Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Eagles defeat Tekoa-Rosalia boys basketball
St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse seniors Jaden Danielson, No. 12, and Kameron Greenhalgh box out a Timberwolves player to grab a rebound.
ROSALIA - St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse Eagles boys met the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves on the hardwoods to win 71-50.
The two teams, representing five Whitman County communities, played basketball on May 25.
"Both teams played hard. Lots of energy was expended throughout the entire game," Eagles Coach Mike Stubbs said. "It was an enjoyable game to watch."
Tekoa-Rosalia had the lead at the end of the first quarter, 16-8, and held on to it at halftime, 29-26.
"The second quarter was us regaining our balance ... the first quarter didn't go as well as we wanted," said Stubbs.
The Timberwolves were struggling by halftime having only one practice as a six-man varsity team the day before the game. Two of the six-man junior varsity team were used to help rotation.
"We started off really well but the short layoff from the COVID affected our conditioning," said Tekoa-Rosalia Coach Mike Bone. "I had kids asking for a break and I couldn't give it to them ... we just couldn't keep up ... we ran out of gas real bad."
In the second half, the Eagles outscored the Timberwolves by 23 points, taking the lead at the end of the third quarter and keeping it until the final buzzer when it was 71-50.
"The boys made the adjustments that net they need to make at the time and did really well," said Stubbs. "I told them to stay with the plan execute the plan and it will end up in our favor, and it did."
For St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse, Kameron Greenhalgh scored 20 points. Jaden Danielson scored 12 points. Pedro Molina scored 11 points, and Ty Harder scored 10 points.
For Tekoa-Rosalia, senior Anthony Gehring scored 14 points. Senior Zach Saens scored 11 points. Isaac Bone scored 10 points.
"It was a fun game. Their coach had a good game plan. It was awesome," said Bone.
Bill Stevenson is the former editor of the Whitman County Gazette, Colfax Daily Bulletin and Franklin Connection. He has nearly 30 years of journalism experience covering news in Eastern Washington.
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