Brewster boys finish with a win

BREWSTER, N.Y. - Rick Varnell scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Brewster High boys basketball team to a 58-38 victory over Lakeland Monday in the season finale. Brewster finished the season with two straight wins.

The Bears pulled away with a 21-9 run in the second quarter. Chris Santos scored all 16 of his points in the first half for Brewster, and when Lakeland went to a box-and-one defense to stop him, other Brewster players stepped up and hit shots. John McEntee and Matt Dewitt combined for 19 points, all in the second half.



Lakeland (7-13) 7 9 9 13 - 38

Brewster (7-13) 6 21 17 14 - 58

LAKELAND (38): Don Webber 0 0-0 0; Wayne Everett 3 1-2 7; Ralph Watts 2 0-0 5; Craig Moses 1 0-0 2; Mike Gregorio 1 0-0 2; Joe Casey 1 0-0 2; Joe Mostafa 1 1-2 3; P.J. Ragano 2 0-0 5; Mike Sullivan 2 0-0 6. TOTALS: 14 4-6 38.

BREWSTER (58): Matt Dewitt 4 0-0 8; John McEntee 4 1-2 11; Chris Santos 6 3-4 16; Rick Varnell 7 5-7 19; Dan Douglas 0 1-4 1; Gary Sorrentino 0 1-2 1; Mike Trainor 0 2-2 2; Mike Cox 0 0-0 0; Mike Coco 0 0-0 0; Andrew Bininger 0 0-0 0; Jeff Rich 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 13-21 58.

3-POINT GOALS: Moses (L) 2, Sullivan (L) 2, Watts (L), Ragano (L); McEntee (B) 2, Santos (B).