The Big Sandy boys and girls basketball teams fell on Thursday to the Box Elder Bears in what would be their only contest of the weekend.
The top seeded Box Elder Bears raced past Big Sandy 68-22 after jumping out to a 48-11 half time lead.
Big Sandy was paced on the night by junior Jaylyn Cline's eight points.
The boys trailed 29-17 at the intermission but were able to cut the Box Elder lead in half by the start of the fourth trailing just 42-36.
Big Sandy matched the Bears for much of the quarter but were unable to make up the difference as they fell 61-52.
Brock Proulx had a huge effort for the Pioneers, scoring 27 points on 10 field goals and 7-12 shooting from the charity stripe.
The teams games Saturday against the North Star Knights were postponed due to severe weather and were rescheduled for Tuesday evening.
Results will be in next weeks paper.
There is only one weekend remaining in the regular season and it has the Pioneers traveling to Turner on Friday and hosting the Chester/Joplin-Inverness Hawks on Saturday. The District 9C will run February 14-17.
Girls Basketball Box Scores
Box Elder 68 Big Sandy 22
Big Sandy 6 5 2 9 - 22
Box Elder 23 25 13 7 - 68
Big Sandy: Jenna Leader 1 0-1 2, Andrea Rutledge 0 0-0 2, Jaylyn Cline 3 0-0 8, Sophie Reichelt 2 0-0 4, Amanda Cline 1 4-8 6. Team Totals 8 4-9 22.
Box Elder: Sarah Parisian 4c2-2 10, Nikayla Anderson 4 1-2 10, Eve The Boy 2 1-2 5, Maia Henderson 1 0-0 2, Maddie Wolf Chief 3 2-4 9, Lillian Gopher 6 2-4 14, Z. Henderson 0 0-2 0, Joelnell Momberg 2 1-2 5, Tallen Oats 0 0-0 0, Brittany Lafromboise 1 0-2 2, Cecilia Vielle 5 0-0 11. Team Totals 28 9-20 68.
Three Point - Big Sandy 2 (Jaylyn Cline 2), Box Elder 3 (Nikayla Anderson 1, Maddie Wolf Chief 1, Brittany Lafromboise 1); Total Fouls - Big Sandy 16, Box Elder 13; Fouled Out - None.
Boys Basketball Box Scores
Box Elder 61 Big Sandy 52
Big Sandy 7 10 19 16 - 52
Box Elder 12 17 13 19 - 61
Big Sandy: Parker Proulx 4 0-2 8, Ryan Roth 4 0-1 8, Brady Plenniger 2 0-0 5, Kade Strutz 2 0-1 4, Clint Darlington 0 0-1 0, Brock Proulx 10 7-12 27. Team Totals 22 7-17 52.
Box Elder: Nacona Limberhand 4 0-1 9, Kadyn Duran 7 3-4 20, Chris Burns 2 0-1 4, Jerel A. 1 0-0 2, Malique R. 1 0-0 2, Quintin L. 1 0-8 3, Zander P. 0 2-2 2, Seth Duran 6 6-6 19. Team Totals 21 11-22 61.
Three Point - Box Elder 5 (Seth Duran 1, Kaydyn Duran 3, Nacona Limberhand 1), Big Sandy 3 (Ryan Roth 2, Brady Plenniger 1); Total Fouls - Box Elder 21, Big Sandy 22; Fouled Out - Box Elder (Jerel A.), Big Sandy (Parker Proulx, Clint Darlington).
