February 21, 2008

By James Green

The Townsend Star

Friday Ferbruary 15th the Lady Bulldogs played in the District Semi Finals vs. the Fort Benton Longhorns. The game looked like it could be anyones game as the score at halftime was all knotted up at 19.
In the third quarter the Bulldogs came out hitting the boards well outscoring Fort Benton 17 to 10. The Gals sensed victory in the 4th , tightened up thier “D”, and held the Longhorns to a mere 4 points sealing Townsend a spot in the district championship game with a final score Townsend 47 Fort Benton 33.
Team Stats:
Scoring:
Townsend: 10,9,17,11,47
Fort Benton: 6,13,10,4,33
Free Throws: 17/32 53%
Individual Stats:
Scoring: Watson 9, A. Dinsdale 3, Myers 14, Flynn 7, A. Audet 4, Anderson 5, Ehlke 5
The District Championship game kicked off Saturday February 16th in Fort Benton. Townsend lined up against Cascade in what would be a hard fought game. Cascade got off to a slow start against a tough Townsend defense, only scoring 10 points in the first half. Townsend managed a slight lead going into the locker room. Halftime score 17 to 10 Townsend.
The Lady Dogs maintained thier lead ending the third quarter. Cascade came out with fire in thier eyes. Cascade rallied, with some fancy shooting at the charity stripe, managing 83% at the line in the for 10 of the 4th quarter cascade points. The Lady Dogs, unable to weather the 4th quarter storm in this well fought game, fell short of a win. Final Score Townsend 40, Cascade 47.
Team Stats:
Scoring:

Alexa Audet goes up for a shot against Cascade.
Photo by Dana Rauser

February 21, 2008

By James Green

The Townsend Star

Friday February 15th the Varsity Boys Basketball team kicked off thier first district game in Fort Benton against Boulder. The Boys had had some difficulty getting the ball to drop in the first half. The score at half time was Townsend 16 Boulder 34.
The boys, warmed up in the second half, came out shooting. The Dogs were able to pace Boulder in the second half but were unable to recover from the defecit from the first half. Boulder was victorious in the first game, 39 to 58.
Team Stats:
Scoring:
Townsend: 8,8,15,8,39
Boulder: 18,16,12,12,58
Field Goals: 16/57 28%
Free Throws: 6/11 55%
Individual Stats:
Scoring: Cody Harris 11, Creath Larsen 2, Chris Ahern 4, Radlee Tucotte 5, Collin Williams 2, Mick Moos 2, Tim Gilligan 11 , Blake Rauser 2
Rebound Leaders: Chris Ahern 8, Cody Harris 7
Assist Leaders: Cody Harris 3
Townsend Boy’s Second district Tourney game was held on Saturday February 16th against Cascade. The Bulldogs got off to a good start in the first half. Pulling ahead of the Badgers at halftime 22 to 15. Thanks in part to Townsend’s Chris Ahern sinking triple 3’s in the first half.
The second half the boys stuck to thier game plan and strolled in for the win. Townsend 49, Cascade 41
Team Stats:
Team Scoring:
Townsend: 9,13,13,14,49
Cascade: 7,8,12,14,41
Field Goals: 14/44 32%
Free Throws: 16/32 50%
Individual Stats:

Andy Newman skies over the Cascade defense for a shot.
Photo by Dana Rauser

February 21, 2008

The 7th grade Lady Bulldogs were determined to bring home a trophy from the Three Forks Tournament on February 7 and 9 and that is just what they did! The Lady Bulldogs have 13 players on their team and came into the tournament with a 4-0 record. They were playing Ennis first on Thursday at 3:30; a team they have not yet played. They came out ready to play and ended the first half 27-4 and the ending score being 36-12.
Their next opponent would be Manhattan at 7:30. They had played this team once before, but they knew it would be a tough game. The ladies had a long wait, but that did not seem to affect their game. They wanted to play in the championship and that meant beating Manhattan. Everyone on the team played hard and defeated Manhattan 35-10, putting them in the championship game on Saturday against Dillon.
They watched Dillon play on Thursday and their team had quite a few tall players and quick guards, but the team was ready for a challenge. The Bulldogs took the lead right off the bat and didn’t let up ending the first half 21 to 5. Third quarter Dillon came out strong offensively and scored 13 points in the third quarter. The Lady Bulldogs would need to focus on their defense fourth quarter if they wanted to win the game! The Bulldogs came out fourth quarter very aggressive, and defeated Dillon 44 - 31.
The Lady Bulldogs entered the tournament with high expectations, and with teamwork and determination, they brought home the trophy. “Everyone on the team contributed 100% and it was a great tournament! This is a fun group of girls to coach!” commented Coach Woodger.
Individual Scoring VS Opponent

(l-r) back row: Taylor Turney, Katie Chistenson, Teddi King, Ciara Hamilton, Mandy Turk, Sara Hamburg; middle row: Rebecca Bourgeious, Baylee Watson, TJ Peterson, Briana Anderson, Hannah Patrick; front: Denice Buffington