Wall Boys Basketball Concluded Historic Season Against Moorestown

The view of the New Jersey Semi-Finals at Brick Memorial High School.

By Ryan Sy 
    The Wall High School Crimson Knights basketball team concluded its outstanding season at Brick Memorial High School against the Moorestown Quakers in the New Jersey boys Group III semifinal on Thurs., March 7. They completed the season with a 21-9 record.
​    Two days prior, Wall won the Central Jersey sectional championship to advance. Wall went further than most expected because the team only had two seniors on it and lost its top scorer and head coach from the previous season, guard Steve Geis and head coach Mr. Matt Kukoda.
    “It was a pleasure to wear Wall across my chest these past four years and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of kids to go to battle with everyday. I love these guys,” senior Trey Dombroski said. “I couldn’t have asked for anything more from this season.”
    Wall lost the game by the score of 64-44. The Knights led at halftime and Moorestown got hot in the second half when Wall fell out of its rhythm shooting the basketball.
    “You can’t take away that Moorestown shoot 55 percent from 3-point range,” Wall’s head coach Mr. Robert Klatt said. “I entered the seniors at the end of the game to give the fans a chance to show their appreciation for them.”
     Wall graduates two senior this season, Dombroski and Cam Johnson.
    The Knights’ leading scorer, junior Quinn Calabrese, was held to just five points after his 27-point effort in the CJ Group III championship game. Wall’s leading scorer was sophomore Patrick Lacey with 15 points and freshman Colin Ackerman posted 14 points in the effort as well.
    The game was not the way the team wanted to end, but this season was one that was historic and one to build upon this great effort into next season with four out of the five starters returning for the 2019-20 season, albeit with higher expectations.

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