We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Freshman Melanie Watkins
Sophomore Jaye Anderson looks for a passing lane.
Eighth grader Sarah Billmayer and her Tornado teammates are at 4-4 and heading in the right direction as the season hits its midpoint. Turner will look to make some noise next month come tournament time.
The still young but very experienced Turner Tornado girls varsity basketball team went 2-1 last week defeating Dodson 50-36 Tuesday night. Friday the girls took down the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds 39-19 at home. Saturday they fell to the Chinook Sugarbeeters on the road 52-34.
The Tornadoes rely on four year starters, junior Ella Billmayer and junior Rennay Watkins to guide the team this season and can rely on second year starters freshman Rylee Conlan and Raegan Conlan along with freshman Melanie Watkins for big contributions on the court.
Sophomores Jaye Anderson and junior Charley Anderson along with senior Tyler Anderson can fill their roles while eighth grader Sarah Billmayer has had a positive impact on the court as well.
The continuity has led the Tornadoes to being a competitive team that is on the verge of taking the next step in the tough District 9C.
Tuesday in Dodson against the Coyotes Raegan Conlan nailed a pair of three point bombs and Ella Billmayer tallied seven first quarter points helping Turner grab a 21-9 advantage heading into the second quarter of action.
The Tornado offensive attack was slowed to a crawl in the second quarter as they were limited to five points on the strength of a bucket from freshman Rylee Conlan and free throws from junior Rennay Watkins and eighth grader Sarah Billmayer. Turner maintained a 26-14 advantage at the intermission.
Sarah Billmayer buried a third quarter three pointer as Turner maintained a 35-24 advantage entering the final eight minutes of action.
Rennay Watkins converted both her attempts from the charity strip and scored six fourth quarter points to help the Tornadoes extend their advantage and secure a 50-36 win over the Coyotes.
Ella Billmayer tallied 11 points in the non conference win. Rennay Watkins added nine markers Rylee and Raegan Conlan each chipped in eight for the Tornadoes.
Friday night the team was in search of their first conference win of the season when they welcomed the Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds to the Turner gymnasium.
Ella Billmayer connected on a pair of triples and Rylee Conlan added a long range bomb of her own as Tuner opened up a 13-5 advantage entering the second.
Rylee connected on four of four free throw attempts and Sarah Billmayer knocked down a three point bucket giving Turner a 27-7 lead at the break.
Ella Billmayer scored five more points and the Tornadoes got buckets from Raegan Conlan, Rylee Conlan and Melanie Watkins as Turner took a 37-7 lead. Turner would secure a 39-19 win over the Thunderbirds.
Ella Billmayer totaled 11 points and Rylee Conlan finished with 9.
Thursday the girls will host the Box Elder Bears. Turner will hit the road Friday to take on the Big Sandy Pioneers.
