The Stettler JV boys travelled to Ponoka on Wednesday, Feb. 17 to come away with a convincing victory defeating opponents 89-53.
"Unfortunately the Ponoka JV boys did not put up much of a contest for us," said coach Warren Aspenes. "They were a younger and weaker team with some very inexperienced players."
According to Aspenes, Stettler was gaining ground early on and did not have much of a resistance shooting.
"Ours boys didn't have much trouble in coming away with a 89-53 victory so it was not a very good test," added Aspenes. "The one good thing about the game was that several of our players scored into the double digits, they included, Tim Gardner, Casey Wright, Lorenzo Davies, Alex LeBlanc, Jordan Lee and Terrance Corbett."
Stettler Junior A teams win against Forestburg
Stettler Junior A teams played Forestburg at home last Wednesday, Feb. 17 and won both games, with the boys beating the guests 36-24 and girls winning 29-24.
Although the Forestburg team looked "formidable" and Stettler was down 23-20 at half time, the Stettler boys came right back into the game.
"Our press worked very well in the fourth quarter and we drained three 3s too," said coach Kevin Burkard.
In their game against Camrose on Monday, Feb. 22, Stettler boys lost 51-25.
"We ran into a team that ran the floor well, broke the full court press very well, and had more endurance than us," said Burkard.
Stettler boys play Forestburg on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Forestburg had no luck with Stettler girls either as they kept shooting and breaking the opponents' defence finally winning 29-24.
In the weekend the Stettler Junior A travelled to Erskine and played Theresetta winning 50-22.
"They were a young, small team and our size was just too much for them, although we don't often have a size advantage, this game was an exception," said coach Charisse McDonald.
High scorers in this game were Baileigh Sorenson and Madison Tucker.
Stettler played Coronation next and lost a nail biter 35-38 at the buzzer.
"We haven't been in very many close games so the pressure really got to the girls," added McDonald. "The last 1:30 was a frenzy and we took bad shots and had multiple turnovers, but it was a good experience though to be in such a close game."
Stettler won the third place game against Big Valley 52- 25, with the high scorers being Tori Brower and Madison Tucker.
"Ximena Sierra had a strong tournament shooting well in all the games, but our offence is still a work in progress, but defensively we are pretty tough to score against," said McDonald. "Baileigh Sorensen continues to be a force on defence always taking the best player on the opposing team and making their life difficult."
According to McDonald, it has been great to see the improvement in each player as well as in the team as a whole throughout the season.
Stettler girls play in Lacombe on Saturday, Feb. 27.