Oroville girls beat Wellpinit again
Published 11:11 am Thursday, January 5, 2012
WELLPINIT – The Oroville girls basketball team defeated Wellpinit for the second time in six days on Thursday, Dec. 29, winning a 50-45 road contest.
The victory followed a 40-36 win on Dec. 23 over the same team at home.
The Hornets took a 10-2 lead after one quarter and were up 38-23 after three quarters before Wellpinit made a late charge.
Lily Hilderbrand led Oroville (5-2) with 17 points, with Callie Barker adding nine and Naomi Peters scoring eight.
The Hornets next play Saturday, Jan. 7, at Bridgeport in their Central Washington League North Division conference opener.
About Brent Baker
Brent, is a former reporter/photographer for the Gazette-Tribune and sometimes works as a freelance sports reporter for the G-T. Prior to working at the G-T, he was the sports editor for Sunrise Publishing from 2000-2005 in Michigan. He subsequently owned and operated Buckland Media, a high school sports website, in Michigan until 2010. He and his wife Kim, who have an adult son, moved to Tonasket in 2010. Brent worked as a full time reporter/photographer at the G-T from 2011 - 2014).
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