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November 24, 2020
Bulldog Basketball opens season at home
By Chris Darus
The Bandera Prophet
High School basketball season is in full swing and Bandera hosted 5A Medina Valley Tuesday night. Overall, the Bulldogs went 1-2 with the freshmen winning in an exciting 53-50 decision over the guests.
Freshman
The duo of Corben Gonzales and Jesse Cardenas saved their best for last as the Bulldogs edged out the Panthers by a 53-50 score to open the triple header at Bandera High School Tuesday night.
The two players combined for 13 of their 17 points on the night when Bandera needed them the most.
Issac Segura led the team with 16, in spite of having to leave the game early.
Gonzales ended the night with 9 points, Cardenas and Adan Ramos had 8 points each, Alex Dirck added 4, Timothy Danour and Hank Pate added 3 points each and Jake Lannon had 2.
JV
The JV Bulldogs played with a short bench, dressing just 8 players and it would tell on the Bulldogs late in the game as the Panthers extended a small lead at the half into a 52-30 win.
Down by just 4 at halftime, Medina Valley's full court press put pressure on the Bulldogs and allowed MV to take advantange of unforced errors and turnovers to outscore the Bulldogs for the half.
Kyle Morgan and Gavin Ortiz led Bandera scoring with 12 and 7 points, respectively.
Salvador Enriquez contributed 6, Coleton Trinkelbach and Conner Vick scored 2 each and Jack Pate had a single point on the night.
Varsity
The Bulldog varsity dressed only eight players in their contest against Medina Valley and were running close to empty as the Bulldogs faded in the fourth quarter in a 65-46 loss to open the season.
Both teams went tit for tat in the first half, going into the locker rooms tied at 24 all, and the game stayed close until the fourth, but the Panthers started hitting from long range late, to extend their lead and get the victory.
Liam DeMarchi led the way for Bandera with 13 points and 13 boards to open the season. Kayden Brown and Liberty Bomer both scored 9 points each and Brown had 5 assists in the loss.
“I was really proud of the way our guys battled through the adversity they were facing on the court Tuesday night, and they fought until the end. We did a great job playing aggressive, being positive and staying together.
We talk about those three things every day and we exemplified that for most of the game. We need to take better care of the ball and have a better showing in the fourth quarter moving forward, but there are plenty of positives to take out of our season opener and we will build on those going into Friday," coach Brady Keane said.
Box score
1 2 3 4 Final
Medina Valley 14 10 20 21 65
Bandera 9 15 15 7 46
Bandera stats:
Points_ L. DeMarchi, 13, L. Bomer, 9. K. Brown, 9, R. Zimmel, 6, R. Perez, 5, E. Langton, 2, G. Winkler, 2
Rebounds_ DiMarchi, 13, Brown, 5, Zimmel, 3, Winkler, 2, Langton, 1, Perez, 1
Assists_ Brown, 6, Bomer, 2, Zimmel, 2
Steals_ Perez, 1
Blocks_ DeMarchi, 1
Freshman
The duo of Corben Gonzales and Jesse Cardenas saved their best for last as the Bulldogs edged out the Panthers by a 53-50 score to open the triple header at Bandera High School Tuesday night.
The two players combined for 13 of their 17 points on the night when Bandera needed them the most.
Issac Segura led the team with 16, in spite of having to leave the game early.
Gonzales ended the night with 9 points, Cardenas and Adan Ramos had 8 points each, Alex Dirck added 4, Timothy Danour and Hank Pate added 3 points each and Jake Lannon had 2.
JV
The JV Bulldogs played with a short bench, dressing just 8 players and it would tell on the Bulldogs late in the game as the Panthers extended a small lead at the half into a 52-30 win.
Down by just 4 at halftime, Medina Valley's full court press put pressure on the Bulldogs and allowed MV to take advantange of unforced errors and turnovers to outscore the Bulldogs for the half.
Kyle Morgan and Gavin Ortiz led Bandera scoring with 12 and 7 points, respectively.
Salvador Enriquez contributed 6, Coleton Trinkelbach and Conner Vick scored 2 each and Jack Pate had a single point on the night.
Varsity
The Bulldog varsity dressed only eight players in their contest against Medina Valley and were running close to empty as the Bulldogs faded in the fourth quarter in a 65-46 loss to open the season.
Both teams went tit for tat in the first half, going into the locker rooms tied at 24 all, and the game stayed close until the fourth, but the Panthers started hitting from long range late, to extend their lead and get the victory.
Liam DeMarchi led the way for Bandera with 13 points and 13 boards to open the season. Kayden Brown and Liberty Bomer both scored 9 points each and Brown had 5 assists in the loss.
“I was really proud of the way our guys battled through the adversity they were facing on the court Tuesday night, and they fought until the end. We did a great job playing aggressive, being positive and staying together.
We talk about those three things every day and we exemplified that for most of the game. We need to take better care of the ball and have a better showing in the fourth quarter moving forward, but there are plenty of positives to take out of our season opener and we will build on those going into Friday," coach Brady Keane said.
Box score
1 2 3 4 Final
Medina Valley 14 10 20 21 65
Bandera 9 15 15 7 46
Bandera stats:
Points_ L. DeMarchi, 13, L. Bomer, 9. K. Brown, 9, R. Zimmel, 6, R. Perez, 5, E. Langton, 2, G. Winkler, 2
Rebounds_ DiMarchi, 13, Brown, 5, Zimmel, 3, Winkler, 2, Langton, 1, Perez, 1
Assists_ Brown, 6, Bomer, 2, Zimmel, 2
Steals_ Perez, 1
Blocks_ DeMarchi, 1
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