FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s eight senior boys basketball players closed out their varsity careers with a 64-54 victory over Gilbert School on senior night Thursday, Feb. 26.
Prior to the game, the seniors — Anthony Labbadia, Anthony Foley, Nick Crodelle, Owen Riemer, Simon Markow, Tyler Roberts, Henry Berry and Wes Allyn — presented flowers to their parents in a brief on-court ceremony.
“It’s been a great season,” said center Simon Markow. “I wish I could’ve gotten a dunk in, but I’m so happy about these guys I’ve been playing with for four years. And I’m so happy with the new guys. I think the team’s gonna be great next year.”
Housatonic built a 15-point lead in the first quarter, fueled by momentum from a few slam dunks in front of the home crowd.
Anthony Labbadia said, “I’ll remember this game more than all the other ones.”
Labbadia led HVRHS in scoring with 22 points. Anthony Foley scored 18, Owen Riemer scored 9, Nick Crodelle scored 6, Simon Markow scored 5, Tyler Roberts scored 2 and Wes Allyn scored 2.
Foley made the All-Berkshire League 2nd team.
Allyn, who missed the season due to a knee injury, scored the first basket of the game — a ceremonial two-handed jam — before exiting the court. He said he expects to be fully recovered by the first week of April, just in time for baseball season.
Gilbert was led in scoring by Trevor Rich with 16 points on five 3-pointers. Noah Holmes scored 13, Avian Tejeda scored 10, Hayden Dileo scored 6, Jackson Decker scored 2, Logan Arthur scored 2, Jordan Higgins scored 2, Michael Rivera scored 2 and Channing Incillo scored 1.
Riley Klein
Wes Allyn dunks it to start the game against Gilbert on senior night Thursday, Feb. 26.
