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Fernley basketball teams trying to break losing streaks

Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter

The Fernley boys and girls basketball teams will each be trying to end three-game losing streaks when they host Sparks Tuesday night.

The girls team lost at Fallon last Tuesday, 43-26, to fall to 7-4 in league play, 12-10 overall. The Vaqueros enter Tuesday’s game one-and-a-half games behind Spring Creek and Lowry, which are tied for second place at 9-3, and a half game ahead of Elko, which is fifth at 7-5.

The Vaqueros struggled to score at Fallon, chalking up half of their 26 points in the fourth quarter, after trailing 36-13.

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Hailee Edgar led Fernley with 7 points, and Celeste Condie had six.

The boys team made just 12 of 55 field goal attempts in last Tuesday’s game in Fallon, including three of 19 from 3-point range, and they struggled from the free throw line as well, making just seven of 19 tries in a 55-34 loss.

Russ Ortiz led Fernley with 10 points and Zac Terra scored nine.

Fernley enters Tuesday’s game in fifth place at 6-5 in league play, 11-10 overall.

Photos courtesy Adam Robertson, Lahontan Valley News

Dario Ceresola (Fernley) and John Cooley (Fallon)
Dario Ceresola (Fernley) and Hayden Strasdin (Fallon)
Katelyn Bunyard, 32 (Fernley), Lorynn Fagg, 40, and Alexis Jarrett (Fallon)
Hailee Edgar, 1, Katelyn Bunyard (Fernley) and Lorynn Fagg (Fallon, w/ball)
Robert Perea

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