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Broncos then fall to Cardinals
RITZVILLE – The Broncos girls basketball team lost a hard-fought game to Medical Lake on Dec. 5, but rebounded to dominate the Lions on Dec. 7.
The Medical Lake Cardinals won handed the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls their first loss, 60-49, on Tuesday, Dec. 5.
But the local girls crushed the Upper Columbia Academy Lions, 58-13, on Dec. 7.
Against Medical Lake, the Cardinals’ Charde Luat scored 33 points to lead all scorers.
Despite Luat’s performance, the Broncos were never really out of the game.
The Cardinals led 14-10 after the first quarter and 32-28 at the half. A strong third-quarter push by the Cardinals, however, expanded the margin by 8 points, too much for the Broncos to make up in the final stanza.
Zoe Galbreath led the Broncos with 22 points and teammate Addy Colbert added 10.
Other scorers for the Bronco included Maddie Cameron and Saige Galbreath, each with 5 points, Harlee Hennings with 3, and Danika Cox and Claire Wellsandt each with 2.
Against Upper Columbia, the Broncos held the Lions scoreless in the first quarter while putting up 23 unanswered points.
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague scored 14 more in the second quarter, while giving up only 6 points to take a 27-6 lead into the break.
The Broncos held the Lions scoreless again in the third quarter while score 15 more points of their own to take a 42-6 lead going into the final quarter.
With backups on the court for the Broncos, the local girls still scored six points while holding Upper Columbia to 7.
Zoe Galbreath led all scorers with 26 points for the Broncos.
Other Broncos adding points to the total include Hennings 6; Cameron and Saige Galbreath, 5 each; Wellsandt, Colbert and Rose Fedie, 4 each; and Cox and Allesandra Mendez, 2 each.
The local girls were scheduled this week to host Liberty on Dec. 12 and Colfax at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 16.
Roger Harnack is owner/publisher of Free Press Publishing. An award-winning journalist, photographer, editor and publisher who grew up in Eastern Washington, he's one of only two Washington state journalists ever to receive the international Golden Quill for editorial/commentary writing. Roger is committed to preserving local media, and along with it, a local voice for Eastern Washington.
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