WARRIORS BOYS GET DEFENSIVE AGAIN
It seems that whenever Warrenton and Riverdale meet on the basketball floor, the game turns out a lot closer than expected.
That was not the case Tuesday night, as the Warriors welcomed the return of Eric Gantenbein's shooting stroke and parlayed another strong defensive half into a commanding lead on the way to a 66-45 victory over the visiting Mavericks.
An 8-0 first quarter fun preceded a second half lockdown in which the Warriors held the Mavs scoreless for more than five minutes while extending to a 28-12 lead and an eventual 36-16 halftime advantage.
"Defensively, I'm so pleased with how we're progressing," said Warriors coach Josh Jannusch, whose team had held their last two opponents under 30 total points. "It's been a focus point of practice and we want to increase the intensity on the defensive end."
Gantenbein tossed in a 3-pointer to open the second half to give the Warriors a 23-point lead, one of five made threes in seven attempts on the way to a 20-point night. Riverdale never challenged in the second half until snipping the lead to 14 in the fourth quarter with a number of Warrior freshman on the floor.
"The beat us the first year they were in the league at their place," said Jannusch. "Last year they played us tough and then the first game this year they actually had a lead in the fourth quarter."
"We wanted to come out and establish a couple things. We really wanted to get our posts scoring early in the offense and we were able to accomplish that right away. We were able to dictate what we wanted to do and came out real strong on the defensive end."
Ryan Lampi added 16 points and Michael O'Casey added ten points and nine rebounds for Warrenton as the Warriors kept pace with the pack chasing first place Clatskanie.
Portland Adventist fell to Clatskanie 77-70 to drop the Cougars a half game behind Warrenton and Oregon Episcopal, a 63-27 winner over Neah-Kah-Nie. The Warriors and Aardvarks are each 9-3 in league, tied for second place a game and a half behind the 10-1 Tigers.
Warrenton hosts Vernonia Friday, then travels to Portland Adventist on Saturday night. Wins in both games could lock up a second place finish and a home playoff game on Valentine's Day.
RIVERDALE 7 9 10 19 -- 45
Simkoff 17, Chapman, Sabol 4, Roberts 4, Nance 3, Peterson 12, Drummonds 5, Rozek, Van Buren, Wolfe, McFarland.
WARRENTON 17 19 9 21 -- 66
Davis 4, Gantenbein 20, Little 4, O'Casey 10, Lampi 16, Garcia 3, Moore 4, Aira 3, Hackwith, Burkhart 2, Morrison, Patterson, Bentley.
FIELD GOALS-RIV: 15-47-32%, WAR: 24-47-51%
3-PT FG'S-RIV: 3-11-27%, WAR: 7-12-58%
FREE THROWS-RIV: 12-18-67%, WAR: 11-22-50%
REBOUNDS-RIV: 30, WAR: 27
TURNOVERS-WAR: 9, RIV: 15
That was not the case Tuesday night, as the Warriors welcomed the return of Eric Gantenbein's shooting stroke and parlayed another strong defensive half into a commanding lead on the way to a 66-45 victory over the visiting Mavericks.
An 8-0 first quarter fun preceded a second half lockdown in which the Warriors held the Mavs scoreless for more than five minutes while extending to a 28-12 lead and an eventual 36-16 halftime advantage.
"Defensively, I'm so pleased with how we're progressing," said Warriors coach Josh Jannusch, whose team had held their last two opponents under 30 total points. "It's been a focus point of practice and we want to increase the intensity on the defensive end."
Gantenbein tossed in a 3-pointer to open the second half to give the Warriors a 23-point lead, one of five made threes in seven attempts on the way to a 20-point night. Riverdale never challenged in the second half until snipping the lead to 14 in the fourth quarter with a number of Warrior freshman on the floor.
"The beat us the first year they were in the league at their place," said Jannusch. "Last year they played us tough and then the first game this year they actually had a lead in the fourth quarter."
"We wanted to come out and establish a couple things. We really wanted to get our posts scoring early in the offense and we were able to accomplish that right away. We were able to dictate what we wanted to do and came out real strong on the defensive end."
Ryan Lampi added 16 points and Michael O'Casey added ten points and nine rebounds for Warrenton as the Warriors kept pace with the pack chasing first place Clatskanie.
Portland Adventist fell to Clatskanie 77-70 to drop the Cougars a half game behind Warrenton and Oregon Episcopal, a 63-27 winner over Neah-Kah-Nie. The Warriors and Aardvarks are each 9-3 in league, tied for second place a game and a half behind the 10-1 Tigers.
Warrenton hosts Vernonia Friday, then travels to Portland Adventist on Saturday night. Wins in both games could lock up a second place finish and a home playoff game on Valentine's Day.
RIVERDALE 7 9 10 19 -- 45
Simkoff 17, Chapman, Sabol 4, Roberts 4, Nance 3, Peterson 12, Drummonds 5, Rozek, Van Buren, Wolfe, McFarland.
WARRENTON 17 19 9 21 -- 66
Davis 4, Gantenbein 20, Little 4, O'Casey 10, Lampi 16, Garcia 3, Moore 4, Aira 3, Hackwith, Burkhart 2, Morrison, Patterson, Bentley.
FIELD GOALS-RIV: 15-47-32%, WAR: 24-47-51%
3-PT FG'S-RIV: 3-11-27%, WAR: 7-12-58%
FREE THROWS-RIV: 12-18-67%, WAR: 11-22-50%
REBOUNDS-RIV: 30, WAR: 27
TURNOVERS-WAR: 9, RIV: 15
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