WARRIORS ROCK THE BABIES
Warrenton freshmen Brooklyn Campbell and Jordyn Holt may be immature in terms of their basketball playing experience, but their team got a good lesson in how not to behave on the court and the sidelines courtesy of visiting Oregon Episcopal School Friday night.
Campbell notched a career-high for the second time in her last three games with 17 points and Holt added 13 as the Warriors shut down the Aardvarks 69-33. Unfortunately, nobody could shut O.E.S. up!
Another strong on-court performance for Warrenton came in a game marred by chronic belligerance on the part of the visitors, representing one of the most exclusive and expensive private schools in the state of Oregon.
During the course of the contest, three technical fouls were assessed--one to head coach Art Anderson in the first half and one each to starting wings Carling Leon and Teeona Wilson in the second half. While Anderson and his J.V. coach maintained a steady stream of invective from the sideline, several Aardvark players displayed a comprehensive understanding of the kind of language that would serve them well in future careers in dock work or contruction, not the court rooms, board rooms or lecture halls they are likely angling toward with their parents' tuition money. That's when they weren't using their fingernails to carve hieroglyphics into the arms, legs and faces of most of Warrenton's starting five.
With less patient officials, the coaching staff and a couple players would have been on the bus by halftime. As it is, mentally they were already on their way before the first half buzzer sounded.
After a close first quarter that featured three ties, the Aardvarks carried a 9-7 lead into the second period. Jordane Marxer's field goal with 6:11 to go in the half tied the game at nine and opened a 9-0 Warrior run, bookended with a pair of Marxer free throws. The Warriors sophomore, who notched a career-high 11 points, was at the stripe as a result of an intentional foul called on O.E.S.'s Paige Brack for kicking. The teams traded free throws, with the Aardvarks scoring their first points of the quarter at the 2:45 mark before Campbell buried the first of her two 3-pointers, giving the Warriors a 21-11 lead.
On the next Warrenton possession, Holt drew a foul and Anderson was given his long-overdue technical. Warrenton's freshman point guard hit both of her free throws and one of the two technical shots, ending a string of eight straight made free throws by the Warriors, who hit 13-of-19 at the stripe in the period.
Warrenton steadily pulled away in the second half. Seven different players scored in the third period, with Campbell, Marxer and Pam Wilkins all nailing treys and light-scoring Katie McBride drawing cheers from the hometown crowd for an inside basket that gave Warrenton a 50-24 lead heading into the final period. McBride hauled down six rebounds in the game, a career-high.
The game ended in appropriately ugly fashion, as Wilson and Leon drew their T's in the final 4:15 and the Aardvarks played the last 2:20 with four players on the floor due to foul disqualifications. When veteran referee Butch Johnson, long known as one of the most affable and tolerant officials around, is handing out technicals to players, that's a pretty good barometer of the lack of class on display from a school that is developing a reputation for this kind of nonsense, particularly in girls sports.
With the win, Warrenton earned the season sweep from the Aardvarks (3-8, 5-11 overall following a 57-43 loss at home to Vernonia Saturday), who were thought to be a potential contender, but have now dropped to eighth place in the 9-team Lewis & Clark League.
There's a lot to be said for leadership. Right now the Warriors are clicking, courtesy of a group of high-achieving, straight-A seniors and a trio of talented, young up-and-coming guards who are all meshing and working together beautifully. With the Warriors now opening up a gulf between second and third place in the standings, it appears the league title will come down to Warrenton or Rainier, who play again at Warrenton on Feb. 6.
While the league title hangs on the result of that game, we can probably eliminate at least one team in the league from the sportsmanship award discussion.
O.E.S. 9 6 9 9--33
Leon 9, Wilson 12, VanderWeele 6, Schmidtmann 4, Warfield, Donovan, Brack 2, Yang.
WARRENTON 7 21 22 19--69
Ogren 7, Jo. Marxer 11, Holt 13, Hayward 7, Dove 7, Ju. Marxer, McBride 2, Wilkins 3, Campbell 17, Neahring 1, Hackwith 1.
