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Blue Mountain Eagle
SPORTS
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Dayville/Monument boys lose to Adrian
Wilburn leads all
scorers with 16
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Dayville/Monument
Tigers made Thursday’s
game against Adrian at the
District 8 1A Tournament
an exciting match, but fell
57-49 to the Antelopes.
The Tigers entered the
contest seeded No. 3 for the
High Desert League’s west
side, and Adrian was No. 2
for the east.
Five Tigers were in on
scoring in the first quar-
ter, including Cade Mil-
ton, Drew Wilburn, Mark
Thomas and JT Hand with
2 points apiece. Tiger Gabe
Walker-Hopkins added a
3-point shot with 9 seconds
left in the quarter to tie it
11-11, but Adrian’s Raul
Bahena answered back
with a 3-pointer near the
buzzer to give the Lopes
the lead.
Dayville/Monument
tied the score 18-18 half-
way through the second
and trailed 23-20 going into
intermission.
Although the Tigers put
up a fierce fight, Adrian took
the 8-point win.
“Adrian played a great
game,” said Tiger head
coach Jeff Schafer. “We
didn’t move like we could
have.”
Adrian was led by head
coach Nathan Bayes. Ante-
lope Gavin Bayes, who
scored 14 points for the
night, was named player of
the game.
Wilburn scored a game-
high 16 points, followed
by his teammate Donovan
Schafer with 15.
Coach Schafer said he
looked forward to bouncing
back the following day at the
consolation match.
The Tigers defeated Hun-
tington 46-45 on Friday to
close their season.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Adrian Antelope Stella Nichols (23) faces Dayville/
Monument’s full court press, including Courtney Nichols and
Faythe Schafer as she looks for a chance to pass in Saturday’s
district game.
Tiger girls end
season with
loss to Adrian
Team one win
away from state
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Dayville/Monument Tiger Gabe Walker goes after a loose ball with Adrian Antelopes
Conley Martin (3)and Gavin Bayes (4) trying to get the ball back.
DAYVILLE/
MONUMENT STATS
VS. ADRIAN
Drew Wilburn: 16 points
(two 3-pointers, 2-6 free
throws)
Donovan Schafer: 15 (1-2
free throws)
Gabe Walker-Hopkins: 6
(one 3-pointer, 1-2 free
throws)
JT Hand: 6
Mark Thomas: 2
Wesley Adams: 2
Cade Milton: 2
Dayville/Monument Tiger Donovan Schafer shoots the ball with defensive pressure from
Adrian’s Riley Bradford in Thursday’s district tournament game.
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The Dayville/Monument
Tiger girls basketball team
fell to the Adrian Antelopes
51-45 in Saturday’s Dis-
trict 8 tournament battle for
the third seed to the state
playoffs.
The Tigers entered the
tournament as the west’s No.
2 seed, and Adrian was No. 2
for the east.
Dayville/Monument
fought an uphill battle with
the Antelopes leading for
most of the game.
Adrian was ahead 27-19
at the half and outscored
Dayville/Monument 11-7 in
the third quarter.
Dayville/Monuments’
defensive intensity increased
in the fourth, and the Tigers
started to close the 12-point
gap.
Tiger Aubrey Bowlus
helped her team, earning 9 of
her 12 points, including 3-4
at the free-throw line.
In the final 2 minutes,
Tiger Denali Twehues added
1-2 at the free-throw line, and
Tiger Kyla Emerson went
1-1.
Dayville/Monument fans
went wild when Courtney
Nichols landed a 3-point
shot with one minute to go,
and Emerson hit a 2-pointer
to move the team within 2
points of Adrian, trailing
47-45.
The Antelopes were able
to pull out the win, earning
4-6 free throws in the final 26
seconds.
“It started off slow, but
they battled all the way to
the end,” said Tiger head
coach Taylor Schmadeka.
“They made it interesting.
We just couldn’t make a
couple shots go down that
we needed.”
Adrian head coach LaD-
awn Bayes said her team had
a tough start to their season.
“I feel like they stepped
up, and they wanted to finish
strong,” she said.
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DAYVILLE/
MONUMENT STATS
Kyla Emerson: 12 (8-14 free
throws)
Aubrey Bowlus: 12
Courtney Nichols: 11 (three
3-pointers)
Faythe Schafer: 7 (7-12 free
throws)
Denali Twehues: 3 (3-7 free
throws)
Earlier in the season, Day-
ville/Monument
defeated
Adrian 55-51 on Jan. 25 in
Adrian.
Bayes said that earlier loss
was helpful to her team.
“I knew (Dayville/Monu-
ment) was not going to back
down, so trying to get some
fire back helped,” she said.
“Knowing they were going
to fight for it, we had to fight
for it, too.”
Schmadeka praised his
team for working hard the
entire season.
“Denali, she always plays
hard for me,” he said. “She’s
consistent. She battles. She’s
a warrior out there.”
“Faythe always drives
in, and she’s a very smart
player,” he said. “Kyla is
always athletic. Courtney
improved a lot in the season,
playing strong down low.”
He said he was glad to
have Bowlus back after
recovering from an ankle
injury and said she per-
formed well.
“The freshmen came up a
long ways from when we first
started practice until today,”
he added. “I’m proud of how
the season went overall.”
Dayville/Monument was
56 percent from the free-
throw line with 24-43.
The Antelopes were
61 percent with 19-31
free-throws.
Adrians’s Grace Mor-
ton was named player of the
game.
-Dayville/Monument
defeated the No. 3 east
Harper Hornets 40-35 on
Thursday and fell 57-29 to
the No. 1 east Jordan Valley
Mustangs on Friday.
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