December 20, 2007 Vol. 36 Issue 7
Teams split with Burlington
Home opener at new Fieldhouse ends with victory over Wildcats
By Alexis Hosack, so.
News Editor
The Cubs faced the Burlington Wildcats last Friday for the first
home basketball game of the season. After two losses to the Wildcats last
year, the Cubs were more than ready to taste victory.
The first quarter ended with the Cubs ahead 23-8.
They scored eighteen points in both the second and third quarters and four
in the fourth quarter. The game ended in a score of 63-37.
“I felt the boys played unselfishly and their defense was played at
a high level. If we continue to work hard and play focused, I believe we can
have a good season,” said Coach David Taylor. “So far I have been
pleased with the team’s effort.”
Photo By Bayilie Morris,so.
Watch out!
Senior Sam Norris shoots the ball over a Burlington Wildcat in the first home
game of the season.
The Cubs walked about from the game with there win.
Leading in points was Sam Norris, sr., who brought in 24 points,
eight of which were free throws. Zach Cole, sr., scored fifteen points and
was followed by Cory Henshall, so., with fourteen points. Devin Myers, sr.,
contributed eight points while Thad Wells, jr., and Tyler Gean, so., each
chipped in two points.
Norris led in assists with six, followed by Myers and Henshall, who each had
two assists. Tevin Strack had one assist.
Tuesday night the Cubs traveled to Caney Valley where they defeated the Bullpups
with a final score of 72-43.
“I think the season has gone by pretty well so far. Everybody has played
very unselfish and played together on offense and defense,” said Cole.
The undefeated Cubs will face Yates Center at home on Jan. 4 after they return
from Winter Break.
Lady Cubs defeated at home
By Bailey Myers, jr.
Advertising Manager
Humboldt’s first home basketball game took place on Dec.
14 but ended in an unfortunate loss to the Burlington Wildcats.
The Lady Cubs started out fairly well and ended the first quarter in the lead.
The second quarter, however, did not go so well and Burlington had the lead
at halftime.
“We got off to an early lead, but we struggled quite a bit in the second
quarter,” said Jeff Wilkerson, head coach. “We had too many turnovers,
but I was happy that we came out in the second half and kept playing hard.”
The second half was fairly close, but Burlington’s points in the second
quarter were too great, and the Lady Cubs could not overcome the deficit.
“Our team did alright, but we did not have a great shooting percentage,
and we had tons of turnovers,” said Lenzie Boring, jr.
“We hustled well, and we looked for the open shot, but we still need
to work on getting shots off faster and working the ball around more.”
Photo By Tyler Hundley, sr.
Score!
Senior Terra Woods takes the ball up for a two-point shot in the first home
game against Burlington.
The Lady Cubs lost the game to the Wildcats.
Team members agree that they have skills to work on in order
to be successful this season.
“We need to keep our momentum up throughout the game in order to win,”
said Callie Umholtz, jr. “I also think that their man-to-man defense
rattled us a bit.”
The Lady Cubs, however, keep a positive attitude about their season so far.
“I think we have definitely improved since last year, and we are more
aggressive,” said Umholtz. “We are also working and clicking more
as a team.”
The Lady Cubs traveled to Caney to face the Bullpups on Tuesday. While there
the team was defeated with a final score of 38-54.
Terra Woods, sr., was the leading scorer with 10 points in the Caney game.
Randi Barnett, jr., was right behind her with nine points. Boring followed
with six points. Kelci Owens, jr., and Sarah Works, sr., each added four.
“The Caney game was not one of the greatest games that we have played,”
said Megan Dillow, jr. “We came out of the locker room ready to roll,
but we still followed them the rest of the game.”
Following Winter Break the team will face the Yates Center Wildcats for their
second home game of the season on Jan. 4.
JV girls place second at tournament
By Haley Huffman, sr.
Editor-in-Chief
Playing in three games at the Marmaton Valley Tournament, the
junior varsity Lady Cubs placed second overall by winning two games and losing
one.
The team opened the tournament with a close loss against West Elk, 28-30.
On Dec. 6 the Lady Cubs faced the hosting team, Marmaton Valley. Winning its
first game of the season, the team walked away with a 25-23 victory.
The next night the ladies went up against Northeast Arma and came away with
a convincing win and a final score of 43-18 giving them a second place finish
in the tournament overall.
“We all worked hard and played tough defense,” said Randi Barnett,
jr. “Everyone was really aggressive, and it paid off in the end.”
Last Friday the team competed at home in two quarters against the Burlington
Wildcats. The final score was 11-29 as the team struggled through the night.
Junior Randi Barnett led in scoring with a three pointer in the second quarter.
Juniors Kelci Owens, Megan Dillow, Callie Umholtz and freshman Melissa Davidson
each contributed two points a piece to the team’s efforts.
Tuesday night the team defeated Caney Valley in a two quarter match-up with
a final score of 15-6.
“We worked hard as a team,” said Mary Hauser, so. “But there
are still things we can improve on before our next game.”
The JV Lady Cubs will face the Yates Center Wildcats next on Jan. 4 for their
second home game.
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