The Logan Middle School Timberwolves and Lady Timberwolves basketball teams were both victorious in their Mid Valley Athletic Conference Championship games, with the Timberwolves defeating the Ripley Middle School Vikings and the Lady Timberwolves defeating the Winfield Middle School Lady Generals. Both Teams finished the season with an impressive record of 17-2
THE TIMBERWOLVES RECAP
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| 2023 Boys MVAC Champion |
After a hard-fought season, the Logan Timberwolves finally saw their hard work pay off Thursday night in the team's 54-52 away victory over the Ripley Vikings. The Vikings led the game for a short time in the first quarter, but the Timberwolves took control of the lead and held it up until the final seconds of the third quarter.
Ripley crawled back to take the lead by two points with under 30 seconds to go in the third, but the Timberwolves quickly answered at the start of the fourth by taking the lead back and holding it for the remainder of the contest.
The Timberwolves dominated the boards with 31 rebounds to the Vikings' 20 and had big performances from multiple guys during the win. Gage Green Snagged 10 rebounds with 6 points, Grayson Sanders led the team in scoring with 19 points, and Lucas Lambert finished with a double-double, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
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| Coach Hainer hoists championship plaque |
I spoke with Head Coach Seth Hainer about what it was like to see his players win the championship after all the time they’ve put in to get there. He said, “That feeling you get winning it all is what makes it all worth it; I have won the conference as a player and a coach, and let me tell you, the coaching side of it is much, much sweeter, it's just special.”
THE LADY TIMBERWOLVES RECAP
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| 2023 Girls MVAC Champions |
The Logan Lady Timberwolves dominated in their home game on Feb 9. against the Winfield Lady Generals. The Lady Timberwolves led the whole game, only allowing three points in the first half and finishing the game with a final score of 45-15.
The lady Timberwolves were led by Kayden Compton and Kinley Steele. Compton scored 10 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, and ripped away 3 steals, While Kinley Steele finished the game with a huge double-double, scoring 18 points, grabbing 17 rebounds, and joined Compton with 3 steals of her own.
Head coach Chad Hatfield spoke with me about his team's improvements over the season and what he saw during the championship, and he said, “I seen a team that was 100% bought into the defense, still got a lot to learn on it, but we definitely done a lot better. I seen a team that was very unselfish and had total confidence in players one through ten and just matured as individuals.”
When it comes to how he and his team felt after the win, Coach Hatfield said, “What they probably don’t realize is they never won that game that day; they won that game during the offseason. Every minute of work that they put in, they won that game at every 8 a.m. Saturday morning practice we had when they had to get up and didn’t want to be there.”
Hatfield also mentioned that the players skipped out on free time on the weekends and hanging out with friends to complete their goal, staying at practice for 2 or 3 hours to improve as a team.
Congratulations to both the Timberwolves and Lady Timberwolves on all of your hard work, dedication, and bringing home the 2023 boys and girls MVAC championships.
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