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League play officially underway for basketball boys
Escalon hoops
Ben F 1-15
Stepping on to the basketball court for a game for the first time this season, Ben Ferreira, at right, dribbles out from under the basket to head up the floor against Sonora on Jan. 8 with teammate Ryan Lewis, 33, watching the play develop. Ferreira returned from an injury suffered during the football season, helping spark the team to a pair of wins this past week. Marg Jackson/The Times
"We played with a lot of energy and effort from the start and jumped on Hilmar pretty good. We maintained a 20-plus point lead for much of the game, even approaching 30 at one point in the second half,” head coach Nate Bartelink said of the Cougars shaking off an earlier home loss and winning big on the road.