Hylton Rests Starters in Loss to Forest Park

The Hylton Bulldogs (14-4) fell to the Forest Park Bruins (12-8) 59-46 on Senior Night Tuesday. As each of the Bulldog seniors were escorted by their families on to the court, they were applauded by the Hylton crowd. Hylton’s leading guard Kendall Hargrove did not play in the game, and Hylton head coach Smith rested his star players for most of the game.

With members of a small crowd of Hylton students shouting “It’s a scrimmage,” the Bruins led for most of the game in a sloppy game for both teams. Forest Park led at the end of the first quarter 14-17 on the strength of 10 points from guard Dominique Majors. Coming into the game, Majors averaged just over 20 points per game, and he went on to score 20 points against Hylton.

Jaren Melvin, the 6-foot-7 sophomore, scored seven points in the first half and 12 points in the game. By the end of the second half, the Bruins opened the lead up to eight points leading 32-24. The highlight of the game was senior Troy Tyler breaking away and dunking to lead 48-36 at the end of the third quarter.    

Bulldog starter Micah Parker scored nine points in the first half and did not play most of the second half. Junior guard Lester Daniels scored eight points in the second half to tie with Parker to lead the Bulldogs in scoring.

Hylton played most of its players in the game, and 10 players were able to score in the game. Junior guard Treyon Crawford logged heavy minutes and directed the Bulldogs offense throughout most of the game along with senior guard Carl Frazier Jr. 

Hylton is locked into the second seed heading into the playoffs.  The Bulldogs will head to Gar-Field Friday to take on their rivals, and the Bruins will head to Freedom.