Lady Cats struggle in Pinedale

The Lady Bobcat basketball players traveled to Pinedale to go up against Pinedale, Lyman and Rawlins this past weekend. 

To start the weekend, the Lady Cats went up against the second ranked Lyman. The Cats played a tough first half and were only down by 6 points.  The Lyman girls were the most physical team the Cats have played and they played hard, unfortunately in the second half they lost the battle to Lyman with a score of 51-29.

Lady Cat high scorers were Kamry Bowman 6 points, Dazlynn Hunt 6 points and Kadance Bowman 5 points.

Against Pinedale, ranked in the top 5 in the state, the Lady Cats ended up with the loss 73-39. Pinedale showed that they were going to be a tough opponent dominating the game.  The Lady Cats, even though tired, continued to battle through and not give up. 

Top scorers included Kamry Bowman 10 points, Mariah Brooks 13 points, Layne Myers 5 points and Ruth Johnson with 5 points.  

The Lady Cats third game was against Rawlins. This was an exciting game and with the Cats missing key opportunities they came in short of the win, 32-28. 

“I felt we came away a stronger team and learned that we could compete with some of the 3A elite teams,” Coach David Villa said about the Lady Cats.  He added, “We need to pull all four quarters together and start getting the wins.” 

The leading scorers were Kamry Bowman 7 points, Layne Myers 5 points and Jayci Basse with 5 points.  

Coach Villa expressed that Jayci Basse played during critical times with poise and confidence.  Recognized as MVP from the weekend by Coach Villa was Kamry Bowman, with both offense and defense.

The Lady Junior Varsity Cats consisted of six freshmen and five sophomores and even with the challenges that they faced continued to fight and not give up against Lyman, Pinedale and Rawlins. The JV Cats did not walk away with a win from any of the three teams although they played hard.

“Going into this weekend I asked them for 100% effort and attitude no matter what, win or lose,” said coach Katlin Despain. She added “I am overall proud of the girls for continuing to work hard and give me progression throughout these three games.” 

Coach Despain wanted to recognize Hanna Hill and how she stepped it up this weekend by taking care of the ball and being the point guard throughout some of the games.  

This weekend the Lady Bobcats will travel for the BHB Classic Friday and Saturday. Freshman Lady Cats are scheduled to travel to Lovell on Thursday.