We’ve entered the second half of the basketball season, and the field is starting to take shape. With two more wins over the weekend, the Lady Panthers are 9-2 overall, and a game behind Ennis in the conference standings. The boys are 6-5, and still very much in the thick of things.
The boys took on Three Forks last week in Three Forks, always a tough place to play, and lost 63-52. The first 6 points went to the Wolves, before Wyatt Geier scored and started a Panther run, with a bucket by Hunter Stevens and a three by Geier giving Jefferson a 7-6 lead. A nice block by Stevens put some spark into the Panthers’ offense, and they held a 14-11 edge at the end of one.
Jed Williams put the Panthers up 19-11, then came up with a huge block on the other end — but the Wolves put in the next 9 to take a 20-19 lead. They led 27-25 at the half, then went on big run to start the third, making it 35-27 before the Panthers could regroup. Three Forks was still up, 54-44, with four minutes to play when Jefferson mounted a final challenge. Kellen Meredith hit a three, and Tyler Frydenlund stole the ball and scored to make it 58-52 — but the Wolves held on for the win.
