The strong, aggressive defense of Fossil Ridge High School’s girls varsity basketball team led them to beat Fort Collins High School 41-38 and capture the city champions title on Tuesday, January 31.
Both teams came out strong, putting away their shots. Brit Mishak scored the first basket of the game in the first 30 seconds off of a inside-the-paint shot. Katey Guzman and Kylie both hit three pointers towards the end of the quarter but the Sabercats were not able to pull into the lead by the end of the first quarter. Collins led Fossil 13-15 going into the second quarter.
The second and third quarter was the shining moment for Fossil’s defense. They held Collins to 6 points in the second quarter and 5 points in the third quarter. Between Mckenna Schultz’s speed and Ashley Steffeck’s hops, the Sabercats forced 19 turnovers for the Lambkins that resulted in scoring opportunities.
Collins began to make a comeback in the fourth quarter but Fossil was able to finish strong and capture the 41-38 win. Steffeck led with the most amount of points at 10 and Metcalf trailed closely behind with 8 points, six points off of three pointers.
The Sabercats will go into the game against Fairview High School on Friday, February 3 with a city championship under their belt. The game is at home at 6:30 pm, come out and support the Fossil Sabercats.
Jordon • Feb 7, 2017 at 8:11 am
I like how each paragraph was very short and how there were many images. It was nice because while reading I could have images to go along with it.
Mason Fowler • Feb 7, 2017 at 8:08 am
I really like the pictures and the detail in the articles. The details capture the feeling of the game and it helps people who weren’t there picture the game.
bella alessi • Feb 7, 2017 at 8:00 am
Bella Alessi- I was at the game on January 31st and Haley definitely captured the emotion and the intensity of the game very well! I think Haley used really influential descriptive adjectives to enhance her style of writing on the subject. Also her pictures used here really made the article fun to read.
Kevin • Feb 7, 2017 at 8:00 am
The pictures were really good in giving a visual for the story on top of an intriguing title.