The Norwich Free Academy Wildcats are 8-0 in boys basketball and here's something that embellishes that record even more.
They've played the past week against some pretty large schools and pretty good schools without the likes of their center.
"Jon Merjuste, our center, a lot of people have already forgotten about him but he had a family commitment out-of-state for a week which was excused. We played four games plus (Tuesday night vs. Waterford) without him," NFA coach Neal Curland said.
The Wildcats may have missed him but they also got some strong performances in his stead such as that of Kyle Onate last night. The former Griswold player contributed 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals to the Wildcats effort.
"The guards and everyone else had to pick up their efforts a little bit but we can't wait to get Jon back," Curland added, "He's a big bruiser that we just don't have right now."