Eagles have great week
What a week for the Snoqualmie Middle School
seventh-grade girls’ varsity basketball team. It started last
Wednesday with a 25-19 upset victory over Pine Lake.
The first two points were scored on a driving jumper
by Collette Hatch. From there, the Eagles clawed their way to an
11-8 halftime lead. Robyn Pearson and Erin Caldwell made
valuable contributions off the bench.
Pine Lake battled in the third quarter to take a 17-14 lead,
but after a time-out, the Eagles rallied to an 18-17 lead. The play of
the game came in the fourth quarter with the Eagles clinging to a
21-19 lead. Caldwell ripped the ball out of a Pine Lake player’s
grip, turned around and drained the bank shot to seal the deal
with 1:32 left.
Pine Lake tried to come back, but the quick Eagle defense
shut them out in the last minute.
Chelsey Potoshnik led the Eagles in scoring with
seven points, and Caldwell added six. With that win, the Eagles
advanced to 7-2 and took sole possession of second place.
On Thursday, the Eagles finished off their stellar season
with a 32-17 victory over Chief Kanim in the Battle of the
Birds. Potoshnik led the Eagles with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Pearson started the Eagles off by shooting two rainbows into the basket,
giving the team an early lead. With the Eagles up 11-2, the Hawks
rallied to 16-9 at the end of the first half.
In the fourth quarter, the Eagles exploded behind
the shooting of Lindsay Florence, Caldwell and Carmen
Dunford. Kali Walker and Collette Hatch put the clamps on Chief
Kanim’s players and the Eagles cruised to the victory. The Eagles
finished with an 8-2 record, good enough for second place in the
Foothills League.
Eagles post another win
The Snoqualmie Middle School’s seventh-grade
junior-varsity basketball team beat Chief Kanim last week by a score of
19-11.
The team played great defense the whole game, not
allowing Kanim to score.
In the first half, Brianna Westergren had six points in
the low post. Jenny Daley played great defense and shot the
ball well, scoring six points, and Tricia Conway showed hustle the
whole game. The team ended its season at 4-2, noticeably
improving throughout this year’s play.
Eighth grade pulls out win
The Snoqualmie Middle School eighth-grade girls’
basketball team won its game against Chief Kanim last week 26-22.
Heather Waggoner had six points and played solid
defense while Samantha Baldwin, Joan Krona and Meaghan
Dunklee each had good games. The girls ended their season at 6-0.
Seventh-grade JV wins
The Snoqualmie Middle School seventh-grade
junior-varsity girls’ basketball team continued its winning ways last
week with two wins.
The first win was the relay in which the team did well, then
it defeated Chief Kanim 24-12. Tricia Conway and
Allyson Rosman each put on good performances.
Eighth-grade defeats Kanim
The Snoqualmie Middle School’s eighth-grade JV
basketball team won its game against Chief Kanim recently by a
score of 35-14. Sam Baldwin had a fine game along with
Meaghan Dunklee. They finished strong, not letting Chief Kanim get
back in the game.
Jerry Hillburn and Jeremy Elseth coach the JV teams.
Hawks bounce back with win
The Lady Hawks basketball team traveled to the
Sammamish Plateau last week to take on Beaver Lake. Players came home
with a 42-27 win.
The team jumped out to an 11-2 lead in the first quarter
and never looked back. Their dominance continued and after
three quarters, they were ahead 32-20.
Scoring for the Hawks were Brittany Heaps with ten,
Marissa Hill with nine, Emmilee Aaltonen with three, Shannon Posey
with two, Marie Will with four, Lauren McConkey with ten and
Carly Moorhead with two.
McConkey led the team in assists with six. Heap led in
steals with three and Will led in rebounds with ten. Aaltonen led
in jump balls with three, while teammate Marissa Hill led in
blocked shots with one.
“This was a good win for us,” said coach Dick Kirby. “It was
the first time we had all our starters playing in months. We were
still missing some kids that went to the inauguration, but the JV
kids stepped in and played very well to help get the win.”
Eagles soar in Battle of the Birds
In the annual contest between the cross-district rivals of
Chief Kanim and Snoqualmie Middle School, the eighth-grade girls
of SMS demonstrated stingy defense as they cruised to an
impressive 31-6 victory over the Hawks.
With so much emotion in the night’s game, both teams found
it difficult to singe the nets. However, the Eagles used
tenacious defense to inspire the offense and began to pull away.
It was a balanced team effort with Rachel Travis leading
all scorers with 15 points. Amy Trenkamp drove hard to the
hoop for eight, and Whitney Chelgren along with Shannon Kelly
each pumped in four.
In their game for first place against Pine Lake, the
Eagles battled to the buzzer in hopes of retaining last year’s
co-championship. With Whitney Beyerlin dishing out the assists,
Maggie Kujath ripping the boards and Rachel Travis scoring at will
for 24 points, the Eagles gave Pine Lake all they could handle
but came up short 50-42.
Amy Trenkamp and Chelgren each contributed another
eight points. Team awards went to Kelsey Myers for most
improved, Trenkamp for the coaches’ award, Beyerlin for best defensive
player and Travis for most valuable. The team has had a two year
season record of 17-3.
