Monday, December 11, 2006

WARRIORS FORTUNES SPLIT AT HARRISBURG

The Warrenton Lady Warriors bounced back from an opening round loss to Heppner and a sluggish first half performance against Reedsport Saturday to blank the Braves in the third quarter of a 44-19 victory Saturday at the Harrisburg Eagle Classic Tournament.

The Warrenton boys lost to Reedsport 51-44 in the consolation game. Harrisburg defeated Heppner in both championship games, with the boys winning 47-32 and girls triumphing 45-29.

Leading 17-12 at the half, Warrenton head coach John Mattila still had a stern lecture in the halftime locker room.

"We just were not focused," said Mattila, whose team had a 3-game winning streak snapped in a 51-38 loss to Heppner the day before. We were not paying attention in the huddles. We did not have enough players on the floor once and got a technical."

"We were just not focused at all during that morning session."

Warrenton responded with a 10-0 third quarter and outscored Reedsport 27-7 in the second half to improve to 4-2 on the season.

Brooklyn Campbell led Warrenton in scoring for the second straight game with 12 points. Pam Wilkins had seven points and six rebounds and Audrey Dove had five steals and five rebounds to go with five points.

The Warriors boys ran into a familiar obstacle, tailing off in the second half of the game to lose for the second straight day. The Warriors grabbed a 14-4 first quarter lead and led 25-20 at halftime. Some poor free throw shooting helped Reedsport climb back in contention as the Warriors went 11-for-28 at the line.

Warrenton did rebound the ball much better than in the previous day's 58-42 loss to Heppner. Michael O'Casey had 12 points and 12 rebounds and Jordan Little had nine points and 12 boards.

The Warriors, now 2-4 overall, host undefeated Clatskanie Tuesday night in a Lewis & Clark League-opening doubleheader Tuesday night. The Tigers followed up Wednesday night's 78-68 win over Knappa with an 83-78 victory over Banks to improve to 3-0 on the season. The Tiger girls also won, defeating Banks 40-32 to improve their overall record to 2-1.

Both girls and boys varsity games will be broadcast live on SportsRadio 1230 ESPN, with pregame coverage beginning at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday night.

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