SHSS seniors beat Salmo in last game
For grade 12 players Laura Monsen and Marissa Evdokimoff, the last game of the season couldn't have gone much better.
With only five senior players at Stanley Humphries School, the team relied on junior players playing up to have enough players to hit the court.
The team played a limited schedule this season with games against local teams L.V. Rogers, Rossland and Salmo. In their last game of the season, and for the careers of the grade 12's, the SHSS Bulldogs faced the Salmo Falcons at home and pulled out their first ever win.
The Bulldogs started out strong but could never completely pull ahead of the under-manned but feisty Salmo squad.
In the end, the final score was 41-37 for SHSS as they held on for the victory.
"It was intense," said Monsen. "We kept going up and they kept tying it. We kept playing strong."
"It was a really close game," said Evdokimoff, who led the Bulldogs with 16 points. "The team played strong right until the end."
Both girls, and their senior teammates, were grateful to junior coaches Gord and Kim Matson. The Matsons were able to schedule several games for the senior team and encouraged the older players to practice regularly with the junior team at the school.
"It's been great," said Monsen. "We haven't had a season for two years. We actually got to play - it's been really awesome that the Matsons and all the assistant coaches have come out and help us to have a season this year."
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