VALDEZ GIRLS BASKETBALL A TEAM STRONG AGAINST GLENNALLEN
Destiny Day fighting for the ball versus Glennallen, Photo courtesy of Joe Prax
Courtesy of GMS Coaches – The Valdez Huskies emerged victorious in two games versus a good Glennallen team this weekend. Last time the two teams met, GMS split games with the Panthers but the Valdez girls stepped up their defensive this weekend. On Friday, the bigger Glennallen team couldn’t handle Valdez’ full court trapping press and the Panthers never got a chance to set up their offense. The Huskies won 21 to 14. Destiny Day had 10 steals and had four assists. Lola Compehos was leading rebounder Friday with five and Rylee Wade picked up four rebounds. Compehos and Kelsey Prax added three steals to the mix. On Saturday night, the Huskies switched it up and played man to man defense.
Lola Compehos knocks the ball away, Photo courtesy of Joe Prax
At the end of the 2nd quarter, the Huskies had held the Panthers to just three points and had eight points on the board. At the end of the third quarter, the Huskies led 20 to 5. In the 4th quarter, Glennallen mounted a comeback but fell short. The Huskies went on to win the game by a score of 22 to 15. “We have been working on help defense all week and the girls really improved and stepped up their intensity,” said coach Laurie Prax. “I was extremely pleased with all 11 players that stepped on the court Saturday night. They all worked together and we are improving with every practice”.
GIRLS B TEAM PLAYS HARD AGAINST GLENNALLEN
Elaine Gilson eyes up a shot against Glennallen, Photo courtesy of Joe Prax
Courtesy of GMS Coaches – The Valdez girls gave the Glennallen B team a run for their money this weekend, but came up short in their games Friday and Saturday night. In Friday night’s contest, Aliya Valeriano did a great job handling the ball and Elaine Gilson and Alesha Totemoff stepped up the defense and chased down rebounds. Despite a great effort, the Huskies lost by a score of 11 to 15. Elaine Gilson led all scorers with six points. Valeriano had five steals and two assists on Friday and Totemoff pulled down five rebounds. On Saturday night, Lilia Rissman played aggressively and had four steals in the 7 to 18 loss. Totemoff had six rebounds Saturday and Gilson picked up three steals. Valeriano led all scorers with 4.
Courtesy of GMS Coaches – The GMS “C” Team had an opportunity to step in and play Glannellen this weekend in the “B” games. It proved to be a great learning experience for this team. The games on both Friday and Saturday were close, as the Huskies lost by 1 in overtime on Friday, then by two on Saturday morning.