Colfax girls will take shot at Reardan winning streak

After winning the first two matchups in a busy week, Colfax girls Friday will travel to Reardan and take a shot at derailing the undefeated Indians. Reardan’s veteran team is now at the top of the league race at 11-0 after dropping their Davenport neighbors 80-52 in the Tuesday league round. Friday, they pounded number-two Northwest Christian 83-50 in the lone league round to go on the books during the snow storm.

The loss left the Crusaders at 10-2 in the league race, but still a notch ahead of Colfax in second place.

Reardan’s veteran crew in the first round at Colfax set the tone for their run when they took out the bulldogs 56-42. The Indians are now rolling at 15-0 after Tuesday win over Davenport.

Colfax has made some changes since that first Reardan trip. Nicole Sheer, who missed the first part of the season, has returned to the lineup to add more size to the Bulldog front line.

This week Colfax was able to activate Morgan Willson who departed the hoops scene as a sophomore to concentrate on her running career. Willson had to log 10 practices after she decided to join the hoop ranks late.

Coach Corey Baerlocher noted she earned all tourney awards when she was part of the Colfax state bid as a freshman.

Colfax girls now stand at 8-2, which is two notches behind NWC after the weekend round.

After being snowed out of a trip Friday to Kettle Falls, the Bulldogs defeated the St. George’s Dragon 73-26 Monday. They then rolled past a winless Liberty team 61-10 with Baerlocher putting the bench in play early in the action.

Monday against St. George’s, Colfax rolled out a 52-12 lead at the half. Baerlocher noted the crunch jump was the result a 22-41 shooting mark in the first half.

He hopes that marks the end to a shooting slump which saw the Bulldogs floor shooting drop to under 20 percent in some of the league rounds.

Shooting mark for Colfax against the Dragons finished at over 50 percent.

Amelie Bruya had a 7-10 night shooting with four 3-pointers to lead the Colfax lineup with 18 against the Dragons. Hannah Harazin finished with 15 points, and Taylor Larsen finished with 14.

Both the forwards collected on some sharp assists by Willson and Misty Skelton. Each of the Colfax speed guards finished with four assists and three steals against the Dragons.

Tuesday against the Lancers Colfax again had a strong halftime lead. Nine Colfax players cracked the scorebook against a Liberty team which arrived with a 0-14 record.

Harazin finished with 15 points in the Tuesday round.

Colfax 73-St. George’s 26: Morgan Willson 3 (3pt) 0-0 7, Misty ‘Skelton 1 (3pt) 0-0 3, Hannah Harazin 6 (3pt) 2-2 15, Nicole Sheer 4 0-1 8, Rachel Robinson 1 2-3 4, Taylor Larsen 7 0-2 14, Elizabeth Hatley 1 0-2 2, Amelie Bruya 7 (4-3pt) 0-0 18, Amara Huber 1 0-0 2. Total 31-61 4-10 f-12 73. St. George’s: Morgan Cambereri 3 1-3 7, Andra Moye 1 (3pt) 0-0 3, Alex Wert 1 5-6 7, Brenna Russell 2 3-4 7, Hannh Kwasman 0 2-2 2: Total 7-22 11-15 f-8 26.

Colfax 61-Liberty 10 24/5 15/1 13/3 9/1: Morgan Willson 2 4-5 8, Misty Skelton 0 4-4 4, Hannah Harazin 7 (3pt) 0-0 15, Nicole Sheer 2 1-1 5, Rachel Robinson 0 2-2 2, Taylor Larsen 3 1-1 7, Elizabewth Hatley 2 1-2 5, Amelie Bruya 4 1-1 9, Amara Huber 3 0-0 6. Total:23-52 14-20 f-11 61.