Bishop 53

MCHS 43

Bronco varsity boys played Mineral County High School, the host team, in their first game of the Serpent Classic, in Hawthorne, Nevada.  fell behind 12-2 in the first few minutes and fought hard to come back to win 53-43.  lead by Seniors Thomas Montoya with 18 points and Ty Tucker with 12 points. had a great defensive team effort in the last 7 minutes of the game.   Coach Mark Olsen commented, ” I’m  very proud of the boy’s tenacity and fight after falling behind early.”

Next,  Bishop will play Smith Valley @ 1215 pm on Friday, followed by Yerington @ 400 pm. On Saturday we play Virginia City @ 930 am and finish with Lincoln County @ 230 pm. Mark

Bishop 42

Dinuba 41

Varsity girls played Dinuba Thursday at 6pm. Score was 42-41, winning shot was a free throw at the last 16 sec by Tamia Shoshone.
Maria Jimenez (jr) was leading scorer with 17, Topah Scherer (fr)-2, Sabrina Barlow (jr)-3, Cienna Martinez (jr)-7, Eva Lent (so)-7, Tamia Shoshone (sr)-6.  The Broncos are coached by Rebecca Andreas and will continue play in the Corcoran tournament today.

Lone Pine JV 12

Lee Vining 22
Lee Vining girls hosted Lone Pine JV in a classic Hwy 395 match-up.  The Lady Tigers won the match 22-12 in a fierce defensive battle.  Defensively the Ladies were led by freshman Isabel Calderon with a team High 8 steals and 5 rebounds.  Freshman Karlina Duro also sparked her team with 4 timely steals.  Offensively Marlen Cornejo led her team with 8 points.  Julie Harris also had a good game with 14 rebounds, 7 steals, and 4 assists. The Tigers travel to the Coleville Tournament on Friday to face Sage Ridge at 3pm.
The lady tigers are 1-1 in the pre-season.