Six Quarter Scrimmage Provides Glimpse of Team

Today, East scrimmaged against St. Augustine High School. The teams played six separate quarters, each with its own scoring. East was without Chris Santo ('11) due to sickness. The rest of the Cougars played well as a whole. Andrew Nahum ('10) stood out as a contributor, seeing his first significant playing time after missing time the past few seasons due to injury. Marc Schlessel ('12) showed his ability to knock down the three-pointer, making four in a row in the second and third quarters. Jake Gurkin ('12) played well in the paint, especially considering he did not have the help of Santo on the boards. Ben Gerstein ('10) made some nice baskets and Dan Melleby ('11), who will not be playing this season because he needs surgery, dazzled the crowd with a layup through traffic. Sam Rose ('11) gracefully ended one of the quarters with a buzzer-beating layup and Seth Friedman ('10) controlled the game from the point for the majority of the game. The game featured many teaching opportunities with Coach Valore and St.Augustine's coach stopping the game at various points to demonstrate what they wanted to their players.

In the picture above, Andrew Nahum ('10) goes

up for a layup in a scrim-

mage versus St. Augustine.