ETNA –The Etna Lions played perhaps their best game of the season on Tuesday night, and held off a furious comeback effort by the Yreka Miners, to win 63-61. After a couple of years off, the Lions and Miners have renewed their rivalry this season and the boys’ games have been everything a rivalry should be—close and hard fought.

Yreka led 15-14 at the end of the first quarter. Etna built a six point lead late in the second quarter, but Yreka came back to trail by just a point at halftime. With Etna leading 28-22, Luke White scored and then added a free throw, 28-25. Dillon Dow made a pair of free throws to make it 28-27 at the half. (more…)

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One of the hardest calls for a basketball official is block or charge?

The rule book states:
A block is illegal contact which impedes the progress of an opponent with or without the ball.

A charge is illegal contact caused by pushing or moving into an opponent’s torso. The offensive player is required to stop or change direction to avoid contact with a defensive player that has legal guarding position (both feet on the ground and torso facing the opponent, and must keep verticality). (more…)

WEED – If you want to see a Weed Cougar salivate, show him a zone defense. The Cougars feasted on the Tulelake Honkers zone on Monday night, particularly Tanner Shelton. Shelton had four 3-pointers in the first quarter, six in the first half, and eight on the night. About the only time Shelton wasn’t raining 3-balls on the Honkers was while he was chillin’ on the pine, watching his teammates hit from long range. Weed nailed 14 treys in the game, on the way to a 65-43 win. (more…)

WEED – The Weed Lady Cougars got back one of their three injured senior starters on Tuesday. But, even the return of Nicolette Neel’s hustle and determination wasn’t enough to hold off the Tulelake Lady Honkers. After a close first quarter, Tulelake out ran and out muscled the depleted Lady Cougars for a 51-29 victory.

Weed led just once in the game. After a hoop by Tulelake’s Gabby Rascon and a pair of freebies by Rosana Chavolla gave the Lady Honkers a 4-1 advantage, the Lady Cougars strung together three straight baskets. A put back by Weed’s Kera Vogel made it 4-3. Neel grabbed a long rebound and was off to the races for an easy lay up, giving the Lady Cougars a 5-3 lead. A steal-n-score by Jessica Gardner upped Weed’s lead to 7-3, with 2:40 left in the first quarter. However, that was as good as it would get for the Lady Cougars. (more…)

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MOUNT SHASTA – The Mount Shasta Lady Bears and the Del Norte Lady Warriors met three times in barely over a week, with Del Norte winning two of the three games. In the second round of the Yreka Invitational, it was Del Norte with a crushing win, 40-15.

The Lady Bears rebounded with a 34-25 win over Del Norte in the first round of the Holiday tournament. The Lady Bears also avenged a loss to the Yreka Lady Miners in the Yreka Tourney, beating Yreka in the second round of the Holiday Tourney, 36-30. The two wins gave the Lady Bears the top seed going into the Holiday Tourney championship game. (more…)

MOUNT SHAASTA – The Weed Cougars won their first two games in the Mt. Shasta Holiday Tournament, beating Illinois Valley 63-54 and Lassen 62-45 to gain the number two seed. In Saturday’s play in game to reach the championship, Weed beat third-seed Yreka 64-56. Then, the Cougars met the four-time defending Holiday Tourney champion Hidden Valley Mustangs.

Some say the Mustangs were down a bit this year, not quite as strong as usual. The Cougars might disagree. When the dust settled from the stampede, the scoreboard showed Mustangs 73 – Cougars 37. (more…)

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DUNSMUIR – The Dunsmuir Tiger boys basketball team ran the table at the first annual Canyon Shootout tournament last weekend. The Butte Valley Bulldogs went 2-1 to finish second. The Tigers and Bulldogs tangled in what turned out to be the deciding game on Friday at Dunsmuir Elementary school, with the Tigers prevailing, 46-41, in a thriller.

It was a see-saw contest with neither team leading by more than three points, until the final score of the game. (more…)

The Etna Lady Lions captured their second tournament championship of the season, with a 63-53 win over host Rogue River. Paige Finley led Etna with 18 points and 17 rebounds. Annaleisa Nadig also had 18 points. Tandy Thackeray put up 16.

On the way to the championship game, Etna defeated Chiloquin 59-43 in the semi-final. Emily Loogamn and Thackeray each had 14 points. Finley scored 9 points and pulled down 9 boards.

