With game against Ione and Horizon Christian still left on the docket, the Sherman Huskies were able to slip in a non-league hoops contest against Yakama Tribal Tuesday in Toppenish, Wash. and came away with a 68-22 loss.
Jaelyn Justesen racked up 16 of her 18 points in the first three quarters as the Sherman Huskies used that outburst to jump ahead in that span, 41-26, to secure a 55-40 girls’ hoops win Saturday in Moro.
Looking to creep closer to first place in the Big Sky Conference, the Sherman Huskies were outscored 28-23 in the half in a 60-56 loss on the road to Ione Saturday.
Makayla Macnab and Desiree Winslow tallied 10 points apiece, and Sammie Lepinski went off for nine to lead the Sherman Lady Huskies to their fifth consecutive win Friday, 44-40, over Horizon Christian.
MORO – Once the calendar turned to January and a new year, the Sherman Huskies have been a roll with four wins in their past five contests. Tuesday in Moro, the backcourt tandem of Desiree Winslow and Kiersten Casper combined for 31 points, and the Sherman Huskies used a 29-19 second-half run to defeat Dufur by a 49-39 final margin Tuesday to vault into second place in the Big Sky Conference standings.
The Sherman defense continued its lockdown play, and the duo of Desiree Winslow and Makayla Macnab combined for 34 points to help give the Huskies a 65-24 romp over Arlington in Saturday’s girls’ basketball game in Arlington.
