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Newberg
trounces competition in Cottage Grove
Bruins steal
one at Lewis & Clark
Bucks no
match for Panthers
C.S. Lewis
Academy, Newberg boys and girls teams fall
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Bucks topple Open Bible |
St. Paul leads by 25 points at the end of the third
quarter in a 45-13 win over the Panthers |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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The St. Paul High School girls basketball team held
Open Bible Christian School to four points in the first three
quarters Friday and rolled to a 45-13 road victory.
The Bucks opened the game with a 9-0 first quarter lead and
extended that to 21-4 by halftime en route to the win. They shut out
the Panthers in the third quarter, as well, leading 29-4 heading
into the final period.
“Defensively, we played pretty well, and actually we played pretty
well on both sides,” coach Michael Murphy said.
Michelle Wilson and Jenna Schneider each scored 14; Jordan Murphy
had 12.
“Those girls are good,” said Open Bible coach Mike Wise. “They have
an outside shot, they have an inside game, they have their press
down and their defense was unbelievable.”
It was the Panthers’ second lopsided loss of the season to the
Bucks, ranked fourth in the state. Wise said the guard play of St.
Paul proved tough to penetrate.
“We didn’t get within five feet of the basket,” he said.
“Their guards kept us out of our offense.”
Wise said he was happy with his team’s defense for a 12-minute
stretch of the game, but once the team’s defense began to wear down,
St. Paul took advantage.
Down 25 points at the end of the third quarter, Wise said the
Panthers were finally able to gain some offensive momentum in the
final quarter.
“The positive thing is that when they put their bottom half (of the
lineup) in, for about two or three minutes, our girls were able to
compete,” he said.
Despite the loss, Wise said it didn’t diminish the playoff hopes of
the Panthers, who are battling for one of the final four playoff
spots.
“Our real target was the next four games,” he said. “We realized
that we didn’t match up real well with St. Paul. We didn’t
really put a whole lot of emphasis on how we were going to play St.
Paul. We wanted to concentrate on Country Christian and Southwest
this week.”
While many teams with losing records don’t qualify for the playoffs
in leagues around the state, Wise said his 4-9 Panthers would like
to think they still have a chance.
“When you’re 4-9, you kind of wonder if you are in the hunt,” he
said.
Wise said he thinks the Panthers have a shot at defeating
Country Christian and Southwest this week before facing Perrydale
and Willamette Valley Christian next week. He added if the Panthers
win two, possibly three, of the final four games, they could make
the district playoffs for the first time in school history. |
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From
Feb.
2,
2005, Newberg Graphic
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