Well, another JH basketball season has come and gone. While most of you know the results of the season, here is my take on the year.
Our season started out with the Jetmore Shorthorns. We started our season last year with Jetmore. Anyway, to this years game. The girls started out strong. Tied after the first quarter. Ahead 12-7 at half. 19-13 after the third and 26-15 after the fourth. A good strong start for the year. Boog had high points for the game with 14, Swish and Bruiser both had 6. Great game.
Next up the South Gray Rebels. Wow, it was like running into a buzz saw. South Gray came out gunning and ran out to a 22-5 halftime lead. Our girls just could not get untracked and fell 37-7. Swish, Mack and CB had two points apiece. The South Gray team is very talented and play extremely well together.
The next week saw us on the road again, this time to Minneola. This game started out as a struggle. The Deuces found themselves down 10-5 after one, 13-12 at half. Coach K must have had a good halftime speech, cause our girls came out fired up after the break. Led by Swish with 7 points in the second half and Bruiser with 6 in the second half, the Lady Deuces staged a comeback and won by a final score of 27-23. High points for the game went to Swish with 10, Boog with 8 and Bruiser with 6. Mack chipped in 3 for the winning cause.
Our next game was against Ashland at Bucklin. This game our girls came out firing on all cylinders and led from the get-go. It was 10-2 after one. Ashland did get started and pulled within 16-14 at half. After three it was 24-22, us. We clamped down defensively and won 33-25. High points for the game was Boog with 12 and Swish with 10. Bruiser had 3 and Smalls, Mack, Gotta and CB each chipped 2 points apiece. A good team effort.
The following week found us at home again, this time against Pawnee Heights. Last year, we had no problem with the Lady Tigers, winning 49-15. This year Pawnee Heights came to play. They led 9-6 after one and 12-10 at half. Once again, Coach K must have had a good halftime speech. Our girls came out fired up. Led 16-12 after three and won 24-14. The girls clamped down defensively once again and did not allow Pawnee Heights to score until 2 minutes were left in the game. Boog had high points with 10, followed by Swish with 8 and Bruiser with 6. Great game, girls.
The next week found us on the road to Spearville. I am sure most of the parents thought we would have a fight on our hands, I did. But the Lady Deuces came out, played hard, led the entire game and won 27-11. Bruiser was high points for the game with 9, Boog had 8, Swish had 6 and Mack with 4.
A good win for Bucklin. 5-1 on the season so far, 3-0 in league.
The last game of the year before Christmas break found us at home against the Bulldogs of Ingalls. This is easily our biggest rival. Last year we beat Ingalls for the league basketball title and all of our meetings, basketball and volleyball, are good close games. That being said, the game was fairly close to begin with. Ingalls leading 14-12 at half. After half, our girls couldn't score at all. Scoring only two points in a half doesn't help win ball games. 24-14, Ingalls wins. High points for the game was Boog with 11. Swish chipped in with 3.
The Christmas break proved to be a huge hurdle to overcome. First game after break was at Fowler. The Goldbugs led the entire game and won 31-11. It wasn't a pretty game to watch. High points for the game was Boog with 9. Bruiser and Swish each had 1 apiece. The next week found us at home against South Central. Another tough game. South Central jumped out to a 12-3 lead at half. Ended up winning 30-11. Swish was high points for the game with 7, including a 3 at the buzzer. Bruiser had 2, while Smalls and Boog had 1 each. The last game of the year, had us on the road to Kiowa County. Once again, the girls found themselves in a dogfight. Score was 4-4 after one, 10-10 at half. Score was 17-16, Kiowa County up after three. Final score was 26-18, with Kiowa County winning. High points for the game was Bruiser and Swish with 6 each. Boog had 4 and Smalls had 2. This loss left our record at 5-5 for the year, 3-2 in league.
Up next, League tournament!! This year the tournament was held at Fowler. Our first game was on Monday against Pawnee Heights. The score was 6-4, Pawnee Heights, after one. The Lady Deuces led 16-8 at half, 22-10 after three and held on to win 29-13. During the fourth quarter, Boog landed awkwardly and hurt her left knee. She ended up not being able to play the rest of the game. High points for the game was Swish with 13. Boog had 6, Bruiser had 4, Smalls had 2 and CB had 1. Next up, the Fowler Goldbugs. This game was to be played on Thursday, but due to bad weather was pushed back to Saturday. After being beat by Fowler earlier in the year, the Lady Deuces were ready for a rematch. Bucklin led after one, 8-6. Fowler came back to lead at half, 13-12. The second half prove to be a good one. Bucklin led 18-15 after three. Boog fouled out with 5 minutes to play. It was a tough 5 minutes for her to sit on the bench. With three to play, Bucklin was up 22-16. Final score was 25-20. This set up a rematch with number 1 seed in the tournament, Ingalls. And a repeat of last years championship game. Playing probably their best game of the year, Bucklin got out to a 8-2 lead after one, 12-8 at half. The second half proved to be a ballgame, for both teams. After three Bucklin held the lead, 19-18. The fourth quarter ended with a tied score, 26-26. Going to overtime! The extra five minutes went the Lady Deuces way with the girls winning 29-28. High points for the game was Swish with 13, including two 3-pointers. Boog had 10, Mack with 3 and Bruiser with 2.
Another great year. Another League Championship. It doesn't get old winning titles! Very proud of all of these girls. It was a great year!!
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