Following the Morton/White Pass girls' basketball team in their first year together.
Friday, December 24, 2010
vs Oakville (Dec. 22, 2010)
On Wednesday afternoon in Morton, the Timberwolves beat the Oakville Acorns 51-12.
Morton/White Pass led 9-0 after a quarter and 30-7 at the break. The Timberwolves had three score in double figures with Chelbi Eveland scoring a career-high 15 points on 6 of 14 shooting. Sophomore Madison McCoy and freshman Darian Atkinson both scored 11. Whitney Elledge put in five points to go with four assists and four steals. Ashley Kelly scored four, Jade Lundy and Stefana Bertucci each added two points, and Kayla Reynolds one. Lundy led the team with nine rebounds (seven offensive) and Reynolds picked up seven steals.
The T-Wolves shot 32 percent for the game (20 of 63) and limited the Acorns to just eight percent (3 of 36).
Morton/White Pass led 9-0 after a quarter and 30-7 at the break. The Timberwolves had three score in double figures with Chelbi Eveland scoring a career-high 15 points on 6 of 14 shooting. Sophomore Madison McCoy and freshman Darian Atkinson both scored 11. Whitney Elledge put in five points to go with four assists and four steals. Ashley Kelly scored four, Jade Lundy and Stefana Bertucci each added two points, and Kayla Reynolds one. Lundy led the team with nine rebounds (seven offensive) and Reynolds picked up seven steals.
The T-Wolves shot 32 percent for the game (20 of 63) and limited the Acorns to just eight percent (3 of 36).
vs Toutle Lake (Dec. 21, 2010)
Hosting the Ducks in Randle on Tuesday, Toutle Lake led 23-10 at the half and used a suffocating defense to outscore Morton/White Pass 39-11 in the second half for a 62-21 win. They limited the hosts to just 24 field goal attempts in the game and forced 28 turnovers.
In addition to their defense, Toutle Lake shot 70 percent in the second half making 16 of their 23 attempts.
Freshman Ashley Kelly led the Timberwolves with eight points (3 of 3 field goals) and six rebounds. Whitney Elledge added six points and three steals, Darian Atkinson three points, with Stefana Bertucci and Chelbi Eveland scoring two points apiece.
In addition to their defense, Toutle Lake shot 70 percent in the second half making 16 of their 23 attempts.
Freshman Ashley Kelly led the Timberwolves with eight points (3 of 3 field goals) and six rebounds. Whitney Elledge added six points and three steals, Darian Atkinson three points, with Stefana Bertucci and Chelbi Eveland scoring two points apiece.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
vs Riverside Christian (Dec. 18, 2010)
In Randle for their third game of the week, the Timberwolves hosted the Crusaders and fell by the slimmest of margins 47-46.
Morton/White Pass led 18-10 after one and 24-22 at the break as sophomore Kayla Reynolds scored all 15 of her points in the first 16 minutes. She went 6 for 10 from the field in the first half with a trio of three-pointers, and at one point scored 13 straight points.
“Kayla’s first half was phenomenal,” coach Lauren Kanyer said. “I was really proud of her. That’s the best I’ve ever seen her play.”
The Timberwolves led 24-16 with 1:40 left in the first half, but through the end of the half and the first 4:24 of the third quarter Riverside Christian scored 16 consecutive points to lead 32-24 with 4:01 in the third.
Over the final 11:36, freshman Ashley Kelly carried the Timberwolves all the way back into the game. She scored a career-best 17 points in that span, connecting on 5 of 6 three-pointers (after missing her first she hit five straight) including one from the top of the key with 36 seconds remaining giving Morton/White Pass their first and only lead (46-45) of the second half.
“Ashley had a great second half,” Kanyer said. “She was 6 for 10 on the night. She finally shot the ball so that was good to see.”
With five seconds to go, the Crusaders’ Kristin Kinder rebounded her own miss and scored for the final one-point margin.
Whitney Elledge (six rebounds) and Darian Atkinson each scored five points, and Nicole Anderson and Stefana Bertucci both added two.
“We made 10 three-pointers for the game, but we only shot one free throw. We need to get the ball inside a little more to draw more fouls. We also need to block out better so we can get more rebounds. I thought Stef did a good job of guarding (Kendra) Staymates.”
Morton/White Pass led 18-10 after one and 24-22 at the break as sophomore Kayla Reynolds scored all 15 of her points in the first 16 minutes. She went 6 for 10 from the field in the first half with a trio of three-pointers, and at one point scored 13 straight points.
