Bogota Varsity Sports

 5-January-2023

  On Wednesday-4- January the Varsity Basketball teams from Bogota played those from New Milford. The Bogota-Heights Women team traveled to Midland Park to play the Lady Panthers. New Milford would open the game taking a 14-6 lead in the first quarter. Bogota-Heights would close the margin in the next eight minutes, but still trail by five points going into the locker room.  After the restart the Lady Panthers' extended their advantage and would win the game by the score of 59-43. New Milford's Lindsay Davis had a game high with 17 Points.  Bogota-Heights Emma Fowler led her team with 15 Points including a game high of 3 Three Point Baskets. Elona Bekdas scored 2 Three Point Baskets for the Lady Panthers.  Bogota-Height's record is now 4-3. They next play on Saturday-7-January at Lyndhurst in the 

"She Balls Too Showcase" starting at 11:00a. Their next league cam is on Tuesday-10-January against Secaucus on the Jay Mahoney Court in Speary Gym at 4:00p.

  The Men's Basketball Bucs hosted the Panthers on the Jay Mahoney Court in Speary Gym. The Bucs jumped out to 24-11 lead in the first eight minutes. In the next quarter New Milford would use an 18 to 2 run to move ahead of the home team. This allowed them to lead at halftime 34-32. To start the second half Bogota would tie the game at 34. The Panther again took the lead and improve it to four points.  This time the Bucs would put together a scoring run and have a 52-46 lead at the Three-Quarter time mark.  After a number of ties and lead changes Bogota would move ahead for the final time with the aid of a couple of Three Point Baskets with under two minutes remaining. They would hold on for a 65-62 win.  The Bucs Michael Olivo led all scorers with 23 Points. And Jean Paul Wiski recorded a game high with 5 Three Point Baskets. New Milford were led by Vincent Arroyo with 16 Points including 2 Three Point Baskets. Jaiden Ortiz also had 3 Three Pointers for the Panthers. Bogota's record is now 3-5. Their next game is on Friday-6-January at Leonia, with a tip-off scheduled for 7:00p

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