By Shawn Bates
The Lady Clippers came out shooting against cross town rival Tourtellotte Dec. 21, with Kayleigh Lyons leading the way with 27 points. Putnam jumped out to a 13 to 1 lead in the first and controlled the tempo the whole game. Lauren Blackmar and Abby St. Martin both would ne 8 points for the Clippers and Ashley Morin tallied 5 points for the Tigers for the 57-18 Clinic.
Dec. 22 the Ladies once again came out with the W to claim the back-to-back championship in the Hometown Clipper Classic. Kayleigh Lyons would stay hot, netting 19 baskets and Abby St. Martin would record 10 more points for the Lady Clippers. Parish Hill would lead the first quarter 7-4, but Putnam would fire back a 21-point second quarter powered by Lyons hitting for 11 of her 19 points to go into the locker room leading 25 to 14. Then they came back out in the second half to outscore the Pirates 16 to 7 for the 41-21 victory. Morgan Blackmar would receive the All-Academic award for the ladies Lauren Blackmar and Abby St. Martin would both make the All-Tournament team. Kayleigh Lyons would take home the Outstanding Player Award for the Clippers.
Boys
Dec. 21 the Clippers would jump out to a first-half 23 to 18 lead on the Tigers and wouldn’t take their foot off the gas for the first round win 67 to 42 win over the Tourtellotte Tigers. Colby Livingston would lead the Clippers with 18 buckets and Ezaviar Key netted 11 and Tyion Harris had 12 points for the Clippers first win of the season. Anthony Ferraro would lead all Tigers with 12 points.
Dec. 22 with momentum from Friday night the Clippers would jump out to a 12 to 10 lead over the Windham Tech Tigers. But they would fall behind at halftime going in behind 22 to 28 in Tech‘s favor.
In the second half Putnam would press and score three quick baskets to get within striking distance but Abram Rosario would steal the show scoring 22 points scoring 12 of his team leading 22 points. William Ruiz would net 12 and Cole Paquin would score 10 to round out the top three scorers for Windham Tech. Tech would take home the championship with a 66-42 victory. Tyion Harris would score 14 for Putnam and Colby Livingston would add 10 points. Senior Michael DiColella would receive the all-academic award for Putnam. Tyion Harris and Colby Livingston would both make the All-Tournament Team.

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