Blazer Beat

 The Lady Blazers continued their winning ways on Friday evening as they were able to notch another home conference win as they would defeat the Lions from Broadfording Christian Academy, 49-16. It took the Blazers a couple of minutes to get going as the game started a little slow and was tied 4-4, 2 minutes into the game. "Broadfording was very scrappy tonight and gave us everything we could handle in the first couple minutes," remarked Coach Ward. Molle Stake was the spark plug for the offense as she was able to hit 2 3's in the first quarter.  It was the 2nd quarter where the girls really turned it on. Coach Ward made the call to switch from their 2-3 zone to a man-to-man defense, to try and speed up the game as the team really excels in transition and when they can run and gun. Ward commented, "I really like the pressure we created with our man-to-man defense tonight. The Blazers would win the 2nd quarter 18-3. Amber would catch fire from behind the 3 point arc a...

 This past Saturday the Lady Blazers were looking at a chance to pick up a 2nd straight conference win in as many days. The night before the Blazers were finally able to take down rival Shalom, on the road. About 24 hours later the girls took to their home floor to prove that Friday night was no fluke. CVCS was able to sweep the regular-season series against the Grace Academy Knights.  As they would go onto win 61-32. It was a close game at the end of the 1st as CVCS lead 10-5. It took a while for the Blazers to get into their rhythm. In the second quarter, they were able to create a little more space on the scoreboard as they would go into the locker room up 28-11. Laurel Reitz lead the charge for the Blazers with 10 first-half points, as it turned out she was only just getting started.  Whatever Coach Ward said at halftime lit a spark and the Blazers all but ended the game in the 3rd quarter. "It was that 3rd quarter where we put them away. We outscored them 22-10" Ward...

 The Lady Blazers got off to a hot start and never looked back against Faith. They lead from tip to buzzer and controlled the game. Laurel Reitz and Amber Yanosik set the tone early scoring all of the team's first-quarter points. Amber was able to stretch the defense out by hitting some early 3's. She was then able to attack the closeouts and get to the rim. While Laurel was getting loose out in the open court. She was causing havoc on defense causing turnovers of all kinds, which would lead to easy lay-ups on the other end. She even had one for the highlight reel where she was able to spin away from the defender and finish with her right hand.  The Blazers ended any hope of a competitive game by winning the first quarter 21-6. Amber had 9 in the first quarter, while Laurel paced the Blazers with 12. At the half, these two had combined for 30 points. The final score was 55-27. The defense was really what won the game. They started out in man to man defense which was causing Fa...