Photos by Amanda Hall
The Golden Arrow Basketball teams held a Rattlesnake Round-up in Magazine last night. First up was the Junior Lady Arrows. These Ladies came alive tonight, more than doubling the Rattlers. Coach Vire was very proud of the way these ladies have progressed. “I thought tonight we did a very good job holding their top player to only 5 points. We executed our game plan very well. We ran our offense well and cut down on turnovers,” he said. Junior Ladies went on to win the game 32-15.
Next up was the Lavaca Lady Arrow Seniors. Lady Arrow defense was stellar again last night, holding Magazine to only 12 first half points. Rebounds, rebounds, and more rebounds gave Lavaca a lot of second and third opportunities while keeping magazine to one look. Coach Wyles sees this team starting to mature into a solid offensive team. He had this to say about last nights effort, “I thought the girls did a great job defensively executing our game plan, holding magazine to just 12 first half points. We are shooting the ball much better lately and I think we’ve started to establish a good inside-out attack on offense.” The Lady Arrows went on to win 58-33.
Then it was the boys turn. The Arrows have been exciting to watch all year and last night was no different. Coach Reed was overall happy about the results last night but still sees room for improvement. He stated, “I was proud of our defensive effort. Andrew and Jayger were great all night at slowing their guards down. We shot poorly from outside. I know we can shoot better. Cayden played big coming off the bench. He is finding his groove and is rebounding well, finishing a lot better. Any win on the road in conference is a great win.”
There is still a lot of Basketball left this eek. Tonight the 7th grade will take on Mountainburg on the road at 4:00. Tomorrow both 7th grade and Junior high boys will be in action. Thursday both 7t grade and both Jr High teams are in action at Butterfield. Then on Friday Jr boys and H=Senior boys and girls play at home against Hackett. Make plans to come cheer on your Arrows.
