Royals Buck The Lady Cowboys
Jan 08, 2025 10:18AM ● By Jody Reeves
Madalyn Barnes takes a shot over the Grace Lutheran defender in last week's game.
The Lady Cowboys continued their season last Friday following their long Christmas break. They kicked off the new year on the road taking on the Grace Lutheran Royals. In the first match up of these two teams a month ago the Lady Cowboys were held to a season low of just thirteen points and lost the game by nine. In Friday’s game the Cowboys were determined to put more points on the board and keep the game competitive.
As the game got going things did not go the way North Gem hoped they would. Despite a big three point shot by Kaly Foster, North Gem was outpaced by the Royals in the first quarter. The Royals jumped out to a big lead and would not give it up throughout the game. The Cowboys trailed by nine after the first quarter. North Gem did fare better in the second quarter but was still outscored by four in the quarter which in turn extended the overall lead for Grace Lutheran. Coming out of the halftime break North Gem picked up the intensity on the defensive side of the ball. Unfortunately this led to several fouls being committed which sent the Royals to the foul line. Even though Grace Lutheran only went three of six from the charity strip it was enough to help boost the lead another four points in the quarter. In the fourth quarter of play the Cowboys were finally able to cut into the lead but ultimately it was too little too late. The Cowboys fall in this game losing by ten points.
The loss puts North Gem towards the bottom of the conference. The Lady Cowboys will have to put together some wins if they want to get a good seed in the district tournament. With just about half the season left they will have to act fast to get this done. Their first chance to improve on their record comes Thursday night when they take on Challis. The girls will turn right around and face Mackay on Friday. These will be challenging games but you can bet the Cowboys will give it their all in both contests.
Cowboys 3 9 8 9 27
Royals 12 13 10 2 37
S.Daniels 8, K.Whiting 9, M.O’Brien 2, S.Thompson 5, K.Foster 3
