Billygoats wallop Wilson Creek for third place in CW1B

PATEROS – The Billygoats varsity basketball team went to 3-2 and third place in the Central Washington 1B league following a 60-30 win on their home court over winless Wilson Creek last Thursday, Jan. 10. While the Devils are struggling to find their first CW1B win, Pateros was no help, jumping out to a 26-point 30-4 lead in the first quarter that would set the tone for the first half of play.

The Billygoats held the Devils to single-digit scoring again in the second quarter and took a 40-10 lead into the locker room. Wilson Creek managed to mount a rally in the second half with 14 points in the third period and 10 in the fourth but wasn’t enough to overtake the leaders.

Coach Marcus Stennes said his team played a strong defensive first half by not allowing the Devils any second attempts on missed shots. Sophomore forward Ethan Wall led all scorers with 25 points followed by Ethan Freels with 15.

Pateros: 30-10-11-9  60
W/C: 4-2-14-10  30
Ethan Wall: 25 points, 5 rebounds.
Ethan Freels: 15 pts, 2 assists.
Andrew Ceniceros: 9 pts, 4 reb.
Sam Larsen: 5 pts, 7 reb, 10 asst.
Tag Easter: 2 pts, 3 reb.
Max Ewing: 6 reb.
Jeremy Piechalski: 4 reb.
Omar Mota: 4 reb.
Aiden Hall: 4 asst.

Eagles grounded
In an earlier non-league home game, the Billygoats put the Soap Lake Eagles to flight with an 81-46 win on Tuesday, Jan. 8, that improved Pateros’ overall record to 9-5. Again, it was an early 12-point first-quarter lead that forced the Eagles to play catch-up and they were never successful.

“This was a good one for us since we blew a 26-point halftime lead down there and lost,” Stennes said.

He was referring to the first time the Billygoats played Soap Lake this season on the road Dec. 6 and allowed the Eagles to rally through the last two quarters of the game to edge Pateros, 71-70.

Sophomore Aiden Hall shot 8-13 from the field to lead Pateros with 21 points. Four other Billygoats scored in double figures including Freels with 19, Wall with 15, and Tag Easter with 10.

Pateros was scheduled to play Cascade Christian Academy on the road last Monday, Jan. 14, and meet Moses Lake Christian Academy on Thursday, Jan. 17. The Billygoats will be back home on Saturday, Jan. 19, to host 2B Waterville-Mansfield for an early 3:30 p.m. game.

Pateros: 20-10-28-13  81
Soap Lake: 8-10-14-14  46
Pateros scoring:
A. Hall: 21 pts, 5 reb.
E. Freels: 19 pts, 9 asst.
E. Wall: 15 pts, 6 reb.
T. Easter: 10 pts, 4 reb, 6 steals.
S. Larsen: 8 pts, 6 asst.
I. Ceniceros: 4 pts, 6 reb, 5 asst.
A. Gonzalez: 3 pts, 3 reb.
M. Ewing: 1 pt, 3 reb.
J. Piechalski: 7 reb, 4 stl.