Sr Bulldogs Set Conference Ball Rolling 3-0

Pictured is Isaac “The Real” Villarreal

On Friday, December 11th, the Waldron Sr High Bulldogs traveled to Paris to take on the Eagles in their conference opener. The Bulldogs came home with a 73-56 win. The Bulldogs turned the Eagles over 21 times, which led to 30 points for the Bulldogs. A great shooting night also helped the Dogs on the offensive end. Waldron ended the night shooting 50% from the field, including 8/19 from 3-point land. The Bulldogs worked inside out, as they scored 40 points in the paint. Waldron had three players in double-figures, led by Isaac “The Real” Villarreal with 22 points, Gada Wagner with 20, and Caden Fuller with 10. From this match, the Bulldogs moved to 1-0 to begin the conference season.

Box Score:

Waldron: Gada Wagner (22), Isaac Villarreal (20), Caden Fuller (10), Jaden Hutchens (6), Bryson Bailey (4), Braden Williams (4), Trenton Hunt (4), Trevor Hunt (2), Lidge Stinson (1)-73

Paris: Mequeil Ellingberg (19), Sam Muldrow (10), Jesse Wells (9), Dylan Krigbaum (6), Caleb Cunningham (5), Mason Bradley (3), Duke Walker (2), Cayden McDaniel (2)-56

The Bulldogs’ first home conference game came against Danville on Tuesday, December 15^th. The Dogs raced out to a 16-4 lead before Danville used an 8-0 run to pull within 4 points to end the first quarter up 24-12. Waldron was red hot in the first half of the battle as they took the halftime lead 50-29. The first half saw the Bulldogs shoot 69% from the field including 64% (9/14) from beyond the arc. The scoring slowed for both teams in the second half as the Bulldogs outscored the Little Johns 18-7 to take the 68-36 victory and move to 2-0 in conference. The Bulldogs ended the night shooting 61% from the field and used 20 Danville turnovers to convert into 22 points. The Bulldogs saw three guys in double figures. Isaac Villarreal led the way with 11 points followed by Lidge Stinson and Trenton Hunt both with 10 points. 

Box Score:

Waldron: Isaac Villarreal (11), Lidge Stinson (10), Trenton Hunt (10), Jaden Hutchens (9), Gada Wagner (8), Trevor Hunt (6), Camdon Holcomb (6), Jayden McConnell (3), Bryson Bailey (2), Braden Williams (2), Petey Justice (1) -68

Danville: Solomon Gilkey (15), Tarrel Macon (8), Ayden Hilton (6), Alex Tippin (3), Ethan Shewmake (2), Talon Hefner (2)-36 points

Then on Thursday, December 17th, Waldron took to the court to play the Pirates of Cedarville. The Bulldogs came out firing on all cylinders in the first quarter as they built an 18-8 lead to end the first quarter. The Bulldogs would see their lead get to as many as 18 with the score shining 33-15 at about two minutes to go in the half. The Pirates used an 8-1 run in the final two minutes to cut the lead to 11 for the Bulldogs going into halftime. The second half saw the Pirates get within 6 but that was the closest they would get on the night. Cedarville never went away in this game as they hit 11-3s to keep this face-off a close one. The Bulldogs finished the night shooting 46% from the field which included 30 points in the paint. Waldron also had 15 offensive rebounds that led to 17 second-chance points. The Bulldogs had three guys in double figures led by Jaden Hutchens with 22 points, Gada Wagner with 18, and Isaac Villarreal with 10. “The Real” Villarreal completed the double-double as he led all rebounders with 10. These victories moved the Bulldogs to 8-3 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Waldron will play again Monday, December 22 at home versus Lavaca, before resuming conference play on January 5^th at Cossatot. 

Box Score:

Waldron: Jaden Hutchens (22), Gada Wagner (18), Isaac Villarreal (10), Bryson Bailey (6), Braden Williams (6), Caden Fuller (5), Camdon Holcomb (2) -69

Cedarville: Austin Cluck (17), Austin Swaim (13), Hayden Morton (10), Cody Dickens (9), Tommy Metcalf (4), Lane Hightower (3), Darryl Kattich (3)-59

Photos courtesy of Jim Best