The Etna Lady Lions junior varsity took the game, 57-41, over the Mt. Shasta Lady Bear JVs, on Tuesday night in Etna.

Video shot by Andie Gomes

Meet was held Wednesday, February 8 at Etna High School’s Carl Smith Gym.

106 lbs

Quinton Hook, HOS pin Anthony Garcia ETN

Quinton Hook, HOS pin Luke Schwall ETN

113

Joey Defaria, ETN pin Nate Beckstrand, HOS

John-Michael Theofanides, ETN 15 – Nate Beckstrand, HOS 4

Quinton Hook, HOS 16 – John-Michael Theofanides ETN 0

120

Joey Defaria, ETN pin Mark Thompson, CHI

126

Earl Summers, ETN pin Mark Thompson, CHI

Austin Trumbly, HOS pin Mark Thompson, CHI

Earl Summers, ETN 11 – Austin Trumbly , HOS 0

132

Cecyl Stout, ETN tech Taylor Shuler, DUN

Cecyl Stout, ETN pin James Flowers, HOS

138

Derek Wood TUL pin CJ Palmer, DUN

Wyatt Allefin, CHI med default CJ Palmer, DUNS

Derek Wood TUL pin Wyatt Allefin, CHI

145

Lanze Taylor, ETN 7 – Wyatt Zanni, MTS

Lanze Taylor, ETN pin James Flowers, HOS

152

Donovan Appler, ETN pin Asher Funk, MTS

Dan Zambrono, BON pin EJ Ramirez, CHI

Donovan Appler, ETN pin EJ Ramirez, CHI

Donovan Appler, ETN pin Dan Zambrono, BON

160

Chris Brown, DUN pin Ruben Jaime, ETN

182

Hayden Kaae 9 – Jonathan Van DeWalker, MTS 0

195

Ezra Hamilton, CHI pin Jack Souza, ETN

220

Shon Moses, HOS pin Devin Weestean, CHI

285

Omar Alvarado, HOS pin David Morris, CHI

Chris Dutton, HOS pin David Morris, CHI

Bonanza BON
Chiloquin CHI
Dunsmuir DUN
Etna ETN
Hosanna Christian HOS
Mt. Shasta MTS
Tulelake TUL

Don’t let the Etna Lions 4-16 record fool you. If you come to Etna’s Carl Smith gym, you’d better be ready to play. The 14-7 Mt. Shasta Bears found that out on Tuesday night, as the Lions held the lead three different times during the contest, and stayed within striking distance of Mt. Shasta until the fourth quarter.

The Bears led 21-18 at the end of the first quarter, and 33-32 at the half.

Kainen Kruger gave the Lions a 34-33 lead at the beginning of the third quarter. Kegan Snure answered with a bucket for the Bears, 35-34. Austin Berry put Etna right back in front, 36-35. Another basket by Snure regained the lead for the Bears, 37-36–a lead Mt. Shasta would not relinquish. A deuce and then a trey by Paul Thelander upped the Bear advantage to six points, 42-36, with a little over four minutes to play in the quarter. Etna trimmed the margin to four points, 53-49, going into the final frame.

Mt. Shasta scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter, starting with a hoop by Kody Waite, making it, 55-49. Clayton Cool dished to Josh Copeland for a bucket, 57-49. Then, Copeland came up with a 3-point play the hard way, extending the Bear lead to 11 points, 60-49. Mt. Shasta would go on to lead by as many as 13 points in the quarter, 66-53, and win 71-60.

Waite and Copeland led the Bears with 14 points a piece. Thelander put up 11 points.

Etna was led by Austin Berry with 12 points. Preston Munson added 11, including three treys. Tyler Murphy also contributed 11 points.

Mt. Shasta (5-2) hosts Fall River (6-1, 17-4) on Friday in Shasta Cascade League action.

Etna (3-4) hosts Weed (2-6, 7-15) on Friday.

Etna varsity boys basketball Mike Pendley’s pick for the Scott Valley Fire Protection District Basketball Defender of the Week for the week of 1/22 -1/28 is Alex Berry. Berry pulled down 10 boards against Modoc and played strong defense in the paint.

Congratulations Alex. You have a certificate for Evelyn’s Cakes and Bakery on the waqy.

Thanks Scott Valley Fire Protection District!

Lady Bear Allison Titus came out firing on Tuesday night in Etna against the Lady Lions, hitting back-to-back 3-balls to open the game. Titus’ set the tone for the opening frame, as Mt. Shasta out scored Etna, 15-4.

