Stories from Saturday, December 20, 2008

SPEEDWAY -- The South Putnam Lady Eagles ran into a virtual buzzsaw in the Sparkplugs of Speedway, losing 56-20 Friday night. The Lady Eagles were never really in the game, trailing 0-9 first quarter; 4-22 at halftime, 9-38 to end third quarter and the final 20-56...

SPEEDWAY -- The South Putnam Eagles basketball team went looking to end their losing streak Friday night. But, they found their desires would not be answered as the host Speedway Sparkplugs took a lead midway in the first quarter and were never caught...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale's girls gave up too many offensive rebounds and missed too many free throws Friday in a 64-47 loss to Monrovia in a West Central Conference basketball game on the Clovers' court. "I didn't like giving up 22 offensive rebounds and we made only 12-of-23 free throws," Cloverdale coach James Wade said. "If you put the rebounding and the free throws together, I'm not saying it would have been a different outcome, but it would have been a different game."...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale played Monrovia even for a half, but the Bulldogs dominated the third quarter and went on to a 66-51 victory in a West Central Conference boys basketball game Friday on the Clovers' court. The game was tied 27-27 going into the third quarter. Monrovia (3-2, 2-1 WCC) blitzed the Clovers 21-4 (1-5, 0-2) in it to take a 48-31 lead...