“In the blink of an eye, Centura hit a couple of three-point shots and a transition bucket to take an 8-0 lead,” reported Shelton head girls basketball coach Jeff Thober of the way the battle with the visiting Lady Centurions of Centura began on Thursday, January 14. Centura rolled up 12 points in the first quarter and Shelton seven.
Broken Bow’s Lady Indians can no longer lay to claim an undefeated status, and Sutton’s Lady Mustangs saw one more loss come their way at the hands of the once-defeated Lady Eagles from Wood River. The Eagle ladies, after having earned notice by being tabbed as the seventh-rated team in the state, took care of business by defending their home floor Thursday, January 14, getting past Sutton by 12 points, 59-47. On the next night in Broken Bow, the hosts tasted defeat for the first time in 14 games, falling to Wood River by seven, 54-47. Maybe more significantly, the loss ended Broken Bow’s 28-game home floor win streak as well. The two teams now have matching records for the season at 13 wins and just one loss.
In the past week Centura’s boys basketball team spent a considerable amount of time on the road. First came a visit with the Mustangs at Sutton Tuesday, January 5, a trip that was followed by a journey to Gothenburg as guests of the Swedes on Saturday, the 9th.
Jose Escandon and Chance Yockey bested the competitors in their respective weight classes and finished in first place in those classes and helped the Gibbon wrestling team place third at the thirteen-team Franklin Invitational on Saturday, January 9.
Discounting the third period in Gibbon’s 14-point win at Shelton Tuesday, January 5, the visitors would still have won the game, but by just a threepoint margin. Since the two teams each scored 13 points in the fourth quarter, the 15-4 Gibbon blitz in that fateful third stanza created the lopsided final of 49-35.
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