Cowboys Stumble Against The Vikings

The Cowboys entered last week on a high coming off of a huge upset at Grace Lutheran the week before.  Any hopes of keeping that momentum rolling on their home court against the Challis Vikings were quickly dashed last Thursday.

Challis came out and jumped on the Cowboys early.  Some poor passes and a number of turnovers limited the amount of shots taken by the Cowboys.  Yost put up the only points for the Cowboys in the opening period but he also began picking up fouls.  By the end of the quarter North Gem already trailed by double digits.  In the second the struggles continued for the Cowboys.  Yost was forced to spend some time on the bench due to foul trouble.  This took the Cowboys primary ball handler out of the game.  Hatch stepped up with Yost on the bench and put up four points of his own in the second.  Unfortunately the lead just continued to grow for Challis.  By the end of the first half North Gem trailed by nineteen points.  The bad luck for Yost continued in the third.  Less than one minute into the quarter Yost picked up his fifth foul and his night ended.  The rest of the Cowboys continued to battle but made little progress.  The Cowboys leading scorer on the season Ryver Hayden did not get his first field goal in the game until part way through the third and would finish with only five points in the game.  The Cowboys also struggled from the foul line going just ten of twenty-three.  This game ended with a running clock and a loss for the Cowboys.

Things did not get easier for the Cowboys as they next faced top ranked Rockland on Tuesday on the road.  They will have better match ups at home later this week with Clark County on Thursday and Sho-Ban on Saturday.  

Cowboys 4 8 7 3 22

Vikings 15 16 15 8 54

R.Hayden 5, C.Yost 4, R.Hatch 12, W.Wakley 1