Mavericks Defeat Coyotes in Saco

The North Country Mavericks and Dodson Coyotes basketball teams met up in Saco last Saturday, December 21. THe Mavericks won 70-33.

On Friday, December 20, the Mavericks defeated the Frazer Bearcubs 68-23. Dodson fell to the Scobey Spartans 83-23.

Blaine Downing led the Mavericks in their win over Dodson with 20 points. Laytin Erickson had 18 points, Coy Bowman had 13 points, Chase Albus had nine points, Jake Brown had five points, Kade Strommen had four points, and Jayden Henshew had one point.

The teams were tied up at six up until about midway through the first quarter. The Mavericks ended the first quarter on a nine point run. The Mavs outscored Dodson 20-11 in the second quarter, 17-8 in the third quarter, and 18-8 in the fourth quarter.

Dodson was led by Junior Stiffarm who had 12 points. Mason LoneBear had six points, Lance KillEagle had six points, Frank Sonny Cole had four points, Donovan Posey had three points, and Brayden Jones had two points.

Mavericks Head Coach Chad Bowman was asked about the key to their win over Dodson.

"Good ball movement and just playing defense," Coach Bowman said. "Being patient and trying to hit some shots. I guess it was just trying to keep things basic."

He was asked about the team's slow start against Dodson and how they were able to turn things around.

"I think that maybe they were starting to worry about Christmas break a little bit too soon," Coach Bowman said. "So, after that first quarter they got into a little bit more basketball mode and our ball movement was better and our rebounding was better. Our rebounding really bailed us out because we didn't really shoot that well."

In North Country's win over Frazer, Albus had 14 points, Erickson had 12 points, Sam Simonson had 11 points, Bowman had nine points, Brown had seven points, Strommen had six points, Downing had six points, and Henshew had four points.

"They're all pretty young," Coach Bowman said of Frazer. "So that, and then they only had 6 kids. Needless to say, we've probably had a foot on everyone on the floor. They have got a lot of young talent for Frazer, they just need another year or two to grow up and mature."

In Dodson's loss to Scobey, Stiffarm had six points, Posey had five points, LoneBear had five points, Cole had three points, B. Jones had two points, and KillEagle had two points.