February 22, 2007

sports

Bulldog sports round up

Lady ’Dogs finish 2nd in MBC
The Lady Bulldog basketball team played an inspired game against the Miami Valley School on Friday, Feb. 16, winning 34–27 to claim sole possession of second place in the Metro Buckeye Conference. And in the first round of the Div. IV sectional tournament, early foul trouble and cold shooting contributed to the Bulldogs 37–23 defeat at the hands of Cedarville on Thursday, Feb. 15.

Against Miami Valley, the Lady ’Dogs played tough team defense to run their conference record to 10–4. A balanced scoring attack was led by Ashanta’ Robinson with 11 points, followed by Carly Bailey with 8, Jessica Kellar with 6, Alicia Lucas with 5, and Ryder Comstock with 4.

Against Cedarville, the Lady ’Dogs were ice cold from the beginning of the game, finding themselves trailing 14–6 at the half. Robinson again led the ’Dogs with 7 points, Bailey contributed 6, and Kellar and Lucas had 5 each in a disappointing end to a good season.

Robinson earned first team all-conference honors, and Bailey was voted to the second team. Bailey also shared the MBC Coaches’ Award with Lasena Badger of the Miami Valley School. Kristen Foster was named to the Sportsmanship team.

Boys fall to Miami Valley
The Yellow Springs High School boys basketball team ended the regular season with a 63–54 loss to Miami Valley on Friday, Feb. 16. The Bulldogs finished the first quarter ahead 12–10 but fell behind in the second period and couldn’t close up the gap. The team had 7 three-pointers, four of which were shot by Kilan Brown, the team’s high scorer with 20 points. Ryan Newsome tallied 17 points for the Yellow Springs team.

Bulldogs to begin sectional tourney

The Yellow Springs High School boys basketball team will play the second round of the Division IV sectional tournament at Vandalia High School on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs will play the winner of this weekend’s game between first-seed Newton and Miami Valley.

Tickets to the game will be on sale in the YSHS front office during school hours. The cost per ticket is $5 at the school and $6 at the door. The high school will benefit from 60 percent of the tickets sold in Yellow Springs, and residents are encouraged to “buy local.”

Those interested in riding the fan bus to Tuesday’s game are encouraged to sign up in the front office of the high school by Monday, Feb. 26.

YSHS winter sports ceremony

The Yellow Springs High School and McKinney School winter sports awards ceremony will be held on March 8 at 7 p.m. at the high school. The event will honor the McKinney basketball team and cheerleading squad as well as the high school’s swimming and basketball teams and cheerleading squad.

Youth basketball wraps up season

The sixth-grade girls traveling basketball team beat visiting Clinton-Massie 15–11 on Sunday, Feb. 17. The team ended its regular season winning four of the last five games. The fifth-grade girls and fifth-grade boys teams dropped hard-fought games to the Clinton-Massie teams. All three teams travel to East Clinton this weekend to play in the league tournament.

MBC basketball tourney at YSHS

Yellow Springs High School will host the first round of the Metro Buckeye Conference freshman basketball tournament on Thursday, Feb. 22. The first game is at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Yellow Springs freshman team playing Jefferson at approximately 7. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for students. Passes will not be accepted.