A week out, the shock waves still reverberate. It wasn’t supposed to end this way.

Northampton’s boys’ basketball season came to an abrupt and sudden end in a loss to eighth-seeded Pocono Mountain East, 37-24, in the District 11 Class 6A quarterfinals. The Konkrete Kids entered the district tournament as the number one seed and as two-time consecutive East Penn Conference (EPC) champs.

But the Kids could never get on track against Pocono Mountain East, and they produced their lowest point total over the last two years since they suffered a 37-22 decision to Liberty last December 13.

Over the past two years, the Kids produced an overall 40-15 record, ending with a 21-5 mark this season. It was Northampton’s best season since they advanced to the quarterfinal round of the state tournament and finished with an overall 21-8 mark.

The Kids entered their final game winning 11 of their last 12 games. Their previous lowest point total this season was 37 in a 42-37 loss to Parkland Dec. 16. Parkland beat Northampton, 61-33, in last year’s district title game.

Kids’ head coach Matt Scholl, who has compiled an overall 64-38 record over four seasons, was initially astounded by the defeat, but he realized it’s part of the game. He may have seen an unfavorable outcome when the team reportedly was kicked out of practice Thursday due to a lack of overall effort.

“It’s definitely stunning, but these things happen,” offered Scholl. “It’s high school and winning in the playoffs isn’t easy. We didn’t run a set right, not one set did we run correctly. That’s not something we typically do. Whatever they did got us flustered. They got us out of our game.

“We’ve had an incredible two year run. The ending stinks because these guys deserved better.

“It ended too soon, but this group did something special over the last two years and that’s a credit to their hard work and the commitment they felt to each other. They are an incredibly close group and one that I can say my life is better now for being able to coach them.”

Leo Regec, Korbin Sollars, Brady Simock, and Noah Walakovits formed a seasoned senior group. Walakovits broke the 1,000-point career mark earlier this season. Sophomore Jake Raysely was the fifth starter.

Regec played with an injured ankle, and Raysely dealt with a sickness in the game against Pocono Mountain East.

“Regec turned his ankle on Thursday at practice,” said Scholl. “The trainers recommended he sit out but we ended up putting him in during the second half because he wanted to play and I didn’t want him having his last game be one where he had to sit and watch. Unfortunately, he was just not near 100-percent. He’s been steady for us all year and a quiet leader.

“Raysely was very sick. He gave us everything he had.”

Scholl knows his graduating seniors left an impact, and returning players can take over the torch.

“There is no replacing this group,” said Scholl. “But, if our younger guys have the commitment these seniors have, embrace tough coaching, and are willing to play for each other we will come back strong again next season.

“For now, we are going to take some time to rest.”