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Badgers and Panthers tangled last night in
basketball double header |
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December 3, 2014 |
Badger Varsity Girls
In a game at Bonners Ferry High School last
night, the Bonners Ferry Varsity Girls'
Basketball team cruised to a 61-30 victory over
the 2A Coeur d'Alene Charter Panthers.
The Badgers were never seriously threatened in
the game, although the Panther girls had several
well-executed plays resulting in points, and hit
several three point shots.
Senior Jasmine Hill led the Badger scoring with
18 points and also had 5 assists. Savannah Woods
had 15 points, and 6 points to go with them.
Point guard Abby Skeen had 9 points and 5
assists.
"We had a strong team effort, and all nine girls
contributed to the victory," said Varsity Girls'
Coach Chris Chatburn.
Badger Junior Varsity Boys
For the second game of the evening, the original
plan was for the Badger Varsity Boys to play the
Coeur d'Alene Charter Varsity. However, as the
smaller Coeur d'Alene school does not have a
varsity team this year, their Junior Varsity
team played the Bonners Ferry Junior Varsity.
The opening game of the season for the JV team
featured a lot of turnovers by the Badgers
throughout the game, and some good shooting by
the Panther Junior Varsity (which included a
senior and two juniors who made substantial
scoring contributions), resulting in a lead of
approximately 10-15 points throughout much of
the game.
Things were looking a little dismal for the
Badgers going into the fourth quarter of the
game, trailing the Panthers 38-27. A quick score
by sophomore Elijah Price spurred some optimism
for the Badgers, cutting the Panther lead to 9
points. But things got even more dismal
immediately, as the Panthers hit back to back
three pointers, and the Badgers twice gave up
turnovers by simply stepping over the baseline
on uncontested inbounds passes.
The Panthers led by 13 with the score 46-33 with
about 6 minutes remaining in the game. Their
coach was telling them to slow down and control
the game, and work the clock down.
That is where the game made a complete
turnaround. Suddenly a different Badger team
showed up. The Panthers would not score again
the rest of the game, as the Badgers suddenly
started making steals, hitting baskets, running
up 10 straight points, and bringing the home
crowd to the edge of their seats.
The last two minutes of the game were intense as
the Badgers closed the gap, but ultimately they
could not make up those last three points,
losing the game by a final score of 46-43. |
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