“Kayla’s first half was phenomenal,” coach Lauren Kanyer said. “I was really proud of her. That’s the best I’ve ever seen her play.”
The Timberwolves led 24-16 with 1:40 left in the first half, but through the end of the half and the first 4:24 of the third quarter Riverside Christian scored 16 consecutive points to lead 32-24 with 4:01 in the third.
Over the final 11:36, freshman Ashley Kelly carried the Timberwolves all the way back into the game. She scored a career-best 17 points in that span, connecting on 5 of 6 three-pointers (after missing her first she hit five straight) including one from the top of the key with 36 seconds remaining giving Morton/White Pass their first and only lead (46-45) of the second half.
“Ashley had a great second half,” Kanyer said. “She was 6 for 10 on the night. She finally shot the ball so that was good to see.”
With five seconds to go, the Crusaders’ Kristin Kinder rebounded her own miss and scored for the final one-point margin.
Whitney Elledge (six rebounds) and Darian Atkinson each scored five points, and Nicole Anderson and Stefana Bertucci both added two.
“We made 10 three-pointers for the game, but we only shot one free throw. We need to get the ball inside a little more to draw more fouls. We also need to block out better so we can get more rebounds. I thought Stef did a good job of guarding (Kendra) Staymates.”
Sunday, December 19, 2010
December 18, 2010
Hey Timberwolves :)
So, we had three games this last week. We played Adna fist. That was our first league game. And it wasn't very good. We definitely didn't play our best. Next we played Pe Ell. I thought we played a great game. Darian scored 16 points! She was our leading scorer. We lost the Pe Ell game, but we played pretty good. On Saturday we played Riverside Christian. We lost by one. Ashley was our leader scorer, with 17 points! We played really good, but they had big girls! We just needed to box out a little more and we would have won that game. We are a small team so every team is gonna be bigger then us... so boxing out is gonna be important :)
- Whitney
So, we had three games this last week. We played Adna fist. That was our first league game. And it wasn't very good. We definitely didn't play our best. Next we played Pe Ell. I thought we played a great game. Darian scored 16 points! She was our leading scorer. We lost the Pe Ell game, but we played pretty good. On Saturday we played Riverside Christian. We lost by one. Ashley was our leader scorer, with 17 points! We played really good, but they had big girls! We just needed to box out a little more and we would have won that game. We are a small team so every team is gonna be bigger then us... so boxing out is gonna be important :)
- Whitney
Friday, December 17, 2010
December 16, 2010
The Timberwolves traveled to Pe Ell on Thursday and fell to the host Trojans 68-38.
Morton/White Pass fell behind 18-6, but closed the gap to 20-12 after a quarter with back-to-back steals and lay ups by Atkinson. Pe Ell led 29-18 at the half and 41-24 after three.
The Timberwolves scored four straight to open the fourth quarter to pull within 13 points at 41-28, but the Trojans went on a scoring binge over the next four minutes outscoring the visitors 18-1 to put the game away. They outscored Morton/White Pass 27-14 in the final quarter.
“Darian had a good game shooting the ball for us,” Kanyer said. “I was happy with the adjustments that we made from the Adna to the Pe Ell game. We improved, played with more confidence and played with Pe Ell for three quarters. We just didn’t play a full game. Nicole did a great job on Sami Robinson holding her to four points through three quarters.”
Atkinson led the Timberwolves with a career-best 16 points making 3 of 8 three-balls in 28 minutes on the floor. Elledge added eight points, with Anderson scoring five and Jeanie Mullins four. Kelly (six rebounds, five steals, four assists) and Reynolds scored a bucket apiece and Eveland (eight rebounds) added a free throw. Morton/White Pass shot 26 percent for the game (14 of 54) and committed 32 turnovers.
Alissa Brooks-Johnson led the Trojans with game-highs of 23 points and 12 rebounds. Pe Ell shot 39 percent for the game (26 of 66).
Morton/White Pass fell behind 18-6, but closed the gap to 20-12 after a quarter with back-to-back steals and lay ups by Atkinson. Pe Ell led 29-18 at the half and 41-24 after three.
The Timberwolves scored four straight to open the fourth quarter to pull within 13 points at 41-28, but the Trojans went on a scoring binge over the next four minutes outscoring the visitors 18-1 to put the game away. They outscored Morton/White Pass 27-14 in the final quarter.
