Steamboat Today: Steamboat jumpstarts to 1st win of season

Archive for Saturday, December 6, 2008

By Luke Graham Saturday, December 6, 2008

Dec. 5, Steamboat 48, Roaring Fork 34 at Roaring Fork Tournament; (1-0)
Dec. 6, Steamboat 53, Basalt 36 at Roaring Fork Tournament; (2-0)
Dec. 11, Castle View 57, Steamboat 38 at Steamboat ShootOut tournament; (2-1)
Dec. 12, Steamboat 70, Summit 41 at Steamboat ShootOut tournament; (3-1)
Dec. 13, Green River, Wyo., 68, Steamboat 41 at Steamboat ShootOut tournament; (3-2)
Dec. 18, at Flaming Gorge Classic basketball tournament; (3-3)

Dec. 19, Evanston, Wyo. 49, Steamboat 37 at Flaming Gorge Classic basketball tournament; (3-4)
Dec. 20, Cheyenne East 41, Steamboat 38 at Flaming Gorge Classic basketball tournament; (3-5)
Jan. 9, Steamboat 46, Battle Mountain 23; (4-5)
Jan. 10, Steamboat 55, Eagle Valley 30; (5-5)
Jan. 16, Steamboat 78, Palisade 46; (6-5)
Jan. 17, Steamboat 66, Delta 37; (7-5)
Jan. 23, Steamboat 65, Rifle 38; (8-5)
Jan. 24, Steamboat 47, Glenwood Springs 45; (9-5)
Jan. 27, Steamboat 44, Moffat County 32;(10-5)
Jan. 30, Steamboat 63, Eagle Valley 41;(11-5)
Feb. 6, Steamboat 50, Palisade 44;(12-5)
Feb. 7, Steamboat 54, Delta 43;(13-5)
Feb. 13, Steamboat 54, Rifle 45;(14-5)
Feb. 14, Glenwood Springs 61, Steamboat 51;(14-6)
Feb. 17 vs. Moffat County, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 20 at Battle Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 25 state playoffs begin

Dec. 5, Steamboat 57, Roaring Fork 40 at Roaring Fork Tournament; (1-0)
Dec. 6, Steamboat 63, Basalt 38 at Roaring Fork Tournament; (2-0)
Dec. 11, Steamboat 45, Summit 25 at Steamboat ShootOut tournament; (3-0)
Dec. 12,D'Evelyn 74, Steamboat 37 at Steamboat ShootOut tournament; (3-1)
Dec. 13, Green River, Wyo., 63, Steamboat 33 at Steamboat ShootOut tournament; (3-2)
Dec. 18, Star Valley, Wyo. 49, Steamboat 45 at Flaming Gorge Classic basketball tournament; (3-3)
Dec. 19, Green River, Wyo. 72, Steamboat 52 at Flaming Gorge Classic basketball tournament; (3-4)
Dec. 20, Rock Springs, Wyo. 69, Steamboat 29 at Flaming Gorge Classic basketball tournament; (3-5)
Jan. 9, Steamboat 47, Battle Mountain 27; (4-5, 1-0))
Jan. 10, Eagle Valley 41, Steamboat 39; (4-6, 1-1)
Jan. 16, Palisade 41, Steamboat 37; (4-7, 1-2)
Jan. 17, Steamboat 51, Delta 42; (5-7, 2-2)
Jan. 23, Rifle 57, Steamboat 53;(5-8, 2-3)
Jan. 24, Glenwood 57, Steamboat 48;(5-9, 2-4)
Jan. 27, Moffat County 55, Steamboat 48;(5-10, 2-5)
Feb. 6, Palisade 55, Steamboat 48;(5-11, 2-6)
Feb. 7, Delta 70, Steamboat 61;(5-12, 2-7)
Feb. 10, Steamboat 63, Eagle Valley 39;(6-12, 3-7)
Feb. 13, Rifle 53, Steamboat 45;(6-13, 3-8)
Feb. 14, Glenwood Springs 76, Steamboat 40;(6-14, 3-9)
Feb. 17 vs. Moffat County, 6 p.m.
Feb. 20 at Battle Mountain, 6 p.m.
Feb. 24 state playoffs begin

Steamboat Springs — The Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team opened up the 2008-09 season with a 48-34 win against Roaring Fork in the marquee game of the Brenda Patch Tournament.

The win also was the first for new Sailors coach Luke DeWolfe, who took over for former Steamboat coach Kelly Meek.

"It feels good," DeWolfe said. "But in league play, I'll get more excited."

Although Steamboat struggled on the offensive end for most of the night, the Sailors more than made up for it on the defensive end.

The Steamboat starters held Roaring Fork to a measly 20 points through three quarters.

"Defensively, we put a lot of ball pressure on them and shut down their guard play," DeWolfe said. "We kept them from really getting going."

The Sailors jumped out to a 17-7 first-quarter lead and a 27-14 lead at halftime before really putting the game away in the third quarter.

Senior Nelson Brassell paced the Sailors with 21 points. Charles Wood added 10 points, Jack Spady scored six and Alex Wood chipped in four.

Considering Steamboat has had a limited amount of players for most of the preseason, DeWolfe said the offensive struggles were to be expected.

Because of injuries, the Sailors were without starters Alex and Charles Wood, as well as starting point guard Isiah Forsyth for most of the previous month.

With time, DeWolfe said he expects the offensive play to improve.

"You can tell, offensively, that is where we're lacking some of the flow," DeWolfe said. "With more practice and game time that will come. The guys have a good base and feel for each other. It's a good starting point. We'll keep getting better as we progress."

Steamboat continues play at 2:30 p.m. today against Basalt.

Stockdale, Sailors prove too much for Ram girls

Riding the hot hand of Gracie Stockdale and a smothering press to success, Steamboat Springs' girls rebounded from an early 5-0 hole to knock off Roaring Fork, 57-40, in Friday's Brenda Patch Tournament.

Stockdale drained a pair of triples and shot 10-of-19 from the floor in a 22-point performance.

"No. 31 killed us," Roaring Fork head coach Nancy Zeigel lamented.

Zeigel's squad led, 10-9, after a quarter before the Sailors opened the second frame with 13 unanswered points, most of those fueled by an oppressive press that led to turnovers and easy baskets.

"We changed our press to a trapping press," Stockdale said afterwards. "We've been working on it in practice the whole time."

Steamboat head coach John Ameen is just happy to have the athletes to press with success.

"This year, we have the athletic talent, we have the depth, to do that," he said.

On top of Stockdale's 22 points, Ameen saw Lindsey Yost and Brittany Long score seven points apiece. Emi Birch grabbed 12 rebounds, and Stockdale had seven.

Alli Zeigel led Roaring Fork with 10 points, six rebounds and four assists. Shea Courtney added nine points, and Joey Clingan and Maria Flores each had six.

Friday's game was the season opener for both teams.

Glenwood Springs Post Independent reporter Jeff Caspersen contributed to this report.