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The Bellmont Braves wowed the home crowd for the first time this season in the opener, beating Woodlan 54-35.
Dylan Velez led the team in scoring with seven in the first half and all scorers with 15 for the game to lead the Braves.
Dylan Velez pulls down a rebound in Saturday’s game against Woodlan. Gavin Krull knocks down a three in the second half for the Braves. Krull finished with 12 points for Bellmont. Andrew James finishes a left-handed layup. 30 seconds later, James came down and dunked on a breakaway. He finished with six points. Andrew James steals the ball from the Woodlan guard ahead of his electrifying dunk. Kord Fuelling, shown celebrating Andrew James’ dunk in the second quarter, brought emotion and physicality to the court Saturday, adding 12 points. Kord Fuelling gets the putback on a missed three for Bellmont.
The Braves used crisp passing to beat the Woodlan defense. Jack Scheumann had seven points for Bellmont. The Z Team was on hand for Saturday’s game between Bellmont and Woodlan. WZBD’s Ed Thurman discusses the result with head coach Payton Selking and three seniors, Andrew James, Kord Fuelling and Jack Scheumann. Payton Selking spoke with WZBD after his first victory at home as head coach.
The next Bellmont game on WZBD will be December 9th when the Braves host the Heritage Patriots.
Dane Fuelling has been passionate about high school sports since childhood. Coming to WZBD via his previous position as sports editor at the Decatur Daily Democrat, Dane is highly involved in high school wrestling with the IHSWCA and is a past winner of the organization's Distinguished Media Award.
