NTL BOYS' BASKETBALL: TROY LEAVES ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS IN 2025-2026 (2025-03-26)
Northern Tier Sports Report“What a season that will never be forgotten.” Troy coach Bob Woodward summed up this past boys’ basketball year in one, quick sentence.
The Trojans went undefeated in league play for the second year in a row to claim the NTL Large School title, repeated as NTL Showcase champions, and reached the top of the District IV, Class AAA mountain for the second time in three years.
“Every day in practice or games our team was focused on Effort, Attitude, and Team Play,” said Woodward. “These guys never missed with off-season attendance and doing extra- Actually, our senior class has done everything we asked and more since they were in elementary school. They did it for each other and never cared who got the credit-ever. One of our goals was to never have a bad attitude day or a bad effort day as a team....I believe we have done that in a way I have never seen before. No matter circumstances, these guys did the dirty work-played hard-nosed/disciplined defense-went after loose balls-and shared the basketball. Off the court, our team has worked just as hard to represent our school and community in a way that is special. Our Troy Basketball parents, Troy High School administration, and the Troy Community supported us in such an elite manner.”
The team was buoyed by a strong senior class behind Evan Woodward, JB Burbage, Lincoln Chimics, and Joseph Frye.
In the past three seasons they have a streak of 39 NTL wins in a row (and still counting), three second PIAA state tournament appearances, back to back undefeated NTL championships, back to back NTL showdown championships, three consecutive district finals appearance, with two titles, 50 wins the past two seasons, and one Elmira Christmas Tournament title.
Burbage led the way in scoring with 18.5 PPG, to go with 8.4 RPG, 2.6 APG, and 2.0 SPG, while Woodward put up averages of 10.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 5.0 APG, and 3.2 SPG as the team’s defensive heart.
Chimics was strong on both ends at 14.6 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 3.1 AOG, and 3.1 SPG, with Frye getting 7.3 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 3.8 APG, and 1.9 SPG.
Sophomore Trey Teribury came into his own with 10.9 PPG, 2.6 RPG, and 1.9 APG, while off the bench Spencer Martin had averages of 4.7 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 3.2 APG, and 1.3 SPG.
Troy went 19-2 in the regular season, opening in mid-December due to the football team’s run to the state title.
The Trojans picked up wins over NEB (74-49), Wyalusing (80-13), and NP-Mansfield (57-40) before Christmas.
They went 1-2 in the National bracket of the Josh Palmer Fund tournament, falling to Erie (55-42), beating Horseheads (64-49), and then falling to Elmira (58-52).
After that came a 15-game regular season win streak - which balloons to 20 when counting postseason play.
They beat CV (76-46), Towanda (75-50), Athens (58-23), Canton (69-18), Wellsboro (71-54), NP-Mansfield (63-47), Bucktail (79-42), Sayre (66-34), Williamson (98-31), Wellsboro (77-41), NP-Liberty (83-37), Wyalusing (86-28), Towanda (80-50), Athens (71-52), and Jersey Shore (73-58).
They picked up wins over NEB and NP-Mansfield to take the NTL Showcase title.
In the postseason they beat three straight PHAC teams - Bloomsburg (68-55), Southern Columbia (64-46), and Warrior Run (44-41) - to claim the district title.
In the opening round of states they got a tough draw with Holy Cross, falling in overtime 72-68. Holy Cross would go on to reach the state semifinals.
The 2025-2026 season will be a new era for Troy boys’ basketball as they say good-bye to this year’s seniors, but their run will be etched in Trojan history forever.
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