Patriots knock off BCAS 53-41

Brandon Bitzer
Heath Schmidt

Ryan Zimmer

Bitzer

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Dani Gremel

Jillian Williamson

Estey Ruppal

Brandon Bitzer scored 24 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter to lead the Patriots to a 53-41 win over BCAS, which puts them in the driver's seat the remainder of the way in the GTW title race. The game was tied early in the fourth at 32-32, but USA never relinguished the lead (they never trailed)...they bent, but they never broke. An emotional Pats coach Mark Gainforth said after the game was extremely proud of his team, especially from where they started at the beginning of the season.

A full report will appear in this week's Huron County Press. In girls action, the Lady Pats picked up the 51-43 victory over the Lady Cougars.