Double Header vs. Tigers
By Joslyn Schrank on January 31, 2018
MARCH TO VICTORY: The Bridgewater-Emery boys’ basketball team hustles out to the court before the warm ups of the West Central game Jan. 16. The boys won 68-59, leading up to another win against Howard in Emery Jan. 18.
The Bridgewater-Emery boys’ and girls’ basketball teams had a full week of basketball starting Jan. 15. The girls faced Kimball-White Lake Tuesday while the boys faced West Central at home. Thursday, both the girls and boys faced Howard at home. Saturday, the girls traveled to Tyndall and played Bon Homme while the boys traveled to the Corn Palace and faced Sioux Valley. Before the Thursday game against Howard, the boys’ record was 9-2 and the girls’ record was 4-5.
“I really thought we could’ve come out harder against Howard. I thought we could have played a little better in the beginning. It took a while to get in sync. We had some turnovers that we could have prevented, but we got started taking control of the game as it proceeded on,” junior Jamin Arend said.
Boys’ junior varsity started off the evening with a win, and girls’ junior varsity followed with a close loss, losing by one point.
To start of the varsity games, the boys played first. Junior Sawyer Schultz jumped, received the possession and cashed a three-pointer to start off the game. Schultz had four rebounds, 10 assists, six steals and 26 points. Jamin Arend added eight rebounds, 11 assists, six steals and 21 points. Senior Duot VanSickle contributed five rebounds and 17 points. Seniors Bradlee Schultz added six points and Mason Potter added four points. The Huskies had a team total of 12 fouls, 38 rebounds, 26 assists and 19 steals against the Tigers.
The following were the scores after each quarter:
First quarter: 22-13
Second quarter: 44-22
Third quarter: 62-35
Fourth quarter: 78-39
“You know, I think we just thought that we were going to go out and not have to work hard. We had a mindset that they were an easy team to beat. Because of that mindset, we didn’t come out wanting to work hard,” VanSickle said.
The girls’ varsity was the last game of the night. Eighth-grader Julia Weber jumped and helped the Huskies to get first possession of the ball. Junior Abigal Arend added 19 points along with freshman Kerrigan Schultz with 15 points and five rebounds. Junior Jada Wethor contributed seven points and six rebounds. Julia Weber also added seven points for the Huskies. Junior Tessa Burnham contributed five rebounds for the Huskies. The Huskies had a team total of 23 rounds, seven assists and two steals against the Tigers.
The following were the scores after each quarter:
First quarter: 20-16
Second quarter: 30-32
Third quarter: 44-54
Fourth quarter: 53-69
“We had a very strong first half on both sides of the court. Towards the end of the third quarter we started to get tired and Howard did a nice job of capitalizing on our mistakes,” Coach VanLeur said.
The boys defeated the Tigers 78-39 and the girls fell short of the Tigers 53-69. The girls’ record after the game consisted of 4-6 and the boys’ record consisted of 10-2.
The girls fell short to Bon Homme 48-51 Saturday, Jan. 20 as well as the boys, who fell short to Sioux Valley 67-75.
“I really thought we could’ve come out harder against Howard. I thought we could have played a little better in the beginning. It took a while to get in sync. We had some turnovers that we could have prevented, but we got started taking control of the game as it proceeded on,” junior Jamin Arend said.
Boys’ junior varsity started off the evening with a win, and girls’ junior varsity followed with a close loss, losing by one point.
To start of the varsity games, the boys played first. Junior Sawyer Schultz jumped, received the possession and cashed a three-pointer to start off the game. Schultz had four rebounds, 10 assists, six steals and 26 points. Jamin Arend added eight rebounds, 11 assists, six steals and 21 points. Senior Duot VanSickle contributed five rebounds and 17 points. Seniors Bradlee Schultz added six points and Mason Potter added four points. The Huskies had a team total of 12 fouls, 38 rebounds, 26 assists and 19 steals against the Tigers.
The following were the scores after each quarter:
First quarter: 22-13
Second quarter: 44-22
Third quarter: 62-35
Fourth quarter: 78-39
“You know, I think we just thought that we were going to go out and not have to work hard. We had a mindset that they were an easy team to beat. Because of that mindset, we didn’t come out wanting to work hard,” VanSickle said.
The girls’ varsity was the last game of the night. Eighth-grader Julia Weber jumped and helped the Huskies to get first possession of the ball. Junior Abigal Arend added 19 points along with freshman Kerrigan Schultz with 15 points and five rebounds. Junior Jada Wethor contributed seven points and six rebounds. Julia Weber also added seven points for the Huskies. Junior Tessa Burnham contributed five rebounds for the Huskies. The Huskies had a team total of 23 rounds, seven assists and two steals against the Tigers.
The following were the scores after each quarter:
First quarter: 20-16
Second quarter: 30-32
Third quarter: 44-54
Fourth quarter: 53-69
“We had a very strong first half on both sides of the court. Towards the end of the third quarter we started to get tired and Howard did a nice job of capitalizing on our mistakes,” Coach VanLeur said.
The boys defeated the Tigers 78-39 and the girls fell short of the Tigers 53-69. The girls’ record after the game consisted of 4-6 and the boys’ record consisted of 10-2.
The girls fell short to Bon Homme 48-51 Saturday, Jan. 20 as well as the boys, who fell short to Sioux Valley 67-75.
