The Potomac Highlands Dispatch - the online newspaper

No. 7 Northern Garrett 81
No. 8 Fort Hill 80 (OT)

FORT HILL
Kelly 6 9-10 23, Crabtree 1 1-3 3, Harris 1 1-4 3, Bush 5 3-3 14, D'Atri 8 8-11 27, Carpenter 1 0-0 2, Remson 2 4-6 8. Totals 24 26-37 80.

NORTHERN GARRETT
Rayner 7 2-2 16, Holtschneider 3 0-0 7, Wilt 4 1-2 10, Gibson 8 3-6 22, Doerr 1 0-0 3, Humberson 5 11-19 23. Totals 27 17-29 81.

Fort Hill 14 18 23 17 8 -- 80
N. Garrett 14 16 28 14 9 -- 81

3-point goals: Fort Hill 6 (D'Atri 3, Kelly 2, Bush). Northern Garrett 8 (Holtschneider, Wilt, Gibson 3, Doerr, Humberson 2).

Post play powers Huskies past Sentinels
First time in school history Northern Garrett sweeps Fort Hill
* Humberson, Rayner combined for 39 points
* D'Atri's eight fourth-quarter points forces extra period

By Christopher Elliott, Huskies coach
for The Potomac Highlands Dispatch
ACCIDENT, Feb. 3 -- What a game.

The game went back and forth. I think the largest lead was nine for us (28-19) in the second quarter, before Fort Hill closed out the half with 13-2 run to hold a 32-30 halftime lead.

That's when Cody Humberson took over. In the third quarter, he scored 13 of his 23 (two 3s, one 2, and 5-7 from the foul line). His effort put us up three (58-55) going into the fourth.

That's when Fort Hill's Garrett D'Atri took over. He scored eight points in the fourth (two 2s and 4-6 from the foul line). Garrett was real tough in the fourth and OT for them. Mark Kelly was also huge for them he shot the ball extremely well.

Tyler Wilt hit two big shots in the fourth for us. He hit a huge three when we were down five late in the fourth and hit the shot to put it into OT (a drive right down the middle for a layup). D'Atri hit a circus shot in OT to put them up three (he had 16 points in the fourth and OT combined).

But Cody Humberson had 4 points in OT to help us sweep Fort Hill for the first time in school history. It's funny that we're not talking about Matt or Steven in this game, because Matt had 22 and Steven had his normal seven or eight points and five or six assists.

But our two post players really carried us tonight. Humberson and Garrett Rayner combined for 39 points and 12 rebounds. When you have that inside and outside game going, it is a fun thing to watch.