Paton-Churdan

Paton-Churdan visited Ogden in high school girl/boy non-conference basketball last night. The Rockets lost the girls’ contest 42-30, and 64-50 in the boys’ game.

Both girls’ teams struggled to score in the first half with the Bulldogs up at halftime, 16-12. Junior Alivya Smith had 13 points to lead the Rockets, who fell to 2-10. Junior Kaliyah Minnihan added nine points for Coach Tom Kennedy’s team. Dakota Jones had 15 points for Ogden and Layla Wells added 12. The Bulldogs are now 1-13 after collecting their first win of the season.

The Bulldogs improved to 3-10 while the Rockets fell to 4-8. Coach Josh Cerveny reports his squad was led in scoring by juniors Blaise Schilling and Trevon Keely with 12 points apiece, and they had 11 from senior Phoenix Hartman. Unofficially, junior Bryce Stephenson hauled in nine rebounds and five each from Hartman and Schilling. Hartman was also credited with four steals. The game was tied 25-25 at the half, but trail4ed 44-32 at the end of the third quarter. He added, “The difference is tonight we continued to compete, so we can build on this. We have to be better on defense though. We have to turn the page quickly with another tough game vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard.”

Tonight, P-C is back home in Churdan for a Rolling Valley Activities Conference twin bill vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard’s Crusaders.