Oxford Boys Lose to Woodland

The Oxford High School boys basketball team dropped a game to Woodland in tournament action Wednesday night that was a lot closer than the eight point final score deficit indicated.

Oxford lost 63-55 in the conselation game of a holiday tournament in a game that had about a three-point deficit most of the way until Oxford was forced to foul to stop the clock toward the end of the game, said head coach Al Tolomeo. The game was tied at halftime, he said.

"It was just a tough loss overall," Tolomeo said.

Oxford was led by Caithan Pratt and Tyler Gruttadauria, who scored 14 and 13 points, respectively. J.T. VanKamerik had nine points and nine rebounds for the Wolverines, who drop to 1-4 on the season.

The Wolverines are back in action on Tuesday at Weston and are home again against Stratford at 7 next Friday night, Jan. 6.