Coyotes defeat Mavs behind late buckets by Jaynes

The Dodson Coyotes and North Country Mavericks met up in Dodson last Thursday, February 4. Those in attendance at the Coyote Den witnessed a 57-52 nail-biter, as the hometown Coyotes won.

"I knew that was going to be a good game because that team is good," Dodson Head Coach Frank Benson said.

The teams saw other opponents throughout the week, as Dodson would fall to Scobey on Friday, February 5, and then to Froid-Lake on Saturday, February 6, while North Country defeated Glasgow last Friday and then fell to Scobey on Saturday.

In Dodson's win over North Country, the Coyotes were led by Zarek Zones who had 13 points. Juliun Benson had 12 points, Alex Werk had 10 points, and Jeramiah Benson had nine points.

Junior Michael Jaynes scored all seven of his points in the fourth quarter, to help Dodson gain a late lead and eventually win the game.

"We made sure that we got up good shots at the end to take the lead," Coach Benson said. "We had some big shots by Mikey (Jaynes) down the stretch and Juliun."

Trey Johnson led the Mavericks with 12 points. Loden Idler had 10 points, Beau Simonson had 10 points, and Jesse Lee had eight points.

Despite falling behind 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, Dodson clawed back with a 23 point outing in the second while holding the Mavericks to 15 points. The Mavs came back strong in the second half, scoring 13 points while only giving up seven. Dodson outscored North Country 16-9 in the fourth quarter.

"We are starting to box out a little better," Coach Benson said of his team's win. "Just out of quarantine, we are a little rusty and we are trying to get back into it."

Coach Benson said that he could tell how rusty his team was by the way that they were handling the ball. He also said that the team's defense kept them in the game.

DODSON

Dodson fell to Froid-Lake on Saturday night. The score was 65-42. Jones led the Coyotes with 17 points. A. Werk had seven points, Racine had six points, Jaynes had four points, Je. Benson had four points, D. Werk had two points, and Benson had two points.

Dodson was off to a slow start against Froid-Lake, scoring only four points in the first period and nine points in the second period. Froid Lake scored 17 points and 16 points respectively. Dodson picked up momentum in the last half of the game, but the lead that Froid-Lake built held up.

The Coyotes had an even tougher night scoring against Scobey last Friday night, as the team fell 81-21.

Scobey's Parker Cromwell scored 21 points for the Spartans. Jayce Tande had 14 points, and Aidan Fishell had 12.

MAVERICKS

The Mavericks were able to pick up a win over the Glasgow Scotties last Friday, in Saco. The score was 56-39.

Taylor led the Mavericks with 16 points. Idler had 14 points. Simonson had 11 points, Johnson had six points, Lee had six points, and Gairrett had three points.

Glasgow's Keigan Skolrud led all scorers with 18 and Trevor Klind added 10 points to the total.

After a low scoring first half in which North Country scored 14-13, both teams upped production in the third period; the Mavericks scored 16 points and Glasgow added 15 to their tally. The score at the end of the third was 30-28. North Country went on to post their highest point output in a single quarter this season with 26, while holding Glasgow to 11 points.

In the Maverick's 76-37 loss to Scobey, the Mavericks were outscored 27-5 in the first quarter, setting a deficit that the Mavericks couldn't overcome. Scobey was led by Aidan Fishell who had 21 points.