FIELD GOALS-O.E.S.: 10-55-18%, WAR: 23-55-42%
3-PT FG'S-O.E.S.: 1-11-9%, WAR: 4-12-33%
FREE THROWS-O.E.S.: 12-26-46%, WAR: 19-35-54%
REBOUNDS-O.E.S.: 36, WAR: 56
TURNOVERS-O.E.S.: 26, WAR: 30
Campbell notched a career-high for the second time in her last three games with 17 points and Holt added 13 as the Warriors shut down the Aardvarks 69-33. Unfortunately, nobody could shut O.E.S. up!
Another strong on-court performance for Warrenton came in a game marred by chronic belligerance on the part of the visitors, representing one of the most exclusive and expensive private schools in the state of Oregon.
During the course of the contest, three technical fouls were assessed--one to head coach Art Anderson in the first half and one each to starting wings Carling Leon and Teeona Wilson in the second half. While Anderson and his J.V. coach maintained a steady stream of invective from the sideline, several Aardvark players displayed a comprehensive understanding of the kind of language that would serve them well in future careers in dock work or contruction, not the court rooms, board rooms or lecture halls they are likely angling toward with their parents' tuition money. That's when they weren't using their fingernails to carve hieroglyphics into the arms, legs and faces of most of Warrenton's starting five.
With less patient officials, the coaching staff and a couple players would have been on the bus by halftime. As it is, mentally they were already on their way before the first half buzzer sounded.
After a close first quarter that featured three ties, the Aardvarks carried a 9-7 lead into the second period. Jordane Marxer's field goal with 6:11 to go in the half tied the game at nine and opened a 9-0 Warrior run, bookended with a pair of Marxer free throws. The Warriors sophomore, who notched a career-high 11 points, was at the stripe as a result of an intentional foul called on O.E.S.'s Paige Brack for kicking. The teams traded free throws, with the Aardvarks scoring their first points of the quarter at the 2:45 mark before Campbell buried the first of her two 3-pointers, giving the Warriors a 21-11 lead.
On the next Warrenton possession, Holt drew a foul and Anderson was given his long-overdue technical. Warrenton's freshman point guard hit both of her free throws and one of the two technical shots, ending a string of eight straight made free throws by the Warriors, who hit 13-of-19 at the stripe in the period.
Warrenton steadily pulled away in the second half. Seven different players scored in the third period, with Campbell, Marxer and Pam Wilkins all nailing treys and light-scoring Katie McBride drawing cheers from the hometown crowd for an inside basket that gave Warrenton a 50-24 lead heading into the final period. McBride hauled down six rebounds in the game, a career-high.
The game ended in appropriately ugly fashion, as Wilson and Leon drew their T's in the final 4:15 and the Aardvarks played the last 2:20 with four players on the floor due to foul disqualifications. When veteran referee Butch Johnson, long known as one of the most affable and tolerant officials around, is handing out technicals to players, that's a pretty good barometer of the lack of class on display from a school that is developing a reputation for this kind of nonsense, particularly in girls sports.
With the win, Warrenton earned the season sweep from the Aardvarks (3-8, 5-11 overall following a 57-43 loss at home to Vernonia Saturday), who were thought to be a potential contender, but have now dropped to eighth place in the 9-team Lewis & Clark League.
There's a lot to be said for leadership. Right now the Warriors are clicking, courtesy of a group of high-achieving, straight-A seniors and a trio of talented, young up-and-coming guards who are all meshing and working together beautifully. With the Warriors now opening up a gulf between second and third place in the standings, it appears the league title will come down to Warrenton or Rainier, who play again at Warrenton on Feb. 6.
While the league title hangs on the result of that game, we can probably eliminate at least one team in the league from the sportsmanship award discussion.
O.E.S. 9 6 9 9--33
Leon 9, Wilson 12, VanderWeele 6, Schmidtmann 4, Warfield, Donovan, Brack 2, Yang.
WARRENTON 7 21 22 19--69
Ogren 7, Jo. Marxer 11, Holt 13, Hayward 7, Dove 7, Ju. Marxer, McBride 2, Wilkins 3, Campbell 17, Neahring 1, Hackwith 1.
FIELD GOALS-O.E.S.: 10-55-18%, WAR: 23-55-42%
3-PT FG'S-O.E.S.: 1-11-9%, WAR: 4-12-33%
FREE THROWS-O.E.S.: 12-26-46%, WAR: 19-35-54%
REBOUNDS-O.E.S.: 36, WAR: 56
TURNOVERS-O.E.S.: 26, WAR: 30
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