It took Etna almost three minutes to get on the board with a pair of freebies by Sara Hoyt. The Lady Lions didn’t hit their first field goal until there were under two minutes to play in the first quarter. Again, it was Hoyt who came through with a bucket.

Other Lady Bears scoring in the first quarter were Janelle Jaegel with five points on a nice baseline drive, and a trey. Haley Brown contributed a hoop, and Titus added a deuce to go with her two 3-pointers.

Etna, however, got the better of the second quarter putting up nine points to Mt. Shasta’s six, and cutting the Lady Bear lead to 8-points, 21-13, going into halftime.

Mt. Shasta extended it’s advantage to 14 point by the end of the third quarter, 34-20.

The Lady Lions would not go away in the final frame and continued to defend their home turf, cutting the Mt. Shasta lead to six points, 41-35, on two from the charity stripe by Marina Gutleben with two minutes to play in the game. With 50 ticks to go, Titus scored, making it 43-35. Melissa Berry added two free throws to the Etna total, with 33 seconds remaining, 43-36, but the Lady Lions would come no closer, as Jaegel sealed the win, 45-37, with a pair from the free throw line in the last 12 seconds.

Titus led all scorers with 12 points. Taylor Hansen and Jaegel each put up 10 points for the Lady Bears.

Etna was led by Eiler’s 11 points. Berry and Hoyt each added 8 points.

Mt. Shasta (6-1, 11-10) hosts Fall River (6-1, 15-5) in a battle for 1st place in the Shasta Cascade League on Friday.

Etna (2-6, 6-15) hosts Weed (6-2, 16-4) on Friday night.

Etna varsity girls basketball coach Les Helsley’s pick for the Happy Toes Etna Lady Lions Basketball Player of the Week for the week of 1/22 -1/28 is Jessie Eiler. Eiler put up 20 points in the Lady Lions’ win over Modoc, including three 3-pointers.

Congratulations Jessie. You have a gift certificate to Evelyn’s Cakes and Bakery coming your way.

Thanks Happy Toes!

The Mt. Shasta Bears junior varsity boys trailed by a point, 33-32, going into the final frame, but exploded for 23 fourth quarter points to grab a 55-39 win over the Etna Lion JVs on Tuesday night in Etna.

Photos and story by Richard Allan of The Intermountain News

Grapplers from the Shasta Cascade League gathered at Dunsmuir High for the league championships on Saturday. The Dunsmuir Tigers won their first ever league wrestling championship, led by C.J. Palmer’s 2^nd place finish. The Tigers won the small schools division with 56 points, ahead of Burney (42), Fall River and Big Valley.

Etna took 2^nd in the big schools division with 123 points, behind Modoc’s 183 points. Tulelake was 4^th with 34.5 points.

Etna’s Anthony Garcia (106 lbs), Joey Defaria (113), Hayden Kaae (182), and Jack Souza (220) earned All-League honors with 1^st place finishes. Lions Donovan Appler (152) and Cecyl Stout (132) were 2^nd. Luke Schwall (106) was 3^rd. Earl Summers (126) and Lance Taylor (145) were 4^th.

Garcia won the 106-pound division with a 15-6 decision over Cody Tiffany of Modoc. Defaria pinned Jake Lewis of Big Valley in the second round for the top finish at 113. Kaae pinned Dunsmuir’s Trent Johnson at 182 pounds, and John Souza earned a 14-0 major decision over Modoc’s Matt Froeming.

Tulelake’s Derek Wood (138) finished 2^nd, Lorenzo Reyes (126) was 3^rd, and Ernan Reyes (132) finished 4^th.

Perhaps the match of the meet belonged to Etna’s Earl Summers and Lorenzo Reyes from Tulelake with a blood and guts third-place bout at 126 pounds. Reyes controlled the match for the first two periods building a 7-2 advantage. Summers scored with a take down near the end of the second and trailed by three points to start the third. After a couple stoppages for a bloodied nose on Reyes, Summers struck again near the end of the match, nearly pinning Reyes. Time expired before the pin, but Summers scored a 3-point near-fall to tie match at 7-7.

In the overtime, Reyes quickly shot to the legs and scored the take down for the 9-7 win.

The Division III/IV championships will be held in Etna on Saturday, February 18.

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Video shot by Etna High School Student Sage Gomes

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