Eagles play three to start new year

MIDLAND RECAP

Girls basketball

     Midland won one out of three games to begin the 2018 portion of its girls basketball season.

     The Eagles (4-3, 5-10) traveled to Bellevue Jan. 2 to take on Marquette Catholic, and lost 54-40. The Mohawks outscored Midalnd 29-12 over the middle two quarters to take control. The Eagles were led by Drew Jensen, who scored 15 points and had seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Delanie Uppena had eight points and 10 rebounds, and Morgan Soper added eight points.

     On Jan. 5, the Eagles traveled to face top-ranked Springville, and lost 67-31. The Orioles grabbed a 21-7 lead by the end of the first quarter. Uppena led Midland with nine points, Callie Markmann scored six, Jensen added five and Emma Paulsen had four. Markmann also had four assists and three steals.

     The Eagles got back in the win column Jan. 6 at home against Durant, winning 54-22. Midland turned a one-point first quarter lead into a 24-10 halftime advantage, then pulled away in the second half. Markmann shot 5-for-7 from the field and finished with 15 points and five steals. Soper had nine points, and Jensen had eight points and five assists. Paulsen pulled down 10 rebounds.

 

Boys basketball

     The Midland boys basketball team started the new year with a 55-45 loss at Bellevue Marquette. Midland (0-6, 1-10) trailed by just three at halftime, 30-27, but was outscored 14-4 in the third quarter. Britan Martens came off the bench to lead the Eagles with 14 points. Carsen Rupp had eight points, and Wilson Buckwalter had six points and five assists.

    

Wrestling

     Midland took part in a quadrangular meet Jan. 4 at Cascade, losing three duals. The Eagles lost 39-36 to Tipton, 40-29 to Cascade, and 42-25 to Camanche.

     Brett Schoenherr went 3-0, with two decisions and a forfeit, for the Eagles. Griffin Gravel went 2-0 with two pins. Going 2-1 were Carson Hunter, Trevor Gudenkauf and Damon Huston. Hunter and Gudenkauf each had two pins.

    

 

 

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