By: Darius Duran

The Eaton Reds Boy’s Basketball team kicked off the winter sports season with the first competition, and win of the season in their opening game in Denver against the Bishop Machebeuf Buffaloes (0-1, 0-0). The Reds traveled almost two hours for their first game against the Buffaloes who were able to make it to the Sweet-16 in playoffs in their previous season as a 12th ranked team in the state. As for the Reds, last year Eaton was stopped just short of a playoff run after a season-ending game to the Estes Park Bobcats (11-12, 5-5) in a three-point loss. The Reds are headed into this year’s season following the loss of four senior players, and was able to pull off a win against their Metro-League contestant, the Buffaloes. It was a low scoring, with a final score of 48-43, with the Reds coming out on top. The Reds got up on the scoreboard and kept their lead up until the third-quarter outscoring the Buffaloes in each quarter, 10-7, 11-6, 15-14, then the Buffs began to come back in the fourth-quarter outscoring the Reds by four points, 12-16, but the Reds lead held firm and was enough to send the boys back home with a win.

The next Reds Boy’s Basketball game will be in Sterling against their Patriot League rival, Tigers (1-0, 1-0) on Tuesday, Dec. 9, and their home-opener will be against the opponent who ended their season last year, the Estes Park Bobcats (1-0, 0-0) on Friday, Dec. 12.