DAYS CREEK – The Days Creek boys basketball squad added two more league notches to the proverbial belt this last week as they took down North Douglas and Camas Valley, 71-56 and 77-29, respectfully.
The two victories kept the Wolves Skyline League record unblemished at 4-0.
The first of the two contest came on Friday evening, January 16, as North Douglas visited Days Creek, a place where one longtime coach and fan of south county athletics said James Ellis rarely gets beat, referring to Days Creek Head Coach James Ellis. Ellis has been at the helm of Days Creek basketball for 32 years and amassed a total of 522 wins as a boys basketball coach.
On Friday night Days Creek jumped out to an early 7-0 lead but North Douglas came roaring back and took the first quarter 15-14.
In the second quarter the Wolves turned up the defense just a bit and outscored the Warriors 12-8 to take a slim 26-23 halftime lead.
In the third quarter Days Creek came out firing and was red not as they scored the first six points of the quarter and with just three minutes gone in the period North Douglas called a timeout after Days Creek opened up a double digit lead at 39-27, capping a 13-4 run.
Over the remainder of the quarter the two played fairly even and the Wolves took the quarter 25-14 to open up a 51-37 lead as they never looked back.
In the fourth it was more of the same with the Warriors being unable to cut into the Days Creek advantage.
The Wolves pushed the lead out even further as they took the quarter 20-15 for the 18 point victory, 71-52.
Senior Xane Hopkins had a career night as he scored a career-high 26 points while grabbing eight rebounds and adding six assists.
Not to be outdone fellow senior Daniel Brown also posted a career-high with 16 point and he logged a double-double in the process as he ripped down 12 boards.
Cam Stufflebeam dumped in 17 points in the winning effort and Trenton Ladd added 12 points to round out those in double figures
On Tuesday evening, January 20, the Wolves took to the road to meet Camas Valley.
It didn’t take the Wolves long to sting the Hornets as they outscored the host school 24-5 in the first quarter.
They followed that up with a 31-7 advantage in the second to take a commanding 55-12 lead at the halfway point.
In the third quarter the Wolves eased up a bit but still won the quarter 16-8 to go into the final eight minutes up 71-20.
Camas Valley outscored the Wolves 9-6 in the fourth to bring the final tally to 77-29.
Three players wound up with 14 points each led by sophomore Quinton Halstead who was in double figures for the first time this season.
Also amassing 14 points were Hopkins and Ladd while Stufflebeam checked in with 11 rounding out the double figure scoring.
With the victory Days Creek improved to 4-0 in league and 11-5 overall and ranked No. 4 in the most recent O.S.A.A. 1A polls.
One of those five losses came on Saturday, January 17, as the Wolves fell to 5th ranked North Clackamas Christian 62-44.
In that game the Wolves were led by Stufflebeam with 19 points and Ladd added eight.
Next up for the Wolves is a trip to Eddyville on Saturday, January 24, for a non-league match up with the Eagles who are riding a 12 game winning streak.
Days Creek returns to Skyline play on Tuesday, January 27, as they travel to New Hope Christian to take on the Warriors.
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