We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Senior Brooke Elliot scores two of her game high 18 points Friday night.
Junior Erin Pula scores two of her 16 total game points against the Wildcats
Sophomore Kourtney Hanson had a total of 10 points on the night against the Turner Tornadoes
Junior Sierra Swank makes a pass and adds 12 points to the win against the Turner Tornadoes.
By Kody Farmer
BCJ Sports
The final weekend of the regular season is upon us before we head into post season action next week. The Chinook Sugarbeeters continued their push down the stretch as they picked up a pair of comfortable wins over Harlem and Turner. The Sugarbeeters have turned first half losses into wins the past couple of weeks and will look to do so this weekend.
The Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds also picked up a win over the Tornadoes and improved their position
heading into the post season. Chinook 60 Harlem 41 Harlem defeated the Sugarbeeters in Chinook to start the new year and Chinook returned the favor Friday evening winning on the Wildcats home court 60-41.
The Sugarbeeters led 10-8 after one quarter picking up six points from junior Erin Pula. The 'Beeters used a strong second quarter to separate themselves a bit and led going into the break 28-18. Senior Brooke Elliot scored eight second quarter points and junior Sierra Swank added six in the stanza.
The 'Beeters managed to push the lead to 16 after three, 44-28 as Pula connected for eight more. Chinook scored 16 more in the fourth quarter going a perfect 6-6 from the charity stripe and secured a comfortable 60-41 win. Elliot led the 'Beeter attack with 18 points. Pula helped the 'Beeters control the action in the paint contributing 16 points. Sophomore Kourtney Hanson chipped in 10 for the 'Beeters in the win.
Freshman L'Tia Laurence scored 14 to lead Harlem including a pair of triples. Chinook 48 Turner 37. The Chinook Sugarbeeters took a 12-8 lead early and never looked back as they avenged a January loss in Turner.
The 'Beeters pushed the advantage to 23-16 by intermission getting eight points from senior Brook Elliot
and seven from junior Sierra Swank.
Chinook led by as many as 16 points in the second half and held a 37-24 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. The Tornadoes trimmed the lead to nine at one point before falling to the Sugarbeeters 48-37.
Swank led the way with 12 points while Elliot added 11 and sophomore Kourtney Hanson 10 in the win.
Hays/L.P. 60 Turner 50 The Hays/Lodge pole Thunderbirds picked up a huge conference win over the Turner
Tornadoes this weekend, picking up a 60-50 win. The Thunderbirds received a pair of huge efforts from
sophomore Mulleeah Stiffarm and sophomore Rayleigh Kirkaldie.
The pair combined for five first half triples as the Thunderbirds led 16-4 after one quarter and 25-19 at the
break.
The dynamic duo remained a force from beyond the arc as they finished with nine three pointers in the contest. Stiffarm connected five times from beyond the arc, scoring 27 points to help propel the Thunderbirds to the 60-50 win. Kirkaldie added 26 points, including four from long range.
Senior Ella Billmayer and sophomore Rylee Conlan each scored 11 apiece for the Tornadoes. North Star 56 Turner 42 The North Star Knights and Turner Tornadoes made up their contest originally slated for December 16, last Tuesday. The Knights took a 16-7 lead early in the contest. Turner held their own in the second quarter outscoring North Star 10-8 but still trailed 24-17 at the break.
Senior Ella Billmayer and freshman Sarah Billmayer each knocked down big shots from beyond the arc in the third quarter helping the Tornadoes narrow the gap to 37-31 entering the fourth quarter. The Knights converted 10 of 17 free throws down the stretch to thwart a Turner comeback and take a 56-42 victory over
Turner. Sarah Billmayer led a balanced Tornado attack with eight points, Ella Billmayer recorded seven as did
sophomore Rylee Conlan.
Glasgow 60 Harlem 43 Harlem and Glasgow met for the second time this season in a District 2B match up Thursday night. The teams played a back and forth first half with each team corralling the momentum during stretches of the game. The Scotties led 12-9 after one quarter but a solid second quarter helped Harlem narrow the gap to 23-22 by the break. When the teams returned to the court it was Glasgow that had all the fire power, using a 22-7 run in the third quarter to propel the Scotties to a 60-43 win over Harlem.
Freshman Kailey Henry tossed in 12 points during the contest including a pair from down town. Sophomore Skylee Dirden added nine points and freshman L'Tia Laurence drained three from beyond the arc more nine points.
The Sugarbeeters and Tornadoes are already locked into a opening round contest at the District 9C Tournament but this weekends action will determine who enters as the number four seed or five seed. Chinook currently holds a 9-7 overall record and are 6-6 in conference. Turner is also 9-7 overall and is 5-7 in
conference.
Hays/Lodge Pole moves into the number six seed entering the final weekend of regular season action.
