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January31, 2012
Mountain Echo Sports
Ron Mosher, Sports Editor
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                                                                                                                                                                 Photo by Ron Mosher
    
                Facial expressions can say a bunch. (l to r) John Michael Hubbard, Derek Lowry,
                TJ Arendt and Austin Reynolds watch as Burney’s Duane White skies for two in
                 Friday nights SCL game won by Fall River.

Bulldogs bring out the broom to sweep Burney

McARTHUR - The two schools within the Fall River Joint Unified School District met for their first league meeting Friday, and host Fall River brought out their broom in sweeping all four games from the visiting Burney Raiders.
The girls JV game found Fall River on top, 35-30 in a thriller, while the boys JV team took down the Raiders, 65-50.
In varsity action, the Lady Bulldogs prevailed, 45-31, while the boys finished the night with a 55-37 win.



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Bulldogs bring out the broom to sweep Burney
McARTHUR - The two schools within the Fall River Joint Unified School District met for their first league meeting Friday, and host Fall River brought out their broom in sweeping all four games from the visiting Burney Raiders.
The girls JV game found Fall River on top, 35-30 in a thriller, while the boys JV team took down the Raiders, 65-50.
In varsity action, the Lady Bulldogs prevailed, 45-31, while the boys finished the night with a 55-37 win.
Both local teams are home Friday, with Fall River hosting Weed and Burney taking on Etna.
On Friday, both local teams hit the road, with Fall River heading to Etna and Burney to Mt.Shasta.



Lady Bulldogs hand Westwood first loss of the season, then return home to down Burney

McARTHUR - The Lady Bulldogs of Fall River accomplished something no one else has been able to do this season - defeat Westwood 50-41, then they capped the week off by slipping past arch-rival Burney, 45-31, on Friday in SCL play to remain in the conference hunt at 3-1.
Mount Shasta tops the conference at 4-0, while Weed is a half game up on the Bulldogs at 4-1, and the Weed Cougars come to town...




  Bulldogs remain undefeated in SCL play in downing Raiders

McARTHUR - A 55-37 win over the visiting Burney Raiders, kept the Fall River Bulldog boys ty squad in first place in the Shasta-Cascade League with an undefeated 4-0 mark.
The two intra-district rivals stayed close in the first quarter, with the hosts jumping out to a 6-zip lead to open things up, but Raiders kept chipping away to pull within three at the end of the period at 6-9.


Fall River boys take it to Burney
McARTHUR - The Fall River Bulldogs and Burney Raiders battled a see-saw affair Friday night, with Fall River eventually coming out on top, 65-50.
It was a game of scoring spurts, as Fall River took an 8-0 lead to open the game, only to go cold while Burney racked up eight unanswered points to knot the tilt at 8-all after one period.
Burney went ahead 13-8 to open the second quarter, and held a 27-20 lead at intermission.
The Bulldogs re-took the lead with just over a minute to go in the third, and never looked back.


Lady Bulldogs outlast Raiders
McARTHUR - In a game riddled with fouls, the Fall River girls out dueled Burney Friday night, 35-30.
Fall River put up a 10 point lead early in the game, forcing Burney to keep chipping away and to get close, only to have the hosts maintain their lead throughout the game.
Jecca Parker topped the Bulldogs with eight pints, while KayCee Jesperse and Brook Small tallied six apiece.
Baylie Peters added five, while Dani Schaffer and Sarah Estes each hit four and Amy Brown two.



Cards handed first league loss, but rebound v. HC
BIEBER - The Big Valley Cardinal JV squad became the last Evergreen League team to have a loss, losing on the road to Butte Valley Tuesday night, 50-51, in a heart stopping thriller.
Butte Valley led 15-13 after one, and 31-29 at intermission. The two teams were knotted at 40 to start the fourth quarter, where the Bulldogs of Butte Valley managed an 11-10 bulge to nail down the nail-biting victory.



FR loses in OT on road
WESTWOOD - The Fall River Bulldogs and Westwood Lumberjacks battled into overtime, with the hosts eking out the slimmest of wins, 56-55 Tuesday in a nonleague clash of Titans.
Westwood came into the game with only one loss on the season, and Fall River with just two defeats.
“They’re a very good team,” summed up FR coach Scott Gallion, “and to be honest, I don’t know how we took them into overtime.”




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