SJEL Eagles lose against Pomeroy, beat Oakesdale

POMEROY — The St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles girls basketball team suffered a hard loss in Pomeroy 65-30 on Dec. 11.

The first quarter of the game was as close as it would get with the Pirates leading the Eagles 7-4. In the second quarter Pomeroy took off, scoring 23 points to SJEL’s 12 and the halftime score was 30-16.

“Hailee Marty went down for us in the second quarter and that took away our only answer to Keely Maves,” said Coach Jeff Gates.

Maves scored 42 points for the Pirates with 16 baskets, a 3-pointer, and 7 successful free throws. Julian Harris added 15 points with 5 bask...