Second half slump dooms Huskies in district final

Aurora falls one game short of state tournament, ends season with 21-5 mark

Booker Scheierman throws down one of his two first-quarter dunks that brought the home crowd to life. However, Gretna East survived the early onslaught from Aurora and came back to defeat the Huskies 50-40 in Monday’s B-8 district final.
Booker Scheierman throws down one of his two first-quarter dunks that brought the home crowd to life. However, Gretna East survived the early onslaught from Aurora and came back to defeat the Huskies 50-40 in Monday’s B-8 district final.

It was a long wait for the Huskies to re-emerge from the locker room following Monday’s B-8 district final. Cheers of victory and triumph were instead replaced with tears, hugs and plenty of encouraging remarks.  Aurora was held to 16 second-half points and couldn’t find the net in crunch time as Gretna East secured a 50-40 win on the Huskies’ home floor. With the win, Gretna East qualified f…