It was win two, lose one for the Shoshoni Wranglers in their annual Wrangler Classic held in their main and auxiliary gyms over the weekend.
Shoshoni opened Thursday night against a good Class 1-A team in the Saratoga Panthers losing 72-61.
After the challenging opener, the Wranglers blew out Hanna Elk Mountain 64-21, ending the game via the running clock. They ended the tournament with a 59-30 win over Meeteetse.
The Wranglers and Panthers battled early with Shoshoni jumping to an early eight-point lead before Saratoga recovered.
Saratoga held a narrow four-point lead at the intermission but put together back-to-back 20-point third and fourth periods for the win.
Shoshoni cooled off in the middle periods, and that was the difference in the contest.
Trey Fike had a career night against Saratoga, leading the Wranglers with 33 points on 11 close range shots, a trey and eight-of-nine shooting from the line.
Alex Mills tallied 17 points, including a trio of 3-point shots. Trey Fike
Fike had another outstanding shooting night against Hanna Elk Mountain, hitting 11 short-range jump shots, most of them off the glass to lead the team with 22 points. Alex Mills added 11, including a pair of three point shots. Leslie Todd, Braxton Mills and Aiden Jarvis were the other players to hit from beyond the 19-9 arc.
Shoshoni 12 17 24 11 – 64
Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow 6 7 6 2 – 21
Alex Mills – 3 (2) 1-2 13, Aidan Jarvis 1 (1) 0-2 5, Trey Fike 11 0-1 22, Leslie Todd 1 (1) 0-0 3, Braxton Mills 1 (1) 0-0 5, Tiersen Crimm 2 0- 4, Cannon Campbell 3 0-0 6, Rix Sorenson 1 0-0 2, Oakley Hicks 2-2 2. Totals 23 (5) 3-7 64
Hanna – Atencio 3 (2) 1-2 13, Atencio 1 0-0 2, Proffitt 1 1-2 3, Deegan 1 1-6 3. Totals 6 (2) 3-10 21
Shoshoni 16 12 13 20 – 61
Saratoga 14 18 20 20 – 72
Shoshoni – Mills 3 (3) 2-6 17, Jarvis 1 0-0 2, Fike 11 (1) 8-9 33, B. Mills 1 (1) 0-0 5, Campbell 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 (5) 10-15 61
Saratoga – Bartlett 4 (2) 0-0 14, Rolseth 4 3-4 11, Herring 3 0-0 6, Bartlett 5 (2) 0-0 16, Fisher 6 0-1 12, Williams 1 (2) 0-1 8, Condict 1 (1) 0-0 5. Totals 24 (7) 3-5 72