SPORTS Bulldog Basketball Comes to an End

The Lady Bulldogs ended their 2022-23 basketball season with a loss to Marceline. The final score was 43-55.

Astrid Soriano was the first to score for the Lady Bulldogs with a steal and the layup. Mirena King helped keep the second quarter close by scoring two three pointers. The Lady Bulldogs played good defense but were still down by halftime. They made an attempt to come back in the fourth quarter but ultimotely fell short.

Two individuals for the and was able to kick things out to Novak who scored some important 3-pointers. The second half wasn’t as exciting for the Bulldogs as they got behind. By the end of the third Milan was leading by 25. The Bulldogs would have to make a great attempt to get back to a close scoring game. The ending score in the third quarter was 41-26.

Lady Bulldogs where able to make the Class 3 District 16 All District girls team. Mirena King (Sophomore) tied for a third place spot with a girl from Carrollton. And Madi Moore (Junior) was the 10th pick for the District team.

The Wildcats were able to hold the Bulldogs to only 10 points in the fourth quarter. This resulted in their season ender with a score of 55-36.

The Trenton Bulldogs first took on Carrollton in their first round of District play. They were able to defeat them with a final score of 7259 in overtime. This was their first postseason win since 2019. They then went and played Milan at the Ketcham Community Center.

The first half of the game the Bulldogs exceeded ex- pectations. By the end of the first quarter the two teams were tied 11 - 11 with Kiefer Tolson and Gabe Novak leading the team with points. By the second quarter the Bulldogs still kept up with the Wildcats tieing that quarter as well with scores of 20-20. This time the Bulldogs looked to Tucker Otto who had some great steals

The Gallatin Lady Bulldogs ended their season during the first round of districts against the Plattsburg Lady Tigers. The Lady Bulldogs came close to the win but ended up short with a final score of 48-50. They end their season with improvements from last year.

The Gallatin Bulldogs won their first round of Districts against the Polo Panthers. Lead scorer for the Bulldogs was Isaac Bird with 25 points. Gavin Wilmes lead the team in rebounds with a total of 6. The final score was a shutdown of 8131.

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(bottom) E. Copple and A. Feiden help trap the offense so A. Endicott can sneak in and attempt the steal. This resulted in a jump ball which resulted in favor of the Lady Bulldogs.

The Bulldog’s second game wasn’t quite as easy as their first. Their second round of Districts was against West Platte. The Bulldogs started off strong by taking the first quarter. They then fell behind in the second quarter when they only scored 10 points. At half-time they trailed by one. The second half resulted in overtime. The few minutes played at the end sealed the Bulldogs fate when West Platte was able to score four points to the Bulldogs two. The final game score was 5961. The Bulldogs lead scorer of the night was Payton Feiden with 21 points. The teams lead rebounder of the night was also Feiden. The Bulldogs will be retiring a big group of high school seniors.

(top right) I. Bird comfort each other as the final seconds tick down of their last high school game.

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(bottom right) D. Stout jumps high scaring his opponent below as he gets up to the basket putting the ball in the hoop for two points.