Basketball: Valley Gets Back to Cedar Run Action with Key Boys, Girls Wins

(Feb. 17, 2010) - The Loudoun Valley High School boys and girls basketball teams were back in action Tuesday after nearly two weeks off due to the snowstorms and both teams emerged with key AAA Cedar Run District wins over Battlefield.

The Viking boys, in a defensive gem, held the first place Bobcats to two points in the first and third quarters and went on to win 44-20. The Viking girls edged the Bobcats, 40-37, to clinch second place in the district.

Osbourn swept Heritage in boys and girls action Tuesday.

Boys: Valley 44, Battlefield 20
BHS: 2-5-2-11=20
LVHS: 4-8-18-14=44
John Yoxthimer had 14 points and 6 rebounds to lead the Vikings over first place Battlefield. The Vikings defense held Battlefield to nine points in three quarters. The Vikings improve to 3-4 in the district and 10-8 overall with a showdown with second place Stonewall Jackson on Thursday.

Girls: Loudoun Valley 40, Battlefield 37
LV (13-5, 6-1) – Oden 22, Calhoun 8, Blue 5, Sweet 5 Totals 16 8-13 40
BHS – Lewis 12, Cordle 8, Jones 8, Mitchell 7, Figgins 2 Totals 15 5-10 37
Halftime: BHS 20-14
Three-Point Field Goals: Battlefield 2 (Cordle)

Scoring By Quarters
Loudoun Valley 6 8 11 15 40
Battlefield 13 7 8 9 37

After more than a week’s vacation, getting back on the court proved slow going for the as traveled to Battlefield to try and lock up a home court tournament game this weekend.

Early on the Vikings struggled from the floor, settling for outside shots against the Bobcat zone. Defensively, Battlefield controlled the boards and got some easy put backs to take a 13-7 first quarter lead. Late in the second quarter, Valley began a comeback and took the momentum into the locker room behind Chrystal Oden’s last second lay-up.

Coming out in the third, the Vikings were attacking the lane, and closed the gap to three heading into the final frame. In the fourth, the Viking’s Chrystal Oden took over, scoring 10 of the team’s 15 points. With a physical battle on the court and controversy at the scorer’s table, the team stayed focused and sealed the game from the foul line.

Chrystal Oden led the Vikings with a career high 22 points and 14 rebounds. The Vikings will wrap up the regular season at home on Thursday against Stonewall Jackson, and prepare to play Osbourn in the first round of the district tournament on Friday at Loudoun Valley.

Note: Congratulations to the Freshman and JV girls teams who also came away with wins. The Freshman team has wrapped up their season with an impressive record of 12-1.

Girls: Osbourn 66, Heritage 55
OSBOURN 66, HERITAGE 55 H (3-14, 1-3) — Scott 12, Evans 10, Whoolery 9, Grabbi 7, Nibbelink 5, Paskowski 4, Surles 4, Smart 2, McDonald 1, Reilly 1. Totals 18 16-24 55.
O (0-0, 0-0) — Scott 26, Johnson 22, Peters 8, Judy 4, Cruz 2, Rodgers 2, Rollins 2. Totals 21 18-29 66.
Halftime: Osbourn, 32-24.
Three-point goals: H 3 (Scott, Whoolery, Nibbelink); O 6 (Scott 2, Johnson 2, Peters 2).

Boys: Osbourn 97, Heritage 66
OSBOURN (15-5, 6-2)
Thomas 1 1-1 3, Giddens 2 3-5 7, Bedford 2 2-2 6, Lane 10 2-3 28, Roberson 1 1-4 3, Delaney 5 2-3 12, Carter 8 8-10 24, Dufrene 4 0-0 8, Freeman 2 2-3 6. Totals 35 21-31 97.
HERITAGE
Swanson 0 2-2 2, Nelson 3 0-0 6, Calhoun 8 3-4 21, Cavan 2 1-3 5, Russell 4 5-6 16, Demtler 1 2-2 4, Arbogast 3 1-2 8, Summers 1 2-2 4. Totals 22 16-21 66.
Halftime: Osbourn 48-19. 3-point goals: Osbourn 6 (Lane 6), Heritage 8 (Russell 3, Calhoun 2, Cavan 2, Arbogast).