By Calvin Connors and Sydney Blankenship Posted January 12, 2011
The Lady Bucks kicked off their 3A basketball season with a blowout win against the Dayton Dust Devils.
“The girls had just come back with a hard pre-season in Coeur d’Alene, ID playing some of the best 4A teams in the Northwest,” said head coach Jack Smith.
It was a tough start to the game with some turnovers.
“Turnovers are one thing we need to work on making less of,” said Smith.
Junior Angie Herrera had six shots back to back in the first quarter.
Lowry dominated the game throughout. In the first quarter, LHS lead by seven but this soon ballooned to 33-6 at the half. The bucks increased its lead to 43-8 at the end of the third.
Everybody saw action in the game.
“The bench got to play some, and had some good playing,” said Smith.
The team got to play an easier game than those they were playing in the pre-season.
“It was a nice game to come back to, and play after being up in Idaho,” said Smith.
On Saturday, the team got to show what they had against the Fernley Vaqueros. The girls won by a score of 43-20 after holding the Vaqueros scoreless in the third quarter. They are 6-6 so far on the season.
After coming off of a devastating loss to the Dayton Dust Devils, Lowry varsity boys basketball team turned its anger on Fernley and won big with the right mindset and great defense.
On Friday, January 7, the Lowry boys basketball team traveled to Dayton to start off the 2011, 3A season. It was a very hostile environment and a very intense game, but the Bucks lost 53-48.
“We knew that we couldn’t afford another loss and we were determined to dominate Fernley,” said senior Grant Miller
After the loss on Friday night, the Bucks came out on Saturday and it seemed as if the Dayton game didn’t even happen.
The Bucks dominated Fernley on the defensive end, holding the Vaqueros to single digit scoring in each quarter.
The Bucks kept their heads held high and played with intensity throughout the game. Their performance demonstrated that the team could bounce back from a tough loss.
The Bucks outscored the Vaqueros 16 to 3 in the first quarter alone.
Miller stated that the team needed to send a message to the other teams in the league that they were better than their performance against Dayton.
The Vaqueros could not find a way to score against the Lowry defense, and could not find a way to stop the Lowry offense from scoring. “After we lost we needed to get a win and start doing things right,” said senior Will Thacker.
