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By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter 

Cardinal girls sweep Eagle Classic games

 

Last updated 1/5/2017 at 10:39am



Medical Lake’s girls’ basketball team appears to be in a good place — in a tie atop the Northeast A League standings with Lakeside — but head coach Kyle Lundberg says there’s room to be even better.

The Cardinals will see if that’s true as they resumed NEA play following a 2-0 finish in the Eagle Holiday Classic tournament at West Valley in the Spokane Valley. They beat 2B Kettle Falls with ease, 52-32, Dec. 27, and staved off a second-half rally to beat Priest River, Idaho 50-41.

“I’m happy with our record right now, however we still need to focus one game at a time,” Lundberg said.

Medical Lake, (3-0 NEA, 6-2 overall) gets a chance to see how they stack up to Lakeside (3-0, 6-3), but not until Jan. 10 at home. In the meantime they jumped back into league play this week hosting Newport (1-2, 2-6) Jan. 3, and are on the road at Freeman (0-3, 1-8), Friday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m.

“We didn’t play our best basketball over the break, but we are always happy anytime we can win,” Lundberg said.

Medical Lake played some pretty good basketball, if you look at the stats’ line versus Kettle Falls, dominating both offensively and defensively, holding KF to just three third-quarter points bumping an 11-point lead to 24. Jaxyn Farmen and Jaycee Oliver each scored 10 for the Cards.

“Our defense will always be the key to every game,” Lundberg said. “When we play good defense with good energy, really good things happen.”

Versus Priest River, it was similar in that Medical Lake led 30-17 at the half and let the Spartans get back in it over the final two quarters. Farmen was the lone Cardinal in double figures with 11, while Makayla Geiger and Emily Munson had eight each.

There were things to like, and fallout not to be happy with, Lundberg said as the team emerged from the tournament.

“We got off to decent starts, but didn’t stay with it,” Lundberg said. “We needed to put them away with our defense, but we dropped off our intensity and let them stay in the game.”

Medical Lake will do as many teams strive to do when in the heat of a hectic schedule. “You can’t start worrying and focus on games down the road,” Lundberg said. “One game at a time.”

Paul Delaney can be reached at pdelaney@cheneyfreepress.com.

 

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