Heritage boys’ basketball ends against state-ranked Tuscola
By Fred Kroner
The Heritage boys’ basketball season came to an end on Monday (Feb. 19) in an IHSA regional quarterfinal game against state-ranked Tuscola.
The Warriors overpowered the Hawks, 86-27, in a Class 1A postseason contest.
Jacob Bensyl scored a team-high 10 points for Heritage.
Other teammates to reach the scoring column were Rylan White (nine points), Brennan Struck (four points), Anthony Happ (two points) and Brayden Jones (two points).
Tuscola (26-5 and ranked fifth in Class 1A) created a 30-8 lead after one quarter and expanded its margin to 55-12 at halftime.
Heritage had a 4-27 season record.
White was the team’s scoring leader, amassing 411 points and a 13.7 scoring average. He connected on a team-best 61 three-pointers with single-game highs of six twice. He collected five 20-point games, topped by a 34-point outburst against Tri-County.
Clark Roland notched 10 three-pointers for the season, Happ hit nine, Bensyl made six and Luke Miller had one.
White led the Hawks in scoring – or shared the lead – in 23 games. Struck led in four games, Bensyl in three games and Happ and Destin Nickle once apiece.
Four Hawks, besides White, posted double-digit scoring games. Struck’s high game was 18 points, Bensyl tallied a 17-point game, Nickle had a 15-point game and Roland‘s high game was 14 points.
