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Weed Lady Cougars Jillian Neel and Karene Marshall could have set up lawn chairs beyond the arc in the first half of their first round NSCIF D-V playoff game in Tulelake on Tuesday night. The duo combined for seven of Weed’s eight first half 3-balls, on the way to a 34-21 halftime lead. The Lady Honkers would finally make an adjustment in the second half, but it was too late. Seven-seed Tulelake was unable to make up the deficit on the 5th ranked, but 10th seeded Lady Cougars who hung on to win 50-42.

Marshall and Neel hit back-to-back treys to open the game, giving Weed a 6-0 advantage. Tulelake came back to tie the contest, 6-6, on a hoop by Cierra Gribble, two freebies from Maria Chavolla, and a bucket by Madee Boyd off a pass from C. Gribble.

The Lady Cougars regained the lead, 9-6, on a 3-pointer from Marshall. A put back by Tulelake’s Rosario Jaime made it 9-8. Jaime then stole the ball and set up Boyd for an easy score, giving the Lady Honkers their only lead of the game, 10-9, with 1:09 left in the first quarter. (more…)

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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

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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. (more…)

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The Tulelake Honkers remained perfect in the Evergreen League at 6-0 (18-3), with a 61-42 win over the Butte Valley Bulldogs in Dorris on Friday night. The Dawgs, however, did not go quietly. Although the Honkers led 10-9 at the end of the first quarter, they had to come from behind to do so, on a pair of Zac Idrogo freebies with seven seconds left in the opening quarter.

The Honkers led by as many as 12 points in the second quarter, 25-13, but the Bulldogs came back within seven points by halftime via a 7-2 mini-run. Two from the charity stripe by Bulldog John Levesque made it a 10-point game, 25-15, with 2:21 to go until the intermission. A Honker put back by Logan Herman pushed it back to a 12-point advantage, 27-15. Butte Valley’s Gustavo Lopez hit a turn around jumper, 27-17. The final three points of the half were courtesy of a couple of Honker fouls and three free throws by Butte Valley’s Levesque, making it 27-20.

Tulelake opened the second half scoring with buckets from Idrogo and Adam Kandra, to increase its lead to 11 points, 31-20. The Honkers would maintain a double-digit margin for the remainder of the game, on the way to the 61-42 win. (more…)

Video highlights coming on Sunday

The first time the Tulelake Lady Honkers and the Butte Valley Lady Bulldogs met, it took over time to decide the game in Tulelake’s favor, 60-57. On Friday night in Dorris, it appeared that the squads might be headed for another nail-biter. After Butte Valley took an early lead, Tulelake came back to tie the contest, 12-12, at the end of the first quarter. The game remained close going into the intermission, with the Lady Honkers holding a 25-20 lead.

The second half, however, was just about all Lady Honkers. Amanda Madden opened up the third quarter scoring with a freebie, making it 26-20, starting a 10-2 Tulelake run. Cierra Gribble made it 28-20 with two from the charity stripe. Then, Sabrina Gribble dropped in a 3-ball from somewhere around Macdoel, upping the Lady Honker advantage to 31-20. Butte Valley’s Anna Austin interrupted the run, with a hoop at the 4:08 mark, 31-22. Madee Boyd answered with back-to-back buckets, to complete the run, and give Tulelake a 35-22 lead. Tulelake would open up a 14-point gap by the start of the fourth quarter, 41-27. (more…)

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The Tulelake Honkers (12-3) traveled to Weed to take on the Cougars (4-8) on Monday night. On paper, it was a mismatch–a blow out waiting to happen. However, the laws of nature say that a honker is rarely safe around cougars, especially when there’s a “silver fox” involved. While, the Honkers escaped with a win, it didn’t come easy.

At 13-2, with less than three minutes to play in the opening quarter, it did look like Tulelake would cruise to a win. At the end of the first frame, the Honkers led 17-11. By halftime, it wasn’t likely that “easy” or “cruise” were words being used in the Honker locker room, as the Cougars had battled back to tie the game at 27-27, on a steal-n-score by Noah Traylor.

The Cougars came out of halftime and took a 33-27 lead on six straight points to open the third quarter. A 3-point play the hard way by Josh Rogers made it 30-27. Then, Rogers drained one from the football field, making it 33-27.  Two Honker hoops by Zac Idrogo sandwiched around an Adam Kandra put back tied the game at 33-33, with 4:20 to go in the quarter. A bucket by Max Crawford with 25 seconds to go in the third, gave Tulelake a 37-35 lead going into the final frame. (more…)

The Tulelake Lady Honkers and the Weed Lady Cougars matched up in each team’s final preseason game on Monday night, in Weed. The Lady Cougars came into the contest at 9-1, and riding a five game winning streak. Their only loss came to a then undefeated Biggs team. Tulelake suffered a lopsided defeat at St. Mary’s last week, and entered the game at 7-5. When the final horn sounded, the Lady Honkers had pulled off an upset, winning 42-38.

Weed went out to a 5-2 lead to start the game on a basket by Destinee Jones, and three free throws by Jennifer Marshall. The Lady Honkers tied it, when Cierra Gribble set up Maria Chavolla for what turned out to be a 3-point play the hard way. The Lady Honkers grabbed the lead, 7-5, on a hoop by Claudia Garcia and finished the first quarter up 10-8.

With the score tied, 13-13, in the second quarter, the Lady Cougars took temporary control. A pair of freebies by J. Marshall gave Weed the lead, 15-13. Two from the charity stripe by Karene Marshall made it 17-13. Jillian Neel hit a bucket, upping the Cougar advantage to six points, at 19-13. Madee Boyd connected for Tulelake, 19-15. Neel hit another shot with nine seconds left in the half, sending the teams to the locker room, with Weed ahead, 21-15.

The Lady Honkers came out and scored the first eight points of the second half to grab a 23-21 lead. A hoop by Garcia opened up the second half scoring, 21-17. A freebie and then a bucket from Rosario Jaime made it 21-20. Then Boyd nailed a shot from downtown to give Tulelake the lead 23-21. Weed regained the advantage on an old fashion 3-point play by J. Marshall, 24-23, with 1:12 left in the quarter. A put back by Chavolla gave the Lady Honkers a 25-24 lead going into the final frame. (more…)