The Fernley High School girls basketball team showed no ill effects from a week off for Christmas, beating Hug and Pyramid Lake last weekend to start the Hug Cup Challenge.
The Vaqueros beat Hug 58-28 and Pyramid Lake 57-22 on Dec. 27 to open the tournament, which was scheduled to resume Dec. 29. The Vaqueros were scheduled to face Carson Monday morning and Yerington Tuesday afternoon.
The Vaqueros got off to a strong start, scoring 17 points in the first quarter against Hug and rolled behind 24 points from Taylor Tollestrup. Justice Martell-Artiaga added 11 points, and the Vaqueros had nine different players score.
In the second game, Tollestrup scored 31 against Pyramid Lake and Martell-Artiaga added 10.
Coach Raph Dunn said the Vaqueros played very well in both games, except for their continued struggles from the free throw line. In the two games, they made only 18 of 46 attempts.
“On close games with shooting like this, we will not come out on the winning side,” Dunn said. “Turnovers are expected, but with no one guarding you at the foul line, we need to better that part of our game.”
After wrapping up the tournament Monday and Tuesday, the Vaqueros open league play by hosting Lowry at 6 p.m. Friday.
“Come January 2, where the real test comes, we need to better ourselves each game and get the highest seed we can get when the season ends, and improve every game,” Dunn said.
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