Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Waitsburg Cardinals middle school boys' basketball team (l-r): back row - Owen Harvey, Emerson Kiefel, Maddox Lachowicz, Ryden Huxoll, Hudson Lynch, Nolan King, Rylan Struckmeier, Nathan Hagfeldt. Front row (l-r): Gavin Watkins, Clive Bye, Isaac Knudson, Cooper Smith, Samson Hamilton, Julian Gillentine, Rodney Gonzales, Charlie Reger.
#12 Clive Bye shoots against Touchet. #35 Nathan Hagfeldt, #34 Isaac Knudson
Waitsburg Middle School's season-opening basketball game on Kison court ended with the "B" team winning 24-10 against Touchet on Monday, November 9.
Touchet led after one quarter, 4-0. Clive Bye hit the first Cardinal bucket in the second quarter. The Cardinals went on a 10-2 run in the second quarter to lead 10-6 at halftime. Waitsburg outscored Touchet in the second half 14-4 to win the game.
Coach Joe Webber said the team played very aggressively and played great team basketball.
#12 Clive Bye shoots against Touchet. #35 Nathan Hagfeldt, #34 Isaac Knudson
Rodney Gonzalez and Isaac Knudson both scored eight points for the Cardinals. Knudson hit two threes. Clive Bye, Sawyer Harvey, Nathan Hagfeldt, and Gavin Watkins scored two points each.
In the second game, the Cardinal "A" team lost 30-27 in overtime.
"I am very proud of how hard the boys on the 'A' team played. There was 'no quit' on our team," said Coach Scott Creeley.
Hudson Lynch led the team in scoring with 12 points. Nolan King scored nine, Charlie
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