By Matt M. Stutz

The Pandora-Gilboa Rockets boys basketball team played host to the Arcadia Redskins in a Blanchard Valley Conference match-up Friday night Dec. 8.  In the season’s home opener, the Rockets (3-0, 1-0 BVC, 0-0 PCL) overwhelmed the Redskins by a final of 63-28.

Up 13-3 after eight minutes of action and then 27-12 at the halftime break, P-G came out of the locker room and exploded for twenty-six 3rd quarter points, as Aiden Harris poured in ten of his game high 22 points.  The Rockets were comfortably in control up 53-23 heading into the final quarter; where a running clock was instituted over the final eight minutes.

Zach Neuenschwander also reached double digit scoring for the Rockets finishing with 12 points while Colin Harris found the bottom of the net with 8 points. Nate Maag tallied 6 points while Owen Huffman, Nate Walker, and Cam Verhoff each chipped in with 4 points apiece.  Aidan Morris closed out the night’s scoring with 2 points.

The Rockets will take the court again this Tuesday night December 12 when they will welcome the Kalida Wildcats to The Launch Pad, in an intriguing early season Putnam County League match-up.