The Lady Lions opened the tournament with an 81-22 stomping of New Hope Christian. Loogman led the way with 19 points. Thackeray scored 14, and Nadig had 11 points (more…)

Scores

Sunday, December 13

Women’s Basketball

COS 65 – Chabot 58 @ Solano Showdown Tourney
COS Scoring: Alanna Stevens 17, Michelle Hoehn 16, Amber Franko 15,

Saturday, December 12

Girls Basketball

Yreka 41 – Del Norte 56
Yreka Scoring: AmMathee Stott 14, Jaylene Phillips 11, Ashley Lemos 9
Yreka finishes 3rd @ Holiday Tourney
All-Tourney: Ashley Lemos, Jaylene Phillips

Mt. Shasta 39 – Del Norte 41
Mt. Shasta Scoring: Amanda Amesbury 11, Kendra Woodglass 9, Taylor Hansen 8
Del Norte wins Holiday Tourney championship. Mt. Shasta is second
Mt. Shasta All-Tourney; Amanda Amesbury, Taylor Hansen

Etna 63 – Rogue River 53
Etna Stats: Paige Finley 18 P, 17 R; Annaleisa Nadig 18 P; Tandy Thackeray 16 P
Etna wins Rogue River Tourney
Etna All-Tourney: Tandy Thackeray (MVP), Paige Finley

Dunsmuir lost to Providence Christian @ Dunsmuir Tourney

Dunsmuir 29 – Elk Creek 41 @ Dunsmuir Tourney
Dunsmuir Scoring: Katie McIntyre 9, Jamie Kirch 7, Remi Ewens 4

Butte Valley beat Elk Creek @ Dunsmuir Tourney
Butte Valley won Dunsmuir Tourney

Tulelake 53 – Champion Christian 50 @ Durham Tourney
Tulelake Stats: Gabby Rascon 14 P; Rosana Chavolla 12 P, 11 R; Alma Vidrio 10 P

Happy Camp 33 – Hoopa 55 @ Hoopa Tourney

Happy Camp 42 – South Fork 49 @ Hoopa Tourney

COS 63 – Solano 78 @ Solano Showdown Tourney

Boys Basketball

Yreka 56 – Weed 64 @ Holiday Tourney
Weed Scoring: Robert West 22, Tanner Shelton 17, Jake West 12
Yreka Scoring: Luke White 17, Daniel Fisher 14, Cole Humphrey 12

Weed 36 – Hidden Valley 73
Weed Scoring: Robert West 12, Tanner Shelton 12
Hidden Valley wins Holiday Tourney championship. Weed is second
Weed All-Tourney: Jake West, Robert West

Mt. Shasta 85 – Illinois Valley 49
Mt. Shasta Scoring: Jake Padula 20 (six 3s), Eric Thelander 16, Mark Maumasi 15, Gene Kenyon 15
Mt. Shasta takes consolation @ Holiday Tourney
Mt. Shasta All-Tourney: Jake Padula, Erik Thelander

Etna 42 – McKenzie 59
Etna Scoring: Clint Eastlick 14, Erik Anaya 8, Jarome Hiett 8, Brent Davis 8
Etna 4th @ Rogue River Tourney

Tulelake 60 – Mercy 47

Dunsmuir 65 – Elk Creek 29 @ Dunsmuir Tourney
Dunsmuir Stats: Zack Shirley 17 P, 8 R; Jordan Van Wilgen 10 P, Zach Bartoo 8 P, Matt Norton 8 P, 4 R, Lamont Brown 9 R

Dunsmuir 60 – Providence Christian 35
Dunsmuir Stats: Zack Shirley 11 P, 9 R; Matt Norton 9 P, 3 S; Lt Hisey 9 P
Dunsmuir wins Dunsmuir Tourney

Butte Valley 56 – Elk Creek 40 @ Dunsmuir Tourney
Butte Valley Stats: Jose Avalos 14 P, 7 R; Caleb Levesque 14 P; Steven Berengue 9 P; Nan Perez 6 P, 11 R
Butte Valley takes second at Dunsmuir tourney

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MOUNT SHASTA – The Mt. Shasta Lady Bears led the Yreka Lady Miners almost from start to finish on their way to a 36-30 victory on Friday. With the the win, Mt. Shasta advanced to Saturday’s Holiday Tournament championship game versus the winner of Del Norte and Yreka in the play-in game. The play-in game is at 1:30, with the championship at 4:30.

Yreka scored first in the contest on a Jaylene Phillips put back, but Yreka wouldn’t score again for more than four minutes.

Amanda Amesbury gave the Lady Bears a 6-2 lead with back-to-back 3-balls. Mt. Shasta increased its lead to 8-2 on crisp passing from Amesbury to Jeana Michels to Rachel Abbott for a bucket. At the end of the first quarter it was Mt. Shasta 13 – Yreka 5. (more…)

Opinion by Ray Wolf

One week earlier, almost to the minute, Eric Thelander hit a buzzer beater in overtime to give the Mt. Shasta Bears a 53-51 win over the Yreka Miners at the Yreka Invitational. The tables were turned on Thursday night, when Yreka’s Luke White nailed a buzzer-beating 3-ball from just past half court for a 54-51 overtime win over the Bears in Mt. Shasta’s Holiday Tournament.

White’s shot did more than just win the game. It was the last word in another chapter of what has developed into an intense rivalry between the Miners and the Bears—a rivalry that has seen multiple comeback wins by both schools over the past two years. (more…)

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