The Community R-6 boys stayed far behind Glasgow on Friday night but can still look back on some good memories.

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The Trojans lost their Senior Night game 78-26 to their Class 2 Central Activities Conference foe that advanced to the Class 1 Final Four a season ago. Community fell behind 22-6 after the first quarter, 47-14 at halftime and then 73-19 after three quarters while having 33 points and four 3-pointers dropped on them by reigning all-stater Jordan Fuemmeler.

Head coach Kody Asquith said if Glasgow isn’t the fastest team the Trojans have seen this season, the Yellowjackets are certainly close to that distinction. Leading the charge in transition on offense and in pursuit on defense was Fuemmeler, who is averaging around 40 points per game according to Asquith, which was the case with his younger sister Halle and her 40 points in the prior girls game.

“He’s their dude,” Asquith said. “Basketball is in their blood.”

Glasgow had 10 of their players score as players off their bench filed in as the margin kept growing, enough to warrant a running clock in the fourth quarter. Ryan Grave followed Fuemmeler with 11 points, and Jackson Meyer had nine points. 

Community did manage to force some Glasgow turnovers to counter the 15 steals recorded by the Yellowjackets but could hardly ever turn those into points. The shots still ended up being contested on the other end, which gave Asquith an idea what the Trojans can improve.

“They’re quick to push the ball down the court, and they’re quick to get back,” Asquith said. “Even after they pulled their press off, it was immediate in that they were set up in their defense. That’s one thing we’ve tried to work on and try to speed up down the floor a little bit to try and beat the defense getting set up.”

As for having all of his seniors available, Asquith admitted that was a much slower process due to injuries, such as Mason Rohan not returning from a foot injury until a game before the Glasgow game. Asquith said he was happy he was able to insert his name in the starting lineup again along with Mason Carroll, Brant Cope and Aaron Carter.

Those four players are who Asquith counted on to start off games well this season and could tell they were each giving a lot of effort. Cope led the Trojans with eight points and seven rebounds, Carroll followed with five points and three rebounds and Carter pulled down four rebounds.

“I’m proud of all of them boys,” Asquith said. “They definitely worked hard tonight. Mason Rohan came this week from his foot injury. Right now, we’re still limiting his minutes because he hasn’t been practicing for several weeks. Brant Cope did really good on the boards, Mason Carroll might not have had his best night but he never disappoints and definitely left everything he had out on the floor, and Aaron Carter had quite a few rebounds too.”

Asquith is in the first season as the high school varsity head coach, so he said having those boys’ leadership has also proven valuable. Even in low moments or in spurts of high emotion, he said his seniors have been there to uplift everybody’s spirits.

“We’ve had our fair share of fights, or arguments, but every team has them,” Asquith said. “When you’re together every day for four months, you’re going to have them. They’ve really stepped up and have been really good leaders this year.”

Each one of the Trojan seniors said the favorite part of the team is each other and the bonds that were forged or strengthened by the time spent in the locker room, on the court or elsewhere.

“The relationships it builds and the time spent with each other leads,” Cope said when asked about his favorite part. “You’ll build better relationships than any other time sitting in the classroom,”

“I love talking with the other guys on our team, laughing and joking with them, and just having a good time,” Carter said.

“It’s becoming a brotherhood and getting to know everybody,” Carroll said.

“The bus rides are fun too,” Rohan said. “Just getting to be part of a team is good because some kids just don’t get that.”

The quartet agreed on their favorite memory spent with each other as well, what Rohan simply called “Spider-Man.” He said Eli Johnson, who couldn’t play this season due to injury, acted like Spider-Man one day last season, climbing around until falling to the floor.

They all said he was OK after that, but it sure made everybody laugh and remind the locker room that treasured moments can extend beyond winning.

“He decided to be Spider-Man,” Rohan said, adorned with a grin while being surrounded by smiles and laughs. “He tried to grab the shower rod. That was high up on the list.”