Thursday; Feb. 2: Valdez 18 – ACS 89
On Thursday, the Valdez Girls went against the top 4A team in the State, the ACS Lions. The girls played hard, but 38 turnovers under the full court press of ACS, was difficult to overcome.
Lily Brown – 6 points and 4 rebounds
Mya Christoffersen – 3 points and 3 rebounds
Destiny Day – 2 points and 2 rebounds
Lola Compehos – 2 points
Rylee Wade – 2 points
Kelli Malcuit – 2 points
Izzy Kizer – 1 point and 3 rebounds
Friday; Feb. 3: Valdez 13 – Grace Christian 54
On Friday, the Valdez Girls went against the top 3A team in the State, the Grace Christian Grizzlies. Once again 29 turnovers and poor rebounding kept the girls out of the game.
Lily Brown – 5 points
Carlie VanBuskirk – 4 points and 4 rebounds
Rylee Wade – 4 points
Mya Christoffersen – 5 rebounds
Kelli Malcuit – 3 rebounds
Saturday; Feb. 4: Valdez 27 – Glennallen 43
A very tired Valdez team played the Glennallen Panthers on the way home from Anchorage. A lack of intensiy on defense and rebounding in the first quarter put the girls behind 2-13, and they were never able to recover from the deficit.
Carlie VanBuskiirk – 8 points
Rylee Wade – 6 points
Lily Brown – 6 points
Izzy Kizer – 4 points
Mya Christoffersen – 3 points
This week after some much-deserved rest, the Girls will play Redington in the first round of Elk’s Tournament. The last time these two teams met was in the State Tournament last year. The girls have been looking forward to a rematch!