Eagles Fly Over Cloud

Girls battle conference leader, Boys winning streak short lived
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Photos by Jill Bode

Kent City 43 White Cloud 31
The undefeated Eagles cruised into White Cloud behind a 9 game winning streak and settled into their customary spot atop the Silver standings.
They left town still undefeated and with win number 10 tucked in their arms but it didn’t come easy and they left knowing they were in a game as Coach Wilk’s team put it all on the court Friday. 
“We played a great game. We knew going in that if we could hold them to 40 points that we could have a chance to knock off a good team.”
A slow start gave the visitors the early lead finishing the quarter up 11-2. The Cloud players found their offense and stayed with KC to hit halftime down 22-12.
It was in the third that delivered the inspired rally that got the hosts within a bucket midway through the period.
But the Eagle sharpshooters got on track and began burying shots from distance to go up by a dozen heading into the 4th. The Cloud matched their opponents in the final frame but could not gain ground and fell short despite their spirited play
Coach Wilk: “ Defensively, I was extremely happy with how we played tonight. We had a game plan, and the girls executed it perfectly.”We knew this would be a tough game, and I think we were able to build some confidence heading into next week.”
Gaby Reeve led us in points tonight with 12, and Abby Derks finished with 11.
White Cloud (2-3, 4-7) will host Chip Hills on Tuesday.


Kent City 65 White Cloud 35
Coach Jones: “Kent City was just better than us tonight. We struggled on defense and we had way too many turnovers tonight. That's my fault for not having my team ready. We did have a few bright spots tonight, Christian Ringler and Romeo Johnson played well tonight giving us some hope for future games. Looking for a more inspired performance Monday night in Holton.”
Kevin Strait led the team with 8 points followed by Taylor Bode who hit for 7.  Christian Ringler notched 6, while Jason Ruether and Jared Watson each finished with 5.