“Darian had a good game shooting the ball for us,” Kanyer said. “I was happy with the adjustments that we made from the Adna to the Pe Ell game. We improved, played with more confidence and played with Pe Ell for three quarters. We just didn’t play a full game. Nicole did a great job on Sami Robinson holding her to four points through three quarters.”
Atkinson led the Timberwolves with a career-best 16 points making 3 of 8 three-balls in 28 minutes on the floor. Elledge added eight points, with Anderson scoring five and Jeanie Mullins four. Kelly (six rebounds, five steals, four assists) and Reynolds scored a bucket apiece and Eveland (eight rebounds) added a free throw. Morton/White Pass shot 26 percent for the game (14 of 54) and committed 32 turnovers.
Alissa Brooks-Johnson led the Trojans with game-highs of 23 points and 12 rebounds. Pe Ell shot 39 percent for the game (26 of 66).
Thursday, December 16, 2010
December 14, 2010
The Timberwolves played their first league game of the year in Adna and were blitzed by the Pirates 58-27. The hosts opened a 26-2 lead after a quarter and were never threatened during the game.
Adna shot 49 percent for the game from the floor (26 of 53) and outrebounded Morton/White Pass 38-27.
“We never gave up,” Kanyer said. “I was proud that after getting down so big early we kept playing hard.”
Eveland and Atkinson each scored five points for the Timberwolves with Reynolds and Jade Lundy each scoring four. Anderson (eight rebounds) and Kelly added three apiece, with Bertucci scoring two and Elledge one. Morton/White Pass shot 25 percent for the game (10 of 40).
Adna shot 49 percent for the game from the floor (26 of 53) and outrebounded Morton/White Pass 38-27.
“We never gave up,” Kanyer said. “I was proud that after getting down so big early we kept playing hard.”
Eveland and Atkinson each scored five points for the Timberwolves with Reynolds and Jade Lundy each scoring four. Anderson (eight rebounds) and Kelly added three apiece, with Bertucci scoring two and Elledge one. Morton/White Pass shot 25 percent for the game (10 of 40).
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
December 9, 2010
The Timberwolves moved to 2-0 on the young season with a 55-9 win over the Vancouver Christian Light.
Morton/White Pass led 41-0 at the half and they scored the first 47 points of the game. They did their best to keep the score down using a running clock in the second half, never transitioning on any Vancouver Christian turnovers, and waiting until the shot clock was under 10 seconds to attempt a shot. They outscored the Light 14-9 in final two quarters.
“We started with a high intensity and I was glad to see that,” coach Lauren Kanyer said. “The girls did a great job of executing the offense.”
Freshman Ashley Kelly led the Timberwolves with nine points. Kayla Reynolds added eight, Nicole Anderson, Chelbi Eveland and Jade Lundy six apiece, Whitney Elledge five, Darian Atkinson and Jeanie Mullins four each, Maddy McCoy three and Victoria Ford and Stefana Bertucci two. They shot 36 percent for the game (25 of 70) and made 5 of 7 from the line (71 percent).
Bertucci grabbed a game-high seven rebounds with Lundy and Eveland getting six apiece. Eveland, along with Atkinson, also finished with four steals.
“Jade did a great job off the bench and kept the intensity up when she came in the game,” Kanyer said. “I love to see girls shoot and finish left-handed layups.”
Morton/White Pass led 41-0 at the half and they scored the first 47 points of the game. They did their best to keep the score down using a running clock in the second half, never transitioning on any Vancouver Christian turnovers, and waiting until the shot clock was under 10 seconds to attempt a shot. They outscored the Light 14-9 in final two quarters.
“We started with a high intensity and I was glad to see that,” coach Lauren Kanyer said. “The girls did a great job of executing the offense.”
Freshman Ashley Kelly led the Timberwolves with nine points. Kayla Reynolds added eight, Nicole Anderson, Chelbi Eveland and Jade Lundy six apiece, Whitney Elledge five, Darian Atkinson and Jeanie Mullins four each, Maddy McCoy three and Victoria Ford and Stefana Bertucci two. They shot 36 percent for the game (25 of 70) and made 5 of 7 from the line (71 percent).
Bertucci grabbed a game-high seven rebounds with Lundy and Eveland getting six apiece. Eveland, along with Atkinson, also finished with four steals.
