep Band and I find it really cool. It is not only DeMatha that shows their school spirit. Other WCAC schools do the same as well. I guarantee if you go to a WCAC school like Gonzaga, St. Johns, Paul VI, or Good Counsel, you will see really creative spirit.
WCAC You might wonder what is the WCAC? The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) is a league for Catholic high schools around the D.C, Maryland, Virginia area. Just recently on Max Preps, they announced that the WCAC is the 2nd most competitive league in the nation for football. The WCAC is super competitive in every sport. There are some WCAC schools that are nationally ranked. DeMatha DeMatha Catholic High School is highly known for its athletics. Over the years, DeMatha has won tons of titles. This includes football, soccer, and basketball. Baskteball is probably the most popular sport at DeMatha. It makes sense because of their legendary coach, Morgan Wootten, who won over 1000 games back then when he coached for DeMatha. Until today, the DeMatha basketball program continues its legacy to be one of the top high school basketball programs in the nation with its current coach, Mike Jones. Paul VI Paul VI (PVI) located in Fairfax, Virginia has a strong basketball program. They are nationally ranked No.11 in the 2019-2020-season. They beat Sierra Canyon at the Spaulding Hoop Hall. This is huge because Sierra Canyon is the high school team where LeBron James’ son, Bronny James, and Dwyane Wade’s son, Zaire Wade, play. Whenever people talk about PVI basketball they talk about 2 people: Jeremy Roach (A Duke commit) and Doug Williams. These 2 guys are a power house together. Game Highlights When it comes to nationally ranked teams playing each other, it is going to be a close game. At the start of the 1st quarter Michigan commit, 7’2 Hunter Dickinson, scored the first basket of the game with a 3-pointer. What is special about Hunter, is not only that he’s so tall, but he shoots as well for a tall person. DeMatha were able to add more 3-pointers scored, by Jordan Hawkins. Doug Williams made the first basket for PVI. After Dickinson scored, Jeremey Roach scored a 3-pointer for PVI. DeMatha had a turnover. Jeremey Roach had the ball and gave an assist to Williams who was able to score another 3-pointer! Hunter came back really strong against a hard dunk in the paint. After he scored the point, Dickinson blocked (#20 PVI) DeMatha sophomore, Tyrell Ward knocked down a 3-pointer. Doug Williams (PVI) gave an assist to #0 (PVI) and he scored a 3-pointer. DeMatha’s #3 did a great job with a step over to the paint and a lay up. Jeremey Roach (PVI) scored another 3-pointer, however. DeMatha responded with a 3-pointer. DeMatha shot the ball, but it went in and out. All of a sudden, DeMatha’s Will Renolds came out of no where, got the rebound in mid air, and dunked it! End of 1st quarter 18-15 2nd Quarter DeMatha led the game by 3 points. Will Renolds’ dunk was just the beginning. He stole the ball from PVI and he made another dunk! 6:29 remaining in the 1st half, DeMatha led by 12 points. PVI called a time out. Once the game resumed, they came back and were down by 3 points again! Jeremy Roach was back on the floor and mad a beautiful lay up. DeMatha had the ball and Tyrell Ward gave a beautiful assist to Jordan who dunked. Two minutes before the quarter ended, Hunter Dickson scored another 3-pointer. Less than a minute in the half, Jeremy Roach and Doug Williams were back on the floor and and they came back once again. They were down by 5-points. End of 2nd quarter #0 (PVI) finally found a way how to score a lay up while Hunter Dickenson guarded him. Jordan however, scored another 3-pointer! Whenever PVI scored, DeMatha came back with Jordan scoring 3-pointers. DeMatha had miscommunication on their offense. Jeremey Roach forced the turn over and scored a layup. DeMatha point guard, Earl Timberlake, missed a layup, but he was able to rebound it and fight for the basket and scored, but Williams scored over Timberlake. Hunter came back on the floor and he posted-up PVI tallest player. A bad call was made however because, the player flopped and the ref gave the foul on Dickenson who got really upset. DeMatha was distracted. They had 5 turnovers in a row that led another comeback for PVI. PVI was down by 1 point. End of 3rd quarter PVI was down by one point. This is where things got spicy! Hunter posted-up PVI tallest player again. This time without a bad call made by the refs, Hunter scored the basket. Earl Timberlake gave an assist to Hunter who then scored another 3-pointer. The crowd went absolutely nuts. Even me. The whole team celebrated and Hunter played air guitar in celebration. After the time-out from PVI, they made a great offensive play that allowed Doug Williams to score a 3-pointer. The score was 59-58. After the Stags scored, Coach Mike Jones made a smart decision to call a much needed time out. Ounce again Jordan scored another 3 pointer! With only 1 minute left of the game. The Stags were up by 2 points. Once PVI got the ball, they tried to score a 3-pointer and lead the game by 1 point, so they could win it all. They made an offensive foul, however. Once PVI got the ball again, they tried the same play. However, Hunter Dickinson blocked the shot, retrieved the ball, threw it in air from half-court, and the buzzer went off. Game ended. Stags win by two points! 62-60! The student section sang goodbye to the Panthers. This is just the beginning for DeMatha and Paul VI. As the season goes on for the WCAC, DeMatha will face them again in Fairfax. I believe, that this is the preview of the 2019-2020 WCAC basketball finals.
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