Photo: 22 Josiah Peoples with a drive to the basket ahead of Devon Christen
Varsity Boys Basketball
The close of a busy three game schedule this week came to an end with the Prescott Badgers cruising to a 66-33 win over the Lee Williams Volunteers in the Badger Dome.
Photo: Zane Gaul shoots over Devon Christie
Devon Christie scored 2/3 of the Volunteers points with 22. Uriah Tenette led the Badgers with 20 in limited playing time, as was with most of the starting five for Prescott. Zane Gaul scored 14 and Cooper Magnett scored 13 for the second straight night.
Magnett said, “We knew it would be a challenge to come right back after the big win last night, in fact we almost forgot we had a game, but coach got us ready to go tonight and we just went out and played. We did not want to overlook Lee Williams, and we came out and got the job done.”
The Badgers started off quick, and after a three pointer by Magnett, led 7-0. Prescott led 15-4 after the pressure defesne led to some quick buckets by Tenette and Magnett. Lee Williams started to warm up and trailed by ten after the first quarter.
The lead continued to grow as the Volunteers searched for anything to try and slow the Badgers down. Prescott continued to extend the lead as the bench was getting into the game. Despite a 6-0 mini run by Lee Williams, the Badgers moved ahead and led 57-28 at the end of three quarters.
Danian Bernardo came off the bench to score 8, and said, ”It was good to get the minutes on the court and work on getting better overall as a team. I actually like playing against a bigger guy. It is a challenge, but a fun one.”
Gaul said, “We had to come out strong and try to play hard and play fast. That is what we did last night and we didn’t want to let up. We have a big game Monday and did not want to look ahead.”
Prescott, ranked #6, improves to (9-0) in The Grand Canyon Region and (19-3) overall. Lee Williams falls to (3-6) and (10-10). The Badgers will face a tough test and a battle for first place when they travel to face Flagstaff (7-0), (12-11) on Monday at 7 pm. The Eagles have won five in a row and six of their losses have been to top 10 teams.
PRESCOTT BADGERS 66, LEE WILLIAMS VOLUNTEERS 33
LEE WILLIAMS (33)-Stout 1 0-0 3, Coffman 3 0-0 6, Love 1 0-0 2, Christen 10 2-3 22, Marino 0 0-0 0, Godinez 0 0-0 0, Morales 0 0-0 0, Delmonaco 0 0-0 0. 15 2-3 33.
PRESCOTT (66)-Magnett 5 0-0 13, Tenette 8 1-1 20, Fundalewicz 0 0-2 0, Diener 0 0-0 0, Gaul 6 0-0 14, Peoples 2 0-0 4, Bernardo 3 2-3 8, Lyon 0 2-2 2, Schuster 0 0-0 0, Contreras 0 0-0 0, Tobin 1 0-0 2, Miller 0 0-0 0. 25 5-8 66.
Score by Quarters- 1 2 3 4 – T
Lee Williams 9 7 12 5 – 33
Prescott 19 16 22 9 – 66
Total Fouls-LW 15, P 5
Fouled Out-None
Three Point Baskets-LW (1)-Stout. P(8)-Magnett 3, Tenette 3, Gaul 2.
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
PRESCOTT 9-0 19-3
Flagstaff 7-0 12-11
Bradshaw Mountain 6-4 15-8
Coconino 6-4 10-13
Lee Williams 3-6 12-10
Mohave 1-9 5-15
Mingus 1-10 8-16
SCOREBOARD
Prescott 66, Lee Williams 33
Flagstaff 53, Bradshaw Mountain 50
ALA-Gilbert North 64, Poston Butte 48
Apache Junction 51, Vista Grande 49
Cactus 72, Deer Valley 70
Dysart 96, Cortez 68
Northwest Christian 63, Camp Verde 51
Peoria 65, Agua Fria 59
Salpointe Catholic 65, Canyon Del Oro 43
Seton Catholic Prep 62, Marcos de Niza 49
St. Mary’s 93, Crean Lutheran (CA) 58
Tempe 54, Coronado 52
Thunderbird 52, Moon Valley 51
Varsity Girls Basketball
The Prescott Lady Badgers rolled to a 63-24 win over the Lee Williams Volunteers in Kingman.
Prescott, ranked #19, will play at Bradshaw Mountain on Monday at 7 pm.
GRAND CANYON REGION STANDINGS
School- W-L W-L
Flagstaff 9-0 21-4
PRESCOTT 7-2 15-8
Coconino 6-3 12-11
Mingus 7-4 18-5
Bradshaw Mountain 4-5 7-14
Lee Williams 1-10 5-15
Mohave 0-10 7-16
SCOREBOARD
Prescott 63, Lee Williams 24
Flagstaff 54, Bradshaw Mountain 14
Coronado 36, Tempe 17
Deer Valley 74, Cactus 20
Mingus 63, Mohave 22
Peoria 36, Agua Fria 32
Poston Butte 53, ALA-Gilbert North 19
Seton Catholic Prep 84, Marcos de Niza 20
St. Mary’s 50, Apollo 37
Veritas Prep 44, Sedona Red Rock 6