“Jade did a great job off the bench and kept the intensity up when she came in the game,” Kanyer said. “I love to see girls shoot and finish left-handed layups.”
Monday, December 13, 2010
December 6, 2010
Morton/White Pass won their debut game with a 54-25 victory over the Oakville Acorns Monday night.
The Timberwolves led 14-8 after a quarter and 24-15 with 2:38 remaining in the half. Their full court pressure defense forced 12 turnovers over the next 13 minutes as they went on a 20-2 scoring run. Morton/White Pass scored 10 of the final 12 points for the 29-point win.
“It was a good first game,” coach Lauren Kanyer said. “We played great defense and blocked out well. Our focus this next week will be practicing at game speed so we can finish a few more of our shots.”
The Timberwolves put up 85 shots in the 32 minutes converting 24 (28 percent). They more than made up for their misses by forcing 34 turnovers and outrebounding Oakville 51-39. The Acorns hit 11 of 33 shots (33 percent) for the game.
Freshman Whitney Elledge led Morton/White Pass with 12 points and six steals. Sophomore Kayla Reynolds added eight points and six more steals.
“I thought Whitney did a great job coming off the bench for us,” Kanyer said. “I felt like Kayla controlled the game and did a good job of running our offense.”
Senior Nicole Anderson, junior Chelbi Eveland (eight rebounds), sophomore Maddy McCoy, and freshman Ashley Kelly (five steals, four rebounds) all scored six points. Freshmen Darian Atkinson and Jade Lundy added four apiece with junior Stefana Bertucci getting two.
The Timberwolves led 14-8 after a quarter and 24-15 with 2:38 remaining in the half. Their full court pressure defense forced 12 turnovers over the next 13 minutes as they went on a 20-2 scoring run. Morton/White Pass scored 10 of the final 12 points for the 29-point win.
“It was a good first game,” coach Lauren Kanyer said. “We played great defense and blocked out well. Our focus this next week will be practicing at game speed so we can finish a few more of our shots.”
The Timberwolves put up 85 shots in the 32 minutes converting 24 (28 percent). They more than made up for their misses by forcing 34 turnovers and outrebounding Oakville 51-39. The Acorns hit 11 of 33 shots (33 percent) for the game.
Freshman Whitney Elledge led Morton/White Pass with 12 points and six steals. Sophomore Kayla Reynolds added eight points and six more steals.
“I thought Whitney did a great job coming off the bench for us,” Kanyer said. “I felt like Kayla controlled the game and did a good job of running our offense.”
Senior Nicole Anderson, junior Chelbi Eveland (eight rebounds), sophomore Maddy McCoy, and freshman Ashley Kelly (five steals, four rebounds) all scored six points. Freshmen Darian Atkinson and Jade Lundy added four apiece with junior Stefana Bertucci getting two.
December 7, 2010
Hey Timberwolves!
So we had our first game against Oakville. We won 52-25. It was pretty exciting! It was a good start to our season.
I thought we played defense very well. We ran a press that I thought worked very well. We had 34 steals. We even outrebounded them! That's crazy for me to hear because my teams are normally super-short.
I wasn't really nervous as I thought I would be, but I think that's because it was in Oakville and only our parents came!
We play again on Thursday in Morton!
Thanks for reading!
- Whitney
So we had our first game against Oakville. We won 52-25. It was pretty exciting! It was a good start to our season.
I thought we played defense very well. We ran a press that I thought worked very well. We had 34 steals. We even outrebounded them! That's crazy for me to hear because my teams are normally super-short.
I wasn't really nervous as I thought I would be, but I think that's because it was in Oakville and only our parents came!
We play again on Thursday in Morton!
Thanks for reading!
- Whitney
December 2, 2010
Hey T-Wolves :)
So our first two weeks of practice are over and we are having our first game now.
This is the first year for Morton/White Pass girls' basketball. We all get along good. And I'm excited for the season.
Our coach FINALLY told us our teams, junior varsity and varsity. I was so nervous!
We are a young team, but I think we could do well. And our uniforms are pretty sick! :)
- Whitney
So our first two weeks of practice are over and we are having our first game now.
This is the first year for Morton/White Pass girls' basketball. We all get along good. And I'm excited for the season.
Our coach FINALLY told us our teams, junior varsity and varsity. I was so nervous!
We are a young team, but I think we could do well. And our uniforms are pretty sick! :)
- Whitney
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