Owls soar past Dragons

By Travis Mounts TSnews news@tsnews.com

The Garden Plain boys basketball team grabbed its second win of the season, as the Owls beat the Belle Plaine Dragons 65-53 last Friday on Garden Plain’s winter homecoming.

The victory snaps a three-game losing streak for the Owls, who improved to 2-6.

It was a good win for Garden Plain, said Owls head coach Antwan Seymore.

“Belle Plaine was on a win streak and had been shooting well,” he said.

Seymore said the Owls were able to make their shots, which had been a focus during practices over Christmas break.

“I thought we played a very complete game,” he said.

The Kingman win also was good for the morale of the Owls, who have played a challenging schedule so far.

The Owls started this week by hosting the Cheney Cardinals, the No. 2 team in Class 3A. On Friday, the Owls will go on the road to face another Central Plains League foe, the Conway Springs Cardinals. After a 1-4 start to the season, Conway Springs has rattled off three straight wins including a Jan. 4 win at Chaparral to begin the new year.

Garden Plain could see Cheney again this week at the challenging field at the Adolph Rupp Invitational. Andale, Haven and Halstead also are part of the tournament.

“I like us playing tough competition,” Seymore said. “It prepares us for substate.”

Jaden Stierwalt scored