TF routs Plains on the court

 

January 27, 2022

Annie Wooden

BLUE HAWK Cael Thilmony guards Plains' Jayden Weeks, who scored six three-pointers during the Horsemen's game in Thompson Falls.

Thompson Falls and Plains battled on the basketball court last week as the girls played in Thompson Falls Tuesday and the boys on Thursday.

The Blue Hawks beat Plains in both contests, with the Lady Hawks beating the Trotters and the Blue Hawks besting the Horsemen 72-24.

Jesse Claridge led the Hawks against Plains with 19 points, Alex Menzel scored 10 points and led the team in rebounds with eight, and Braxton Dorscher scored nine points and had six rebounds.

Jayden Weeks was nearly unstoppable at the three-point line against Thompson Falls, sinking three shots from beyond the line. Plains Coach Tyrel Allen said Weeks is one of his most consistent shooters on the team.

The Lady Hawks took an early lead against the Trotters, up 14-1 after one quarter. In the second quarter, the Hawks sank multiple three-point shots, including two from junior Avery Burgess, one from Maliyah LeCoure and one from Ellie Baxter.

The Lady Hawks won on the road Thursday in Libby, 60-19. Junior Ellie Baxter mastered the court, scoring 31 points for the Hawks, who took an early lead and never looked back against the Loggers. The Blue Hawks traveled to Libby last Tuesday, losing a close 55-43 contest. Senior Nathan Schraeder led the team in scoring against Libby with 24 points, Claridge had seven, Josh Wilhite and Adam Childers five apiece and Breck Ferris added two points.

Plains boys and girls then traveled to Troy on Saturday. The Trotters picked up a 39-28 win against the Trojans. Assistant coach Kylie McWilliams said the Plains girls played phenomenal basketball. Carlie Wagoner stepped up and led with 14 points, nine rebounds and senior Celsey VonHeeder also scored 14 points, grabbing 11 rebounds against Troy.

Allen said his team shot better, but gave up a lot of points in the first half and were unable to overcome that deficit and lost to Troy. This week, the Horsemen made up a game against Hot Springs on Tuesday, then will travel with the Trotters to Two Eagle River on Friday before hosting Eureka on Saturday. Allen said his team will work on getting better defensively and working on skills individually to improve in games. "It's hard to lose and keep momentum, but we want to be playing our best basketball at tournament time," he added.

Noxon Schools have moved to remote learning through the end of January and have not been competing. Hot Springs is set to travel to Noxon next Tuesday to make up a game with the Red Devils.

 

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