Cardinals Get Clipped By Huskies
Jan 08, 2025 10:11AM ● By Jody Reeves
Preston Ozburn and Dakota Billman set up in defense to try to slow down the hot Husky offense.
The Soda Springs Cardinals boys basketball team ended their holiday break with a long road trip to Ashton to take on the North Fremont Huskies. This was the second meeting of the teams this season. Back on the eighteenth of December they faced each other at the Bird’s Nest in Soda and the Cardinals came away with a narrow two point victory. Unfortunately for the Cardinals in Friday’s matchup they were without two of their top players. Cooper Thompson was out with an illness and Gavin Hansen suffered an injury during practice. Not only are Thompson and Hansen the leading scorers on the team but they are also the team’s primary ball handlers. Missing the two guards made it difficult for the Cardinals to move the ball down the court. As the game got going, Soda Springs committed several turnovers in the early going that led to some easy buckets for the Huskies. Three and a half minutes had run off the game clock before the Cardinals finally got on the board with a single made foul shot by Konner McWilliams. That is all the scoring the Cardinals would manage in the first period while the Huskies ran up the score to a twenty-six point lead.
In the first quarter the Cardinals were able to get several shots off but there was a lid on the basket while everything the Huskies threw up went in. The second quarter was much more competitive with the teams battling to a near deadlock. The Cards were able to just outscore the Huskies by two in the quarter but still trailed by twenty-four at the half. The third quarter saw more struggles for the Cardinals. Soda Springs committed several fouls and gave up more points. The Huskies doubled the Cardinals scoring output and the quarter ended with a thirty-four point lead for North Fremont. With the large point discrepancy the final quarter would start with a running clock and the Huskies would put in their back ups. Little scoring was done in the fourth and the Cardinals had a long bus trip home following the loss.
The Cardinals will hope to heal up and improve on their recent slump this week. Soda gets into conference play on Thursday night at West Side.
Cardinals 1 16 10 5 32
Huskies 27 14 20 3 64
K.Kirby 9, L.Moldenhauer 1, K.McWilliams 9, P.Ozburn 3, D.Billman 4, K.Harrison 2, M.Finlayson 4
