Sunday, January 27, 2013
Bombers stage big rally to come from behind and defeat host Westminster, 63-61.
No one could ever make a case that the Burroughs Bombers aren’t a clutch basketball team. Down by as many as 18, the Bombers staged one of those Hollywood type come-from-behind efforts to edge Westminster Christian Academy on the Wildcats home court, 63-61. This could have been one of those classic trap type games. Westminster was primed and ready. A big home loss to Burroughs on their football field was hardly forgotten. The Cats packed the joint with noisy, boisterous students. The crowd roared with approval when prior to the game, gritty senior John Eric Steiner was honored alongside his parents for reaching the 1,000 career plateau earlier in the week. “We weren’t guarding anybody. They were getting outside shots,” said Bomber coach …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Sophie Stipanovich reaches the 1,000 point mark enroute to a route of the Burroughs girls.
Simply put, the Burroughs boys basketball team beat Westminster Christian Academy 63-61 in regulation time. It was a game for the ages. This was the type of game that probably should have been tied, and gone a couple of overtimes. It was truly a shame anyone had to lose. But Burroughs was defending its honor. Their 15-1 record was cut short last week by Crossroads. Down by as many as 18 in the first half, Steve Wilcutt challenged his Bombers to man up at halftime. There was some shouting in the locker-room. Jimmy Carney played bombs away in the second half, launching three long range 3 pointers; scoring a game-high 22 points along with Ezekiel Elliott’s 20 in order to preserve the victory. The Bombers are 16-1, the best record so far in …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Senior three-sport star was gone for a week, preparing for and playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl football game in San Antonio, but came back on Tuesday to lead JBS to a 64-54 win over Prin.
After spending what he termed a "life-changing" week in San Antonio for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl high school football all-star game, which was played last Saturday at the Alamodome and televised nationally by NBC, John Burroughs senior Ezekiel Elliott was just hoping not to look too rusty in his first basketball game back with the Bombers on Tuesday. Elliott, a football star for the Bombers, who will play collegiately at Ohio State University next year, flew back to St. Louis on Sunday, and only had time for one practice with the team before Tuesday's key Metro League conference game against rival Principia. Fortunately for the Bombers, Elliott was able to shake off any rust he might have had pretty quickly, thanks to a resounding …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Foye Oluokun scores 25 points, and Jimmy Carney adds 20, as Bombers stay unbeaten with 75-49 win over Ritter.
CREVE COEUR -- The John Burroughs boys basketball team earned a trip to the 42nd Annual Chaminade Christmas Tournament championship game later today, thanks to a truly scintillating 75-49 win in the final game of pool play over Cardinal Ritter. The Bombers, who came into the event the overall No. 1 seed, won both games it played in Pool A and will now face the winner of Pool B, Pattonville High in the Chaminade tourney championship game on Saturday. Senior Foye Oluokun had a spectacular night for Burroughs, scoring a game-high 25 points and dishing out eight assists, as the Bombers jumped out early on Ritter and never looked back. Fellow senior Jimmy Carney also had a huge night with 20 points, and football star Ezekiel Elliott added 13 …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Senior Jimmy Carney led all scorers with 17 points, while teammates Foye Oluokun and Ezekiel Elliott added 14 points and 12 points in exciting victory at the Terrell Ramey/Midwest Showdown Shootout.
ST. CHARLES -- John Burroughs boys basketball coach Steve Wilcutt estimates that since the football season went so long, with the Bombers advancing all the way to the state championship game for the third straight year, that three weeks into the hoops season, his team has had eight practices and seven games. For most teams that ratio might be a death sentence, with so few practices to get ready for a three-month long season. But for Wilcutt and his Bombers, it's worked just fine, as Burroughs is now 7-0 on the season, thanks to another superb performance on Saturday at the Terrell Ramey/Midwest Showdown Shootout against O'Fallon Christian High. "We showed we can guard a little bit," Wilcutt said, following JBS' 56-43 win over Christian. "…
