Creek Valley, Potter-Dix hoops endure a troubled Saturday night

Saturday evening was none too kind to the Creek Valley and Potter-Dix high school’s basketball programs, whose boys and girls were swept by Caliche (Colo.) and Paxton, respectively.

TIGERS TOO STRONG

FOR COYOTES

Paxton proved too tough a visitor for P-D, winning the girls contest, 58-27, and then handing the boys a 90-34 thumping.

Conner Wolff managed a team-high 16 points for the Potter-Dix girls’ squad, but Paxton rolled to an easy victory on the strength of 17 points from Brekkan Martinosky. Emma Holz added 13 points and Taylor Holzfaster 10 for Paxton, which led at 16-10 at the first stop, 31-14 at halftime and 46-22 heading into the final period.

P-D’s boys never got untracked in their loss to Paxton, which outscored the Coyotes (1-3) 27-10 in the first frame. The deficit mushroomed to 52-13 at intermission and kept growing in the second half.

Bryant Knigge scored 13 points to pace P-D.

Both P-D clubs will host Cheyenne County rival Leyton this evening, with the girls’ varsity game slated to begin at 5 p.m.

Girls game

Paxton 58, Potter-Dix 27

Paxton 16 15 15 12-58

P-D 10 4 8 5-27

P-D (3-1): CWolff 16, Juelfs 5, Livingston 3, Maas 2, Lewis 1

Boys game

Paxton 90, Potter-Dix 34

Paxton 27 25 23 15-90

P-D 10 3 15 6-34

P-D (1-3): BryKnigge 13, JJohnson 6, LJohnson 6, Harms 4, Gorsuch 3, Hicks 2

STORM DROPS TWO

IN COLORADO

ILIFF, Colo. — A rough start and a difficult finish were costly to the Creek Valley boys team in an 82-44 loss against the Buffaloes.

Following a slow start, the Storm (3-1), trailing 18-5 after a period, played on near-even terms with Caliche through the middle portion of the contest.

However, Caliche rolled up a 27-4 advantage in the fourth quarter to put the game away.

“It was a tough game,” Creek coach Roger Behrends said. “It was a 15 point game going into the fourth quarter, but we just ran out of gas. I am proud of the kids’ effort against a very good team.”

Sam Behrends scored 16 points for Creek, and Lane Godfrey added nine and Luke Cavalli eight.

Caliche’s Lady Buffs also rolled to an easy win against the Storm, winning 73-30.

Shaylin Johnson buried21 points and Sami Morgan 18 for Caliche, which led 36-13 at the half.

Summer Mueller scored nine points to lead all CV scorers.

Friday, Creek Valley makes a return trip to northeast Colorado to take on Sedgwick County.

Girls game

Caliche (Colo.) 73,

Creek Valley 30

Creek 9 4 10 7-30

Caliche 17 19 18 19-73

Creek (1-3): Mueller 9, Straber 4, Blackwelder 4, Brown 4, JBehrends 3, Selby 3, Reichman 3, Schievebein 1

Caliche (4-0): Johnson 21, Morgan 18, Zink 9, Nelson 8, Taylor 5, Lewis 5, Weingardt 4, Stumpf 2, Monheiser 1.

Boys game

Caliche 82, Creek Valley 44

Creek 5 17 18 4-44

Caliche 18 17 20 27-82

Creek (3-1): SBehrends 16, Godfrey 9, Cavalli 8, McConnell 7, Simmons 2, Reichman 2

Caliche (3-1): Gandee 20, Yahn 11, Davison 9, Etl 9, Kongsley 6, Debus 6, Streb 5, Kuskie 5, Troester 4, Zonk 3, Merer 2