Girls basketball team drops two

The girls basketball team began its season with two losses -- 46-49 to Summit on Tuesday, December 3, and 31-68 to state-ranked Madras on Thursday, December 5.

At home against Madras the Outlaws found themselves trailing 22-4 at the end of the first quarter. By halftime Madras had extended their lead to 40-13.

Coach Bill Blevins believes the girls were intimidated from the very beginning.

"They just need to know how good they really are and believe it," the coach said.

When the Lady Outlaws took the court in the second half they looked like a different team.

"We played much more aggressive," said Blevins, "and had much more confidence in ourselves."

Minique Yost scored a game high eight points for Sisters, and Molly Broadbent and Krista Pagano each contributed four. Ashley Sweeney and Amber Craig each had three blocked shots.

Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, December 3, the Lady Outlaws suffered a disappointing 46-49 loss to Summit.

Molly Broadbent led the Outlaws with 13 points. Misty Macauley contributed eight points, and Minique Yost pitched in six. Amber Craig pulled down 10 rebounds and had four blocked shots.

"Our press was very effective and our ability to go from defense to offense quickly was very effective," Blevins said. "Our ability to make lay-ins wasn't effective. It was a really good game and very exciting, but it was disappointing that we lost."

Things could have gone the other way.

"In both games we controlled the tempo and dictated the speed of the game," said Blevins. "If we would have made our lay-ins against Madras we would have been much more competitive and if we would have made the lay-ins at Summit we would have run away with the game."