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THEWALSH COUNTY PRESS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 20 7
By Kevin Skavhaug
Th e .4 ir
Went Out
It was windy on Mon-
day, Dec. 11. It had little
to do with variants be-
tween high and low pres-
sure systems in the upper
atmosphere.
It was the day when it
was officially confirmed
that Carson Wentz tore his
ACL.
Late in the afternoon
the Sunday before, Wentz
went down on a diving at-
tempt to get into the end
zone in the game against
the Rams.
When he left the game
moments later amidst ru-
mors of a knee injury,
700,00.0 people in North
Dakota collectively
breathed in deep and held
their breath, hoping to
hear better news.
When the confirmation
came Monday that it in-
deed was a season ending
injury, the masses could-
n't hold it in any longer,
and finally had to exhale.
When we did, well, it got
a bit windy.
And it's unfortunate for
Carson and the Eagles.
Too bad for all of his fans
across the country.
He had a great season.
But I have a feeling it
won't slow him down too
much.
I have a feeling he'll
come back raring to go
next year and will rise
even farther above the
plateau he established for
his Eagles team this sea-
son.
So we're hoping his re-
hab will go well as all of
us here in North Dakota
will be holding our breath
until he's back on the
field.
Photos: Larry Bid
Left: Aggies Gigi Brouillard and tans Bailey Phelps light for a rebound
in the Aggies 53-45 loss to the DraytonNailey-Edinburg in Pad(
River. Right: 11tans Taylor Stegman gets a good shot at the basket in
the Titans 53-45 win over the Aggies in Pad( River. Taylor scored nine
points in thewin over the Aggies.
ByKevin Skavhaug ' Reilly was the shining star on this night as the senior 36-30 lead.
of The Press dominated inside the paint and led the Titans to a 53-45 The Aggies would get as close as two when Bailey
PARK RIVER, N.D. --A few minutes before the start come from behind win. Schroeder would score inside early in the fourth and Seim
of the Aggie v. Titan girls basketball game here Monday, The first half, however, belonged to the Aggies. While would hit her second trey of the game making it a 37-35
the Titans Taylor Reilly and teammates were limbering up the Titans stayed in a zone defense, the Aggies found the game in favor of DVE. But from there, the Titans would
in the far reaches of the darkened halls of the Park River range from the outside. The Aggies made seven first half go on a 6-0 run punctuated by a Grace Kertz score on a drive
Area school, three-point shots including three by sophomore guard Josie to the basket. Seim would hit her third trey later in the quar-
Reilly and her teammates stayed in the dark through the Brodina. Amy Seim, Hannah Gordon and Gigi Broujllard ter but it would be too little too late as the Titans salted this
first half of their game against the Aggies, but in'the sec- each added one before the half was over; a half in which one away at the line.
ond half, they saw the light, the Aggies built a 28-23 lead. Seim and Brodina led the Aggies in scoring with 11 each.
"We knew we eventually had to go to man-to-man de- The switch in defenses took the Aggie long ball away. Taylor Reilly led the Titans with 28. Taylor Stegman had
fense," said Head Coach Wayne Stegman, "but we had some The Titans allowed the Aggies just two third quarter pointg 9.
girls with early foul issues and I didn't dare go to itto ear- while ReiUy took over inside. By the end of the third, DVE With the loss, the Aggies stand at 3-4 on the season. The
ly." was had erased the five point deficit and had climbed to a Titans are 4-3.
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By Kevin Skavhaug
of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- De-
spite the fact the Aggie boys bas-
ketball team hit only one shot
outside of two feet on Tuesday, it
didn't matter. The Aggies used a
stealthy defense to lay in shot, af-
ter shot, after shot as they defeat-
ed the Drayton/Valley-Edinburg
Titans 54-18.
Nathan Zavalany started the
theft parade with a pair of steals
and converted them both into bas-
kets that started the layup fest for
the Aggies. Zavalney also was
the lone outside hitter as he hit on
a three pointer in the second half.
The Aggies were up 11-3 after
one quarter and had put this one to
bed midway through the second
when they went up 21-3. By the
half the lead had increased to 30-
11.
Jace Jehlicka led the Aggies in
scoring with 14 points. Nathan
Zavalney had 12 and Spencer
Skavhaug, 10.
With the win the Aggies are 1-
1 on the season. The Titans stand
at 1-1 as well.
Left: T ns Gavin Prigge blocks a
sh0t by the Aggies Adam Zavalney.
Adam scored seven pobts in the/ g-
gie 54-18 win. Right: Park River-
Fordville/Lanldn Aggies Nate Zaval-
ney puts up two of his 10 points in
the Aggies 54-18 win over Dray-
ton/Vailey-Edinburg Titans in Park
River.
