Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Burlington High School boys basketball head coach Tom Lyons has been on the sidelines for 15 years.
The following questions were answered by Burlington High School boys basketball coach Tom Lyons, in his 15th years with the Red Devils. This season, he led the team to an 11-9 record and the No. 12 seed in the North Division 2 tournament. Unfortantely for the Red Devils, they fell in their opening tilt on Tuesday night as they lost to Brighton on a shot at the buzzer. What was the key to the team’s success this year? The past couple years has at times in games, it was more ‘me’ while this team is ‘we.’ The seniors came up to me and I said ‘Coach I don’t care what it takes, I just want to win.’ Each one of them says it doesn’t matter who scores, who gets the credit. It’s been a great year because these kids have been nothing short of …
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Burlington junior Shane Farley torched Wilmington for a school record 50 points last week.
Shane Farley wasn’t just filling up the score sheet for fun. The game was on the line. During a game February 15 versus Wilmington, the Burlington junior poured home a jaw-dropping 50 points as the Red Devils went to overtime and earned a 76-70 overtime victory over the Wildcats. The point total now sits as the best in school history. “Shane’s performance was phenomenal,” said Burlington basketball coach Tom Lyons. "The biggest thing is that usually when you get someone who scores that many points, it’s not a close game. We needed every one of Shane’s points to win that game.” As strong as Farley was from the floor, he was even better from the free throw line. He stuck 22 of his 25 attempts from the charity stripe as a part of his monster …
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Boys basketball nearly loses double digit lead, hangs on for 64-63 win.
Tom Lyons coined the finish of Friday night's road tilt against Wilmington a chaotic nightmare. Regardless, the Burlington boys basketball team called it a win. After opening up a 15 point lead early, the host Wildcats diced their deficit down to three points with the ball in their hands, a full court in front of them and six seconds remaining. Burlington opted to foul before Wilmington senior guard Tim McCarthy could get a shot off, but McCarthy felt the contact coming and lofted a shot from halfcourt, hoping the Red Devils would be whistled in the act of shooting. But instead of giving McCarthy the chance to tie the game, referees ruled the foul on the floor. Though the Wildcats managed a desparation three and mustered a meaningless …
Eleanor
9:59 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
Great job Shane! more ›