Stayton 54, Sweet Home 46
The Sweet Home High School girls basketball team opened the season with a tight game against Stayton, losing 54-46 on the road Dec. 4.
The Huskies were within three at the end of the game, but their efforts to stop the clock and get the ball put Stayton on the foul line enough to spread the final margin.
“We actually played really well,” said Coach Kerstin Brosterhous.
The Huskies trailed 17-13 after the first quarter. Stayton expanded its lead to 30-23 at halftime. Sweet Home closed the gap to 40-37 by the end of the third quarter.
The Huskies struggled with 27 turnovers and foul trouble in the first half, she said. While it’s not a good stat, they cut those turnovers to 16 in the second half.
“We did change our ways and cut them down,” Brosterhous said. On the other hand, the team had 22 steals on the game, and it did a great job getting hands on the ball and disrupting the Eagles’ offense.
The Huskies started well, but toward the end of the first quarter and into the second, the Huskies played like they were in a hurry, she said, and it turned into a game of runs and closing the gap.
“It was nice to see them play a game of basketball,” Brosterhous said. And with that game, she is excited to see areas where the team can easily improve, such as turnovers, as well as bright spots, like five girls with four steals each.
Harlee Brendle led the Huskies with 17 points, and that’s with no second quarter scoring. She was benched that quarter with foul trouble. She also had eight rebounds and four steals.
Haley Kent added 10 to the score and had four steals with three rebounds.
Sweet Home scoring: Harlee Brendle 17, Haley Kent 10, Jordan Miller 6, Emily Marchbanks 6, Caytlin Gillespie 2, Nicole Bell 2, Sabrina Davis 1.
Sweet Home 13 10 14 9 – 46
Stayton 17 13 10 14 – 54
Redmond 53, Sweet Home 30
The Huskies lost the first game of a tournament Friday 53-30 to 5A Redmond.
The Huskies had early foul trouble, and four girls were fouled out by the end.
They ran into trouble breaking the press, she said. “It was our own fault.”
Sweet Home scoring: Gillespie 6, Davis 6, Miller 6, Kendell Anderson 5, Brendle 5, Bell 2, Marchbanks, Kent, ,Taylor Dermates.
Sweet Home 4 10 2 14 – 30
Redmond 10 16 16 11 – 53
Ridgeview 69, Sweet Home 42
Problems persisted into their second game, Saturday, against Ridgeview when the Huskies lost 69-42.
Had the Huskies been in the same form they had against Stayton, “we totally would’ve beat them,” Brosterhous said.
Sweet Home scoring: Anderson 11, Kent 7, Davis 6, Miller 6, Marchbanks 4, Gillespie 3, Bell 2, Brendle, Dermates. .
Sweet Home 12 5 10 15 – 42
Ridgeview 16 20 15 18 – 69