Middle School Girls Basketball 2011-02-15 - NW vs Mt Baker

The Middle School girls basketball season kicked off yesterday with OHMS facing Anacortes on the road and NWMS hosting Mt. Baker.

In the Cougar gym, things didn't look too bad for the 7th grade girls. At first. Mt. Baker built an early 5-0 lead and the Cougars didn't score until Hannah Knoll scored to make it 2-5 with 4:10 left in the first. Then, Rieley Auger nailed a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in the 1st to make it 5-7. Then in the 2nd period, Knoll scored again to tie the game at 7 each then Laura Anderson tied it again at 9 with 4:35 left in the 1st half. Unfortunately, that was the last score NWMS would get in the half as they went into the locker room down 15-9. Things got worse in the 2nd half as the Cougar girls could not contain the Grizzly offense and lost 29-19. Knoll finished with 10 points, Auger with 3, while Anderson, Mariel Empinado and Monique Masuko had 2 each.

The 8th grade was a blowout. With just a few returning players, the Cougars found themselves in a 22-0 1st quarter deficit. The Cougars finally got on the board when Aubrey Lock scored with 4:55 left in the 2nd. Mt. Baker went on to win the game 56-7. Lock scored 4 in the game, Ashleigh Cook 2 and Meghan Gronbach 1.

A few video highlights are HERE.

51 photos from the 7th grade game are posted HERE.

67 photos from the 8th grade game are posted HERE.