SHERBURNE – The Sherburne-Earlville varsity boys swimming team has now fell to a defeated 0-3 record to open up the 2016-2017 season – following a close loss to Holland Patent.

The swim meet held at Sherburne-Earlville High School on Dec. 6, gave way to a Holland Patent win at a score of 54-38 in favor of HP.

Holland Patent managed to secure nine of the 11 first place finishes in the meet, as a comeback with only two overall wins seemed insurmountable. However, a resilient S-E squad would battle to just a 16 point loss on the night, after they two first place finishes and six second place spots.

Swim results:

• 200 Medley Relay - 1. Holland Patent (Baeumken, Reale, Smith, Garrett) at 2:07.06.

• 200 Freestyle - 1. Christopher Celecki (HP) 1:58.85; 2. Caleb Larchar (S-E) 2:17.89; 3. Riley Webster (S-E) 2:30.59.