Veritas cruises past Blue Ridge

? Veritas Christian rolled to a 19-point first-quarter lead and never looked back in a 62-34 high school boys basketball victory Tuesday night against Blue Ridge Christian. Nate Scott led the Eagles with 13 points, followed by Ethan Kay with 12 points and Elijah Penny with 11. Veritas totaled 13 assists and 10 steals

“We were passing and sharing the ball really well tonight,” Veritas coach Gary Hammer said.” We had a good first quarter, and we didn’t let up.”

The Eagles led 23-4 after one quarter and 38-15 at halftime.

Veritas (8-7) will entertain Waverly on Friday.

Veritas 62, Blue Ridge 34

Blue Ridge 4 11 10 9 — 34

Veritas 23 15 8 16 — 62

Blue Ridge — Kaleb Booker 9, Michael Gazaway 5, James Rogers 2, Johnny Larson 3, Jesse Brown 7, Josh Henderson 3, Tyler McGehee 5.

Veritas — Jordan Redman 4, Kelvin Rask 2, Nick Gardner 2, Nate Scott 13, Ethan Scott 9, Thomas Bachert 9, Ethan Kay 12, Elijah Penny 11.