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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
RIVALS
GU
Continued from Page A7
their hosts down, adding 20
points for the win.
“We had a lot of im-
provements in our rebound-
ing and defense,” said Lady
Panther head coach Penny
Black. “Leading that effort
was Lindsey Stewart – she
was bringing down the ma-
jority of our rebounds. Our
defense turned into offense
with most of our points
coming in transition.”
She noted the freshmen
are beginning to relax, and
said the team overall, “has
no quit in them.”
“Prairie City is a good
basketball team,” said Lady
Tiger head coach Jay Ken-
yon. “We just need to get
better.”
Tiger player Osborne
said her team underestimat-
ed Prairie City’s defense.
“We started coming
back, but it was too late,”
she said. “We’re definitely
excited to play them next
weekend, and we’ll better
prepare.”
Last week, on Jan. 13,
the Lady Tigers beat Long
Creek/Ukiah, 42-14, and
lost to Crane 34-49 on Sat-
urday.
The
Lady
Panthers
suffered a 25-39 loss to
Crane, currently at the top
of the league, on Jan. 13,
and lost a road game to
Jordan Valley, 25-48, on
Saturday.
Tigers boys vs. Panthers
The Dayville/Monument
boys were dominant against
Prairie City to produce the
lopsided 55-15 score.
It was the seventh
straight win for the Tigers.
Panther head coach Mark
Woodbury said two play-
ers were out with injuries,
and two of the six boys left
played through illness in the
game.
“We ran into a better
team tonight,” Woodbury
said. “They execute really
well.”
Tigers Hayden Schafer
and Dakota Emerson each
landed a 3-point shot to get
things off to a fast start, the
Tigers leading 18-6 in the
first quarter.
By halftime, the Tigers
led 30-11.
Prairie City fans cheered
as Panther player Dorran
Wilson, sidelined earlier
in the season due to injury,
came into the game momen-
tarily in the third quarter,
going 2-0 at the free-throw
line on a Tiger technical
foul.
The third quarter ended
42-14, and the Tigers held
the Panthers to 1 point in the
fourth, gaining the 40-point
win.
Tiger Jordan Bowlus was
happy with his team’s ef-
forts.
“We worked together and
had fun,” he said.
“They
played
well
as a team,” Tiger head
coach Jeff Schafer said
of his group. “Prairie
City had some sick kids,
but came out and played
well and showed some
hustle.”
The teams meet again –
this time in Prairie City – at
6 p.m. Friday, beginning
with the girls game.
The Panther boys lost
to Crane, 26-70, on Jan. 13
and forfeited last Saturday’s
game to Jordan Valley due
to ill players.
On Jan. 13, the Ti-
gers beat Long Creek/
Ukiah 66-11 and they
lost to Crane 37-46 on
Saturday.
TEAM
Continued from Page A7
again. She scored a game-
high 18 points in last Friday’s
contest against the Panthers.
Yankee said the team has
had some injuries, “but that
hasn’t stopped the overall
ability of our team,” she add-
ed. “If we keep practicing the
way that we do, we’ll show
our true potential.”
The team is led by head
coach Jay Kenyon, who said
the team’s continual improve-
ment will help get the wins
they’re after.
Continued from Page A7
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument Tiger Skylar Powell (11), back, jumps at the free-throw
line while her teammate, Ravyn Walker (21) and Prairie City Panther Amaya
Zweygardt (2) get ready to move in.
Dayville/Monument Tiger Hannah Flower goes up for a
shot in the game against the Prairie City Panthers. Her
teammates Cody Perkins (2) and Treiquella Osborne
(4) are at her left along with Panther players Amy Black
(23), Sarah Ennis (22) and Lindsey Stewart (21) to the
right.
Prairie City Panther
Ethan Camarena goes
up for a shot under
pressure from Dayville/
Monument players Sage
Flower (40 back) and
Tanner Moodenbaugh
(22) with Panther player
Garrett Hitz (20) at the
ready.
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ter, 23-8, and the halftime
score was 58-24.
The barrage of Prospector
scoring came from seven play-
ers, including Mariah Moul-
ton who sank two 3-pointers
among other successful shots.
“We worked together, and
we had better defense,” Moul-
ton said. “It’s going to help us
moving forward in the season.”
Saturday’s win followed a
close loss to Union the previous
night, 50-54.
Mosley said the team had
“chances to win” the game, but
added, “It was a great experi-
ence against the No. 2 team in
state. Now we know that we
can compete with just about
anybody at our level.”
He added, “We’ve got dis-
trict as long as we take care of
business – we’re starting to
play well.”
GU boys dominate
The Grant Union boys nev-
er looked back after taking a
25-point lead over the Outlaws
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One of the Pros’ goals was
to slow down 6-foot-6 Outlaw
Kaden Lathrop.
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coach Steve Speth.
“I thought we started playing
better team basketball, better de-
fense, with better rebounding and
better intensity and passing – our
tempo improved,” he added.
Prospector Trace Gill, who
scored a team-high 18 points,
was pleased with the outcome.
“We had great ball move-
ment and worked as a team,”
he said. “We need to bring that
intensity to away games.”
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Grant Union Prospector
McKenzie Wilson (12)
flies up for a successful
shot in the game against
Enterprise.
The team lost 64-77 to
Union’s Bobcats last Friday.
After a slow start, the Pros ral-
lied to take the halftime lead
32-30, but ran into foul trouble
in the second half.
The Pros were within 5
points with less than 2 minutes
to go, but the Bobcats scored
late for the win.
Next up
The teams play Elgin on the
road Friday, with the girls starting
in at 6 p.m., and host the Burns
Hilanders, starting at 4 p.m. Sat-
urday.
“We encourage the commu-
nity to come and support our
home game this week,” Mosley
said.
Speth said his team “would
love to have the gym packed” for
the Burns game.
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