Sullivan boys' basketball team finishes 4-6

The Sullivan Middle School boys’ basketball team completed its season with a 4-6 record.

“The story of our season is that because of the fires we lost a lot of practices at the beginning of the year when we really needed it,” Sullivan coach Jeff White said. “We had a couple of weeks of practices before the fires, and things were going well.”

The Dec. 7 Lilac Fire closed the campus, and an ember burned a hole in the gymnasium roof. Subsequent rain not only complicated the roof repair but also restricted the ability of the Wildcats to practice on an outside court.

White had scheduled 25 practice...