The Jesuit Rangers Varsity Basketball team faced Richardson Berkner in the first round of the playoffs on Feb. 25, in a hard-fought and tight game which ended in the final minutes with Berkner on top, 65-62.
The seniors hoped to extend their season, but it became their last time to wear the Jesuit blue and gold. The Rangers had faced Berkner...
On February 10th, the Jesuit Rangers basketball team faced off against Carrolton RL Turner for the second time this season, blowing out the lions in a 61-29 victory. Jesuit shut down RL Turner defensively, limiting the Lions to only 31 field goal attempts for the whole game, while Jesuit managed to put up 52. Shooting a majority of those...
The opposing basketball team lines up its players on the sideline. The Jesuit fans immediately grow quiet. The announcer begins calling out the names of the player of the opposite team while our fans quickly turn their backs. After a few moments, the last opposing player is called, and the other team begins to sit back down on their...
On January 20th, the Jesuit Rangers basketball team took on Sunset. Heading into the game with a 13-7 record, Jesuit dominated the Bison, with a blowout 79-28 victory.
Jesuit held Sunset to an abysmal 20% shooting from the field and destroyed Sunset on the glass, racking up 43 rebounds in total for the night. In addition, everyone on the team...
The Jesuit JV Gold basketball team has continued its dominant district play extending their district record to 9-0, and their win streak to 14 games.
The Rangers faced their toughest competition of the season so far in the Skyline Raiders, getting a come from behind win. It was not so smooth sailing for the Rangers in this one, going down...
The clock winds down as the Jesuit player throws the ball in. The point guard catches it as he begins to run down the court. He crosses half-court and passes the ball to his right. The power forward receives it and swings it to the right corner. The shooter catches the ball, takes a step back behind the three...
On January 9th, Jesuit's JV Blue basketball team started out the 2015 season with a loss to McMillen. Down by 9 with 3 minutes to go, the team fought back and took the lead without a lot of time left on the clock. Sadly, they couldn't hold defensively and lost 56-55 on a buzzer beater made by McMillen's star...
Jesuit's JV Gold Basketball team has continued it's excellent performance from the preseason to district play, winning it's first six district games by an average margin of 34 points!
The first district opponent the Rangers faced were the Irving Tigers, in which Jesuit delivered a 74-36 beat down. Forward Luke Laufenberg 16' told me, "We were just simply the more...