Friday, December 19, 2008

Two straight wins as WRHS girls tame Filer 45-39

Martinez (20 points) leads the way


Before Tuesday's road game, Wood River High School girls' basketball coach Mendy Benson said she thought her girls could compete with the Filer Wildcats, but it would take a near-perfect effort to win it.

Not only did Wood River compete well on the Filer court, the Wolverines (2-8) went out and won the non-conference game 45-39 behind a season-high 20 points by freshman guard and leading scorer Kaitana Martinez (10.9 ppg). She scored 18 in the first half alone.

Filer (4-4) had beaten Wood River 48-36 with a 20-9 fourth quarter surge in Hailey Nov. 20. This time the Wolverines, buoyed by their 36-26 home win over Pocatello Saturday, came out and built a six-point halftime lead and made it last.

Junior Grace Lagodich (7.4 ppg) added 10 points and junior guard Alex Lindbloom had a season-best 7. Leading Filer was senior Lacie Heimkes (14).

Wood River's second consecutive victory was another "great challenge," in Benson's words, undertaken and conquered by a team effort. It was only the fifth Wolverine road victory in the last five seasons, and the first time since 2006 (home wins over Filer and Challis) that Hailey girls had won two consecutive games.

Wood River plays at Gooding (3-6) Thursday—the Senators coming off a 36-26 home loss to Declo Tuesday. After the holiday the Wolverines have five home games in January, starting with Mountain Home on Tuesday, Jan. 6.

Kimberly boys grab 57-44 win in Hailey

Turnovers that led to slow starts were the bane of Wood River's existence during Tuesday's home non-conference game against the Kimberly Bulldogs. Kimberly won 57-44.

Wood River committed 17 turnovers in the first 18 minutes and fell behind 30-15 early in the third quarter. After that, the Wolverines, led by the rebounding of senior Bryan Tidwell (9 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals), played Kimberly evenly.

But the Bulldogs (3-2) with their nine seniors had too much depth and all-around scoring (9 players with points). Kimberly's three-sport stud athlete A.J. Schroeder held Wood River's top scorer Jordan Doan (2 points, 4 assists) without a field goal for the game.

Leading Wood River were Brent Hope (11 points, two 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Michale Brunker (11 points, 2 boards, 2 assists), Greg Wakefield (7 points, 2 rebounds), Sean Bunce (4 points, 2 boards) and Keven Abbott (2 rebounds).

Kimberly's Jared Mumm (10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Eric Marvin (7 points, 5 boards, 2 steals) and Isaac Makings (5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists) were the main Bulldog men besides Schroeder (7 points, 2 boards, 2 steals, 4 assists).

Wood River (1-4, 0-0) will debut its Great Basin Conference West schedule today, Friday against the Minico Spartans (4-2, 0-0) at Rupert. Minico swept its season series with Preston 62-50 Wednesday night. Burley (3-4) and Jerome (7-1) don't open their Great Basin West schedules until January.




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