COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL DECEMBER 13, 2017
Warriors
wallop Lakers
By Zach Silva
zsilva@cgsentinel.com
Allowing just two points to be scored
against them in the fi rst quarter, it was an-
other dominant performance for the North
Douglas girls’ basketball team last Saturday
as they beat Triangle Lake 50-16 at the Elk-
ton Tip-Off Classic.
And while the score was high, for the War-
riors it was not about their offense but about
the work on the defensive end.
“We’ve always hung our hats on our abil-
ity to play defense, you know, even in years
past when maybe we don’t press all the time.
Play good half court D,” said head coach Jeff
Davis.
The Warriors, who fi nished the game with
18 steals and 27 points off of turnovers, were
too much for the Lakers to handle. Stymied
by the North Douglas full-court press, Trian-
gle Lake struggled to get into their offense
and when they did were rushing their shots.
On offense, North Douglas had a balanced
attack that saw 11 players score and none in
double digits. Sofi a Alcantar led the team
with nine points and Abby Whipple added
eight.
“I think the personality of this team will
be that you have to pass because right now
we don’t have a lot of great, it’s no secret, a
lot of great perimeter shooters. That’s really
a work in progress for us,” said Davis.
“Well, I should back up and say, maybe it’s
not – we’ve just had great shooters. We had
Kalli Frieze and Dani Baker. They’re kids
that would make 70 percent of those shots
when they’re left open so maybe that wasn’t
well phrased. I think we have, we’re going to
be better shooters but we’re just not at that
effi ciency yet.”
North Douglas shot one-of-three on
three-pointers during the game.
As the Warriors got deeper into their
bench, there was not an apparent drop-off in
skill or effort level as every loose ball, even
when they were up 30 points, was met with a
diving North Douglas player.
“Well, I think if you’re going to be a
pressing team you’re going to want to have,
you’re either going to wear down your op-
ponents in a certain area or over the course
of 32 minutes just by running fresh bodies at
people,” said Davis.
On Friday night, the Warriors defeated
Mohawk 57-17. Nikki Derrick led the team
in points and rebounds with 10 and eight
respectively. Whipple added seven points,
while Alcantar added six points and 11 steals.
North Douglas is currently ranked second
in the state in OSAA’s rankings and
fourth in the 1A girls coaches poll.
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NORTH DOUGLAS continued from B1
At the start of the second
quarter Parks hit a three, got
a block and then landed an-
other three to give the team
a lead. Their advantage grew
to fi ve but the game was all
tied up at the half.
But with a 10-0 run to
start the second half, it was
the Lakers, who had just
seven players suited up for
the game, who never relin-
quished the lead. Plagued
by 14 turnovers on the game
and shooting 4-of-12 from
the free throw line, North
Douglas was able to get the
game within three but could
not complete the job.
In the fourth quarter, the
Laker defense ramped up,
North Douglas' Caleb Parks
especially on Parks who is
contests Parker Wynn's shot.
the engine that makes the
North Douglas offense go.
With extra defenders thrown
his way, the offense stalled
and was unable to recover.
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