DAPHNE, Ala.—The Eagles have landed. The Bayshore Christian basketball Eagles completed their first-ever season Monday with a tough 25-21 loss to visiting Atmore Christian’s junior varsity Rams at Daphne United  Methodist gym.

Logan Omtvedt led the Eagles with a game-high 10 points and Bryant Brock added six for the home team.  Atmore’s Wesley Hosletler had eight and Trenton Durant made seven free throws, including four-consecutively shots in the fourth quarter to seal the ACS lead down the stretch. The JV Rams improved to 3-8.

The BCS inaugural season closed with a 3-3 overall record for the young team and school which is in the process of expanding to 12-grades by 2016. Three sophomores are now the upperclassmen on the team which will play a varsity schedule in the Panhandle Christian Conference next year. The Eagles’ three wins came with a sweep over East Hill Christian of Pensacola, Fla., and an earlier victory over ACS.

“We’re young. That’s really says it,” said Bayshore head coach Scott Jones who had two starters out due to illness. “Early foul trouble didn’t help us, either. No excuses. We didn’t execute. Didn’t play strong, aggressive defense. The execution and consistency of the things we work on and practice for was simply not there. It’s not where we want it but it takes time and we have a way to go. But we’re working on it.

“To go and finish 3-3, with a .500 record, for the first season isn’t the worst start for a new, first-time program, I guess. Especially with just sophomores as the oldest players. I’m proud of how they work hard and play hard. But we need to get in the weight room in the off season. Hope we will get bigger and stronger and more durable for next year. We’re going to need all the strength and endurance we can have then. It should help us hold on to the ball better which obviously we weren’t able to do late in the game. We have to eliminate turnovers.”

Jones said the jump to varsity may not produce the best numbers right away but will be good in the long run.

“I think we will benefit with going ahead with a varsity schedule. It may be tough at first but it should make us tougher and get the experience we need at the level we want to be playing. Because we want to be competitive and play at the highest level we can.”

BCS led 11-7 after the first period, but trailed 15-14 at the half and 19-17 after three periods. The Eagles had 14 turnovers to the Rams 16 overall, but most of BCS’ miscues were in the second half. Most of ACS’ were in the first half.