{"id":18472,"date":"2026-01-30T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/?p=18472"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:55:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:55:24","slug":"falcon-basketball-soars-through-the-first-half-of-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/falcon-basketball-soars-through-the-first-half-of-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon Basketball Soars Through the First Half of League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367-1024x789.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367-768x592.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367-1536x1184.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367-570x439.jpg 570w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bvbasketball-scaled-e1769797402367.jpg 2027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Elmira boys varsity basketball team: back row from left, junior Chet Garner, junior Mason Crawford, senior Kaiden Carter, senior Carter Tracy and senior Eben Dickinson; front row from left, senior Easy Armstrong, senior Gaven Grover, senior Carsen Adams and senior Kaeden Garcia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430-986x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18475\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430-986x1024.jpg 986w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430-768x798.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430-1479x1536.jpg 1479w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430-570x592.jpg 570w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0490-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769635159430.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senior Kaeden Garcia runs down the tunnel of fans. (Photo by Derek French)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Elmira High School basketball has just concluded the first half of league play with games against the Harrisburg Eagles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The girls currently sit at a record of 9-9, while the boys sit at a record of 12-7 and hope to make the playoffs for the first time in more than 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falcon News asked senior Kaeden Garcia, team captain for the boys basketball team, how he feels about how the season has gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel like we&#8217;ve done really well this year. I think our team chemistry has been really high over the past couple weeks,&#8221; the guard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The starting center for the Lady Falcons team, senior Rylee Rice, expressed what she wants the end of her final season to look like.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893-1024x950.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18474\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893-1024x950.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893-300x278.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893-768x712.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893-570x529.jpg 570w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893-270x250.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FKH_0073-DeNoiseAI-standard-scaled-e1769634949893.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senior Rylee Rice defends a Sisters player. (Photo by Derek French)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I feel like we&#8217;ve had some really good games as well as some not some great games,&#8221; the senior told Falcon News. &#8220;I feel like we&#8217;re improving and if we continue on that trajectory we can finish a lot better than we started.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaiden Carter reflected on his senior season with the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We started off the year really hot for the first time in my career. and that felt really nice,&#8221; Carter said. &#8220;We went into a slump for a little bit, but I think we&#8217;ve recovered well.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Falcons will start off the second half of league play against the Pleasant Hill Billies this Friday. The girls game tips off at 6 p.m., and the boys begin at 7:30 p.m., the game will also be broadcast live on KEZI if you are unable to make it to the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The girls sit at a record of 9-9, and the boys have a record of 12-7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":18484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18472"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18541,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18472\/revisions\/18541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ehsfalconnews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}