Powder boys sweep pair

The Badgers easily defeated Pine-Eagle 67-36 Friday at Halfway. Powder then had to go into overtime to edge Cove 65-57 at Cove Saturday.

Against Pine-Eagle, the Badgers built a 22-6 first quarter lead and never looked back.

Trenton Dixon led Powder Valley with 19 points. Jake Traw and Justice Walker each tallied 14 for Pine-Eagle.

Against Cove, the Badgers rallied from a 10-point third-quarter deficit to tie the game at 54-54 in regulation. Peter Colton’s three-point basket with two seconds left in the fourth quarter sent the game into overtime.

Powder Valley then outscored the Leopards 11-3 in the extra period.

Dixon again led Powder with 21 points. Colton added 13.

Friday game

Powder Valley    22    19    15    11    — 67

Pine-Eagle    6    5    11    14    — 36

Powder Valley (67) — Dixon 8 3-5 19, B. Kandle 1 0-0 2, G. Kandle 2 0-0 4, Colton 3 2-3 8, Allen 2 0-0 5, S. Akers 1 0-0 2, J. Akers 2 0-0 4, Weems 2 0-1 4, Townsend 2 0-2 4, Benites 3 1-3 7, Reed 3 0-0 8. Totals 29 6-14 67.

Pine-Eagle (36) — Clausen 2 0-2 4, Traw 4 4-1 14, Stiles 0 0-4 0, Walker 5 4-8 14, Bunyard 2 0-4 4. Totals 13 8-29 36.

Three-point goals — Allen, Reed 2, Traw 2.

Saturday game

Powder Valley    5    10    10    29    11 — 65

Cove    7    15    13    19    3 — 57

Powder Valley (65) — Dixon 9 2-9 21, B. Kandle 1 2-2 5, G. Kandle 3 2-2 9, Allen 3 1-5 8, Colton 5 1-2 13, Akers, Benites 3 1-3 8, Reed 0 1-2 1. Totals 24 10-25 65.

Cove (57) — McBride 2 4-4 9, Moore 0 0-2 0, Witty 5 6-10 17, DelCurto 1 4-6 6, Brown 2 1-2 7, Iturbide 2 1-4 6, Batty 6 0-0 12. Totals 18 16-28 57.

Three-point goals — Dixon, B. Kandle, G. Kandle, Allen, Colton 2, Benites, McBride, Witty, Brown 2, Iturbide.