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Leesburg (Nov. 25, 2008) – The sign posted said “Beat Baldie”, but it was all in good fun as former Heritage High School boys varsity basketball coach Mark Mallisham returned to his old school Tuesday night to face his former assistant, Greg Grimes, as both coaches opened the 2008-09 season with their respective school debuts. Mallisham called it a “bittersweet victory” as his team out-scored the Pride 35-15 in the second half to earn the 55-44 win.
Graham Greening and Matthew Boward scored 16 of their combined 25 points in the third quarter as Forest Park chopped away at a 29-20 halftime deficiit to take a one-point lead, 38-37, heading into the final period. Boward fueled the comeback with 11 of his 13 in the third. Eric Brent finished with 11 for Forest Park.
Heritage was led by Stephen Shockley who scored 12 points, 11 of which came in the first half. The Pride netted just four field goals in the second half.
When asked about the transition Grimes said that the transition was as smooth as a transition can be due to the fact that he and Mallisham have such similar coaching styles, “plus we’re best friends”. He did admit after the game that it was a little weirder than he thought it would be to be going head to head against someone he’s usually sitting right next to. Mallisham seemed to feel similarly as he said “it was like playing against family tonight”, but he was also glad to go home with the win.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Forest Park | 10 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 55 |
| Heritage | 17 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 44 |
Forest Park
# | Name | 2 point FG | 3 point FG | Foul Shots | Points |
3 | Angelo Dawkins | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
5 | Graham Greening | 2 | 3 | 2-4 | 15 |
12 | Matthew Boward | 6 | 3 | 0-0 | 15 |
15 | Ta’Von Brown | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 |
21 | Adam Smith-Butts | 2 | 0 | 3-4 | 7 |
22 | Eric Brent | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 11 |
24 | Andy Jones | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
31 | Robert Williams | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
50 | Nicholas Exposito | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Team Total | 14 | 9 | 6-12 | 55 |
Heritage
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3 | James Austin | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Brent Peters | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Mo Berchie | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Bernard Sawyer | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Travis Amy | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Stephen Shockley | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Armin Gafurovic | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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