Tiger boys lose one, win one

ODESSA – Another week has passed of Covid messing with the basketball schedule. A non-league game against Moses Lake Christian Academy was scheduled for Jan. 11, then postponed until Wednesday, Jan. 12, when the game was played in Odessa. Collin Martin returned to the lineup, having been released to play by his doctor. The team was thus finally back at full strength.

The game was definitely a hard-fought battle. Although MLCA dominated early, the Tigers fought their way back into the game. The only injury, however, was to the unlucky referee who was knocked into the bleachers by a dribbler and a defender racing down the sideline. The ref took quite a blow to the head on the bleacher stairs and had to leave the game. Another ref from the JV game played earlier quickly changed back into his official's uniform and replaced the injured ref. The incident took place late in the game, so the decision was made to finish the contest prior to taking the injured man for a CT scan in Moses Lake (several officials had car-pooled from Moses Lake).

MLCA 21 15 17 7 60

Odessa 7 20 9 15 51

Senior guard Daeton Deife scored 14 points and Jacob Scrupps added 13. Scrupps led the team in rebounds with seven.

Mary Walker High School cancelled Friday's game scheduled to be played in Springdale. Saturday's non-league game against Soap Lake resulted in a win for Odessa by a score of 68 to 66. The JV boys also played and also came out with a win, 49-31. As it turned out, only the boys' games were played. Too many players on the girls' team were sick, so their games were cancelled.

No further stats were provided to the newspaper as of press time.