Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The San Jon boys basketball team notched its first victory of the season by edging the junior varsity team at Wildorado, Texas, by a 19-18 score on Thursday.
Coyotes coach John Wootton said in a phone interview he estimated Matthew Martinez was his team’s leading scorer with eight points, including the winning basket late in the game.
He said Marvin Reese scored on an offensive rebound to put his team within one point before Martinez’s winning tally.
After the go-ahead basket, San Jon forced a turnover to foil any sort of comeback attempt by Wildorado.
San Jon improved to 1-3.
Logan 68, Des Moines 55
A balanced scoring attack led the Logan Longhorns to a 67-61 victory Saturday.
Brock Burns lead Logan with 19 points, while teammates Kaeden Stoner added 17 and Park Strong 16 points.
“Having three guys score in double figures helped a ton,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “The boys played hard and hopefully gained some momentum going into the break.”
Logan improved to 2-6 overall. Des Moines fell to 4-4.
Boise City 67, Logan 41
Logan found itself overmatched against a big and physical team at Boise City, Oklahoma, during a 67-41 loss Friday.
“We had a hard time matching up with them,” Griffiths said. “The guys played hard, but the shots didn’t fall.”
Burns led the Longhorns with 14 points.
Roy/Mosquero 67, Logan 61
The Longhorns had a lead at halftime but didn’t hold it during a 67-61 loss Thursday to Roy/Mosquero.
“We are going to have to learn to finish games,” Griffiths said. “We have had the lead at halftime in four of our five losses.”
Burns led Logan with 18 points, and Stoner added 14.
Elida 75, San Jon 8
San Jon found itself overwhelmed by a strong Elida squad 75-8 during a non-district clash on Dec. 14.
Elida improved to 8-1 overall.