Cowboys Keep Up The Fight

The North Gem Cowboys had a busy week last week.  With three games on their schedule the Cowboys experienced a wide range of results in those games.  Being one of the largest conferences in the state’s smallest classification, it is not uncommon to have teams within the conference on opposite ends of the spectrum.  Right now the Cowboys are sitting somewhere in the middle and had the chance to face some teams on each end of the conference.

They started their week off by traveling to Rockland, who sits at the top of the conference.  The Cowboys saw several struggles in this game.  The Bulldogs jumped all over the Cowboys right out of the gate.  In most cases if Hayden and Yost both hit three pointers in the quarter the Cowboys would be feeling good.  However, in this case the eight points put up by the Cowboys was barely noticed by the Bulldogs who tallied twenty-four in the opening stanza.  Things did not improve much for the Cowboys from there.  North Gem just could not match the depth of the Bulldogs.  Eight different Bulldogs scored in the game while just two Cowboys earned points.  This one ended in a running clock and was a game that North Gem would like to forget.

In their second game of the week, the Cowboys played host to Clark County.  This time the Cowboys were the heavy favorites.  The Cowboys got off to a good start in this game and jumped out to a seven point first quarter lead.  In the second quarter the Cowboy defense was showcased as they were able to hold the Bobcats to just two points from a pair of foul shots.  In addition to solid defense the Cowboys opened up offensively as well with five different players scoring in the quarter.  The second half of the game was much like the first with points coming from several different players and the lead continuing to grow.  Part way through the fourth quarter the Cowboys had done enough to earn the running clock and ran away with the thirty one point victory.

In their final game of the week the Cowboys hosted Sho-Ban.  The Chiefs and Cowboys played a very competitive first quarter where by the end the two teams were separated by just a single point.  In the second quarter the Chiefs caught fire and began to rack up the points.  The Cowboys did their best to keep pace by pushing the ball up the floor and driving to the basket.  The Cowboys were eventually outpaced in the period by six points.  After the halftime break the Cowboys worked hard to stay in the game but only made minimal progress.  At the end of the third quarter the Cowboys still found themselves trailing by seven points.  The Cowboys continued to battle in the fourth but once again they could not make up any ground in the Chiefs.  In the end North Gem lost the game by ten points.  Foul shooting had a big impact on the game as the Cowboys were just ten out of twenty-two from the line.

This week the Cowboys are on the road making trips to Taylor’s Crossing on Thursday and Clark County on Saturday.

Cowboys 8 2 2 7 19

Bulldogs 20 12 18 6 56

C.Yost 7, R.Hayden 12

Cowboys 17 14 12 14 57

Bobcats 10 2 6 8 26

P.Hill 4, H.Frandsen 6, R.Hatch 10, C.Yost 13, R.Hayden 20, W.Wakley 4

Cowboys 7 12 18 12 49

Chiefs 8 18 17 15 59

P.Hill 1, R.Hatch 6, C.Yost 16, R.Hayden 26