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22 Weekly News Journal Thursday, March 7, 2013SportsBOYS Basketball this weekBobcats struggle at StateBy Jeri BosleyWeekly News JournalBURLEY – There were highexpectations for the Burley Bobcatboys’ basketball team thisseason with several juniors joiningthe ranks of the varsity team.This junior class had lost veryfew games since their days playingfor Burley Junior High.Only three seniors, Kyle Garrard,Kody Coltrin, and JacksonKnopp donned the roster andGarrard was the only consistentstarter of the seniors for the season.Scott Pilling and BrandonHosteen were the juniors whohad varsity experience.Despite a slow start with threePhoto by Ryan Thomas PhotographyBurley’s Kyle Garrard was theonly starting senior for theBobcats this season.consecutive losses, the Bobcatswent 15-5 for the regular season,their only Great Basin lossescame at the hands of the TwinFalls Bruins. Once the districttournament started, Burley ralliedto beat the number one seededBruins in a stunning 68-53 victory.It was necessary for theBruins to beat the Bobcats twiceto win the district championshipand that they did. This pitted thenumber two seed from DistrictIV, Burley, against the SkyviewHawks from Nampa who hadtopped the 4A Idaho Media Pollfor the majority of the season.Burley hustled to stay withSkyview in the first quarter andeven managed to hold their ownfor a few minutes in the secondquarter, until the Hawks steppedit up and the Bobcats seemedfatigued. The score at halftimewas Burley 21, Skyview 34. TheHawks continued their momentumthroughout the rest of thegame to beat Burley 75-48.Burley’s Kody Coltrin cameoff the bench to have 12 points forthe team high. The loss sent theBobcats to the consolation sideof the bracket to play the BishopKelly Knights from Boise wholost to Rigby in their opener.The loser out game was playedon Friday afternoon at BorahHigh School. Burley seemedoutmatched once again, fallingbehind at halftime 35-19. TheBobcats contained the Knightsin the third quarter, keepingBishop Kelly from expandingtheir lead. However, the fourthquarter belonged to the Knightswho scored 22 points to finish thegame. Bishop Kelly eliminatedthe Bobcats by a score of 67-41.Burley’s Hosteen had a teamhigh 13 points for the Bobcats.As the tournament progressed, itwas the Rigby Trojans who tookthe state title, the Moscow Bearstook second place, the SkyviewHawks took third place, andBishop Kelly won the consolationtrophy.Despite not bringing homehardware for their basketball performance,the Burley boys wereon hand Saturday night to claimthe 4A Idaho State AcademicChampionship and Burley HighSchool won the 4A Idaho SportsmanshipAward.Declo loses to Soda SpringsBy Jeri BosleyWeekly News JournalDECLO – The Declo Hornetsappeared at the 2A IdahoState Boys Basketball Championshipslast weekend atCapital High School for thefirst time in eight years withHead Coach Val Christiansen.The Hornets began thetournament on Thursday afternoonagainst the GrangevilleBulldogs. Declo fought hardand traded baskets throughoutthe first half in a tight battlewith the Bulldogs. The scoreat the break was Grangeville23, Declo 24.Grangeville shut the Hornetsdown in the second halfto win the first game 60-47and put Declo into the consolationsside of the bracket.Kyle Heward scored a teamhigh 16 points followed byKai Garner with 10 points.Next up for the HornetsPhoto by Ryan Thomas PhotographyDeclo’s senior Kai Garnerwas the high scorer forthe Hornets during the2A Idaho State BasketballChampionships.Your newspaper for the next 100 years!Every mailbox,every week!were the North Charter Huskiesfrom Eagle, Idaho. Decloplayed a great game and won aspot in the consolation championshipgame by a score of50-35 over the Huskies. Garnerhad a game high 18 pointsto lead all players.The consolation game wasSaturday morning against theSoda Springs Cardinals. Thegame was tight all the waythrough until the middle ofthe fourth quarter when theCardinals’ shots fell and theHornets struggled to get theball in the basket. Declo lostto Soda Springs by a score of54-47. The score was not atrue indication of how closethe game was.The Declo Hornets werenamed the 2A Idaho StateAcademic Champions andawarded their trophy Saturdayafternoon at the Idaho Centerin Nampa. 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