The Monticello Ponies boys basketball team hosted Barneveld on February 13th. The Eagles leapt out to a 7-0 lead early on and kept their pace to go into halftime with a 43-19 advantage over the Ponies.

“We played them even in the second half, but weren’t able to make up any ground,” commented Coach Mark Olson.

The Ponies trailed behind in the second, with the Eagles leading by as many as 27 points, when Monticello’s Bailey Farber hit a 3-point shot with three seconds left in the game to cut Barneveld’s lead to 24. The final score of the game was Barneveld 63, Monticello 39.

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