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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Turnover woes continue for Eagles at Stockton
The Pecos Eagles struggled through some of the same problems in
their District 4-3A road opener Tuesday night in Fort Stockton as they
did in their home opener in district last Friday. But the Eagles were
able to stay with the Fort Stockton Prowlers until the final period,
when Fort Stockton broke away for a 68-48 victory at the Williams
Center.
"We had pretty much the same problems with turnovers and panicking
on the press," said Valenzuela. "I thought when they started the press
it was going to be the same thing as with Monahans. We made the same
mistakes trying to pass over people and passing to someone with two
people on them, but we were able to hang in with Fort Stockton."
Pecos trailed by only one point after the opening period, and were
down 30-23 at halftime. The Prowlers upped that margin to 10 points, at
44-34, after three periods, and then doubled that margin in the final
period.
Guard Ruby Bernal led all scorers with 19 points, while Tammy Cash
added 16 in a foul-filled game that saw both teams combine for 54 fouls
and 78 free throws in 32 minutes of play. Half of Pecos' points came
from the foul line, with Leslie Rodriguez leading the Eagles with 14
points, including 8-for-10 from the line, while Adriana Armendariz was
6-for-8 from the line and finished with 12.
"Tammy Cash got a lot of baskets off rebound because we still don't
want to block out," Valenzuela said. "We didn't get a lot of
over-the-back calls, but we still didn't block her out like we should."
The loss left the Eagles with a 3-14 mark and an 0-2 record in
district, while the Prowlers are 2-0 in district and 11-9 on the
season. The Eagles will return home on Friday night to face Greenwood,
which improved to 1-1 in district with a win over Presidio on Tuesday.
PECOS (48)
Rodriguez 3 8-10 14; Carrasco 0 0-0 0; D. Garcia 2 5-8 9; M. Mendoza
0 1-4 1; Valdez 0 0-0 0; O. Mendoza 0 0-2 0; V. Garcia 3 4-5 10;
Armendariz 3 6-8 12; Mazone 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 24-37 48.
FORT STOCKTON (68)
Holguin 0 3-4 3; Bernal 6 6-13 19; Muniz 7 0-4 14; Carrillo 1 0-0 2;
Gonzales 2 0-0 4; Garza 0 4-8 4; Cash 6 4-4 16; Ramos 2 1-2 5; Singh 0
1-2 1. Totals 24 19-41 68.
Pecos 12 11 11 14 48
Ft. Stockton 13 17 14 24 68
Three-point goals: Fort Stockton 1(Bernal). Fouled out: Pecos, D.
Garcia, M. Mendoza, Mazone. Fort Stockton, Garza, Ramos. Total fouls:
Pecos 27, Fort Stockton 27.
Pecos struggles with Jal in final pre-district game
With District 4-3A play scheduled to begin on Friday, and with the
state's third-ranked team, Greenwood, up first for the Pecos Eagles,
coach Joe Flores was hoping to get a good effort out of his team
Tuesday night in Jal, in the final pre-district contest for Pecos.
Instead, he got "one of our worst games of the season," against the
Panthers, as the host Panthers outscored Pecos 34-18 in the second half
of a 59-38 win over the Eagles.
"We had 35 turnovers in the ballgame," Flores said. "If this wasn't
our worst game of the year overall, than defensively it was. "We
couldn't get anything going and we got no low post play whatsoever."
Hobbs' Matt Clint and Javier Comminez both hit 3-point shots on the
way to scoring 14 and 11 points, but Flores said most of the Panthers'
baskets came from inside.
"They got a lot of lay-ups. Our defensive presences was not there
and we gave them a lot of uncontested lay-ups," he said. Tyler Briones
benefited most from those problems, and finished with 12 points.
The Eagles didn't have a player in double figures on the night, and
didn't have their leading scorer, Oscar Parada, for most of the game,
Flores said. "Oscar fouled out early in the fourth quarter, and he
hardly even played. He was in foul trouble as soon as the game
started," said Flores, who also was unhappy with several of the fouls
called on his senior forward.
Even without Parada, the Eagles trailed by just a 25-20 margin going
into the third period, but were outscored in that quarter by a 14-5
margin. The Panthers, 3-5, added another seven points to their lead in
the fourth period.
Justin Lara and Ricardo Morales both had eight points to lead the
Eagles, who go into district with a 7-12 record.
PECOS (38)
Parada 1 1-3 3; Morales 3 2-3 8; Pina 2 1-2 5; J. Reyes 3 0-0 6;
Licon 0 2-2 2; Lara 4 0-0 8; V. Reyes 3 0-0 6; Medina 0 0-0 0. Total 16
6-10 38.
JAL (59)
Comminez 5 0-0 11; Lujan 4 0-0 9; Owen 3 0-0 6; Cline 5 2-4 13;
Marquez 1 1-2 4; Leyva 0 0-0 0; Santos 0 2-2 2; Juarez 1 0-0 3;
Samaniego 0 0-0 0; Soto 0 0-0 0; Valeriano 0 0-0 0; Briones 5 2-2 12
Totals 24 7-10 59.
Pecos 8 13 5 13 38
Jal 12 13 14 20 59
Three-point goals: Jal 4 (Comminez, Lujan, Cline, Marquez). Fouled
out: Pecos, Parada. Total fouls: Pecos 17, Jal 16.
Pecos Enterprise
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