Billygoats come up short against Soap Lake, Waterville

PATEROS – Despite coming off a 30-point win over Cascade Christian on Jan. 5, the Pateros High School varsity boys’ basketball team dropped the next two games to Waterville, 49-38, on Jan. 10, and Soap Lake, 49-32, on Jan. 12.

Shockers stun

The Billygoats fell behind Waterville by 14 points in the first quarter but outscored the Shockers 17-12 in the second to close to nine points of the leaders by halftime. Waterville had a strong third quarter with 12 points while Pateros could only manage three that put them down by almost 20 going into the fourth. Despite another run in the fourth where the Billygoats outscored the Shockers 12-5, it was not enough to catch up by the buzzer.

“We didn’t get the best start in the first quarter by giving them 20 to our 6,” said Stennes, acknowledging the team’s cold first and third quarters and solid second and fourth.

“We were led by Pamatz offensively with 12 points, and defensively by Sherrard with 9 rebounds,” Stennes said.

Pateros            6          23        26        38

W/M               20        32        44        49

Pidi Pamatz                 12 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists

Chris Poore                 7-2-2

Ish Mireles                  6-6-3

Jose Ascencion           6 pts, 1 steal

Nash Sherrard             4-9-3 blocks

Diego Mota                 2-2-2

Aldo Caballero           1 point

Soap Lake cleans up

“We lost to a good Soap Lake team,” said Stennes. “We were able to contain them in the first half and went into halftime down two.”

However, the game seemed to repeat the highs and lows of the earlier Shockers’ loss.

“Again, the third quarter hurt us due to our inability to score offensively,” said Stennes. “We only had three points in the third quarter for the second straight game, getting outscored 16-3.”

Ish Mireles turned in a double-double performance to lead the Billygoats with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Pidi Pamatz added seven points.

“We had a rough night shooting, going 10-46 from the floor. Proud of my guys for playing hard the entire game and not giving up.” Stennes said.

Pateros            8          19        22        32

Soap Lake       13        21        37        49

Ish Mireles                  10 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists

Pidi Pamatz                 7-1-0

Nash Sherrard             5-4-0

Diego Mota                 4-2-0

Jose Ascencion           3-1-0

Pablo Gonzalez           2-4-0

Chris Poore                 1-3-0

Pateros was scheduled to play Riverside Christian at home, Tuesday, Jan. 17, and travel to Entiat on Thursday, Jan. 19.