Soda @ Marsh Valley

Well it had to happen - we lost a game. Maybe that is a good thing in the long run. The whole idea of undefeated is too much pressure. They played good defense & I thought the offense did good; they made plays happen, but the shots would not go in. Seth had a frustrating night - he shot quite a few 3 point shots, but only one went in. We got down during the first half, but went into the locker room only down by 3. He was held to 8 points for the night. I was so close the whole game & we came up 1 point short. The boys were feeling pretty bad, but I thought they did a decent job. Final score was 45-44 for Marsh Valley.

I thought the ISJ's newspaper article 2 days later was interesting:

MARSH VALLEY 45, SODA SPRINGS 44

Kelby Benson scored 15 points, Cole Marley added 13 and Marsh Valley was able to slow down Soda Springs enough to pull out a close win in Arimo on Thursday. “Going into the game, Soda has been solid offensively,” Marsh Valley coach Jason Brower said. “So we wanted to hold them to a score we felt we could get to and give ourselves a chance to win.” The Eagles (4-1) were able to limit James Frankos and Seth Storr to seven and eight points respectively. Kaden Smith had 15 points to lead the Cardinals (4-1), but Marsh Valley clamped down on his teammates well enough to win the game.

“I thought we did a good job,” Brower said. “They’re a quality team and they’ve beaten some good teams. We were happy with what we did.”

I thought it was kind of cool to get your name in the paper even when you lost the game - Seth & James are going to be targets for the other teams. The fun part about this season is that it seems to be team ball - even if they shut 1 or 2 down, there are others ready to score. I think Marsh Valley will have their hands full when they come to Soda.

Tim Floyd (USC coach) has good advise so listen up Cardinals, "Put the DVD your momma made under the bed and start getting ready for the next one!"