Bulldogs claim pair of close wins; Eagles fall to St. Regis
The Mission Bulldogs picked up two convincing wins this past week.
At home against the visiting Rams of Loyola, the host Bulldogs extracted a bit of revenge for their challenge game loss to Loyola last season in the Western B challenge game. Both teams featured vastly different personell, but that didn’t detract from the sweet taste of victory.
Zoran LaFrombois and Isaiah Nasewytewa combined for more than 30 points to offset the top two leading scorers for Loyla, while the rest of the Bulldog roster did the rest to ensure that a Ram rally was held at bay.
The Dawgs went bird hunting last Thursday as they jumped out to a double digit advantage during first frame action, then maintained the margin with a tandem of tallies among the twenties during the second half. Jedi Christy tied for game high scoring honors with his Bluehawk counterpart, while Zoran LaFrombois and Davien Adams almost collaborated on as many.
The win was crucial for stratification among the conference standings as Mission squared their 7B record.
The Bulldogs have a round of Rez roundball rivalry wrangles this weekend, traveling to Ronan on Friday, then hosting Arlee on Saturday.
Mission 78, Thompson Falls 71
Jedi Christy crested the sextuple century (600) point plateau for varsity career scoring.
Mission (2-2, 5-4), T-Falls (1-1, 2-5)
T-Falls 10 22 14 25 – 71
Mission 22 13 21 22 – 78
THOMPSON FALLS – Sidney Akinde 24, Jack Green 14, Nathan Schraeder 12, Cody Burk 11, Justin Morgan 4, Ryan Schraeder 2, Ethan Brown 2, Trevor Harris 2.
MISSION ST. IGNATIUS – Jedi Christy 7 5-9 24, Zoran LaFrombois 5 6-8 17, Davien Adams 6 2-5 16, Layne Spidel 2 2-2 6, Kolten Gardipee 2 0-0 6, Aidyn Rosenbaum 1 3-5 5, Isaiah Nasewytewa 2, Trance Bird 2.
3FG – TF (), MSI 10-26 (Christy 5-8, D.Adams 2-3, K.Gardipee 2-5, LaFrombois 1-3). REB – MSI 36 (LaFrombois 8, Christy 5, D.Adams 5, K.Gardipee 4, A.Rosembaum 4, R.McPherson 4, L.Spidel 3, Nasewyewa 2, T.Bird). AST – MSI 16 (Christy 6, Nasewytewa 5, K.Gardipee, A.Rosenbaum, D.Adams, L.Spidel, T.Bird). STL – MSI 7 (Christy 2, Nasewytewa 2, T.Bird 2, L.Spidel). (Th09Jan20)
Mission 62, Loyola 59
Frosh guard Zoran LaFrombois replicated a career high.
7B Mission (4-4), 6B Loyola (4-4)
Loyola 11 9 16 23 – 59
Mission 20 3 19 20 – 62
LOYOLA – Basil Coutinho 17, Jaden Job 14, Nick Mitzel 11, Liam Haffey 9, Joseph Kendrick 4, Parker Pratt 2, Cormac Benn 2.
MISSION ST. IGNATIUS – Zoran LaFrombois 7 5-6 19, Isaiah Nasewytewa 4 2-4 12, Davien Adams 4 0-0 9, Aidyn Rosenbaum 2 3-4 7, Kolten Gardipee 2 0-0 5, Kellen McClure 2 0-0 5, Jedi Christy 0 3-4 3, Layne Spidel 2, Hayden Currie 0 0-2 0, Ross McPherson 0 0-1 0.
3FG – MSI 5-13 (Nasewytewa 2-4, K.McClure 1-1, K.Gardipee 1-2, D.Adams1-3). REB – MSI (A.Rosenbaum 8, LaFrombois 5, D.Adams 4, Christy 4, K.Gardipee 2, Nasewytewa 2, R.McPherson 2, H.Currie). AST – MSI 15 (LaFrombois 4, Christy 4, Nasewytewa 2, K.Gardipee 2, D.Adams 2, A.Rosenbaum). STL – MSI 10 (Nasewytewa 4, LaFrombois 3, K.Gardipee, A.Rosenbaum, D.Adams). BLK – MSI 1 (R.McPherson). (Tu07Jan20)
St. Regis 82, Two Eagle River 41
At St. Regis, a slow start by visiting Two Eagle River would be too much to overcome against the host Tigers, who placed four players in double figures.
The Eagles embark on a basketball road marathon this week with games at Arlee, Plains and Troy
St. Regis 82, Two Eagle 41
Two Eagle (0-4, 0-7)
Two Eagle 4 13 11 13 – 41
St. Regis 21 19 25 17 – 83
TWO EAGLE RIVER – statistics unavailable at press time
ST. REGIS – Andrew Sanford 21, Nic Day 17, Caleb Ball 15, Ian Ferris 10, Tanner Day 5, John Pruitt 4, Zach Flanereau 2.
3FG – TER (), SR (Ferris 2, Ball). (Fr10Jan20)