Badger girls fall one game shy of state title
—Photo by RON SMITH<br>While competing in the Idaho State Girls 3-A tournament, the Badger girls took time to visit the state capital, where Senator Shawn Keough, and Representatives George Eskridge and Erik Anderson took time out to give their congratulations on the team's accomplishments this season. The Badger girls placed third at State.
By MIKE WELAND
For the Herald
After an exciting season that saw them battle back against the powerhouse Kellogg Wildcats for a berth at state, the Bonners Ferry Badger girls fell one game shy of bringing home a state medal Saturday.
Becky Lowther scored a game-high 17 points and Bonners Ferry outscored Filer 20-2 in the first quarter to win a runaway 3A Girls State Tournament opener Thursday in Middleton.
Lowther was 7 of 10 from the floor for 17 points and 10 rebounds. Katy Poston was 5 of 12 from two-point range and finished with 12 points, five steals and a blocked shot for the Badgers (17-8).
Camille Robertson finished up with six points and nine rebounds. Leanna Kellogg had seven boards and four points.
The Badgers outscored the Wildcats 33-9 in the first half. Jill Haney had a team-high 15 points for Filer (11-10). Becky Lowther led all scorers in their opening game with Filer Thursday, 48-36, while Kellogg, hampered by an untimely bout of flu, dropped into the loser's bracket, falling to the State Champion Sugar-Salem Diggers, 56-38.
BONNERS FERRY — Lowther 7 2-4 17, Kelly 0 2-2 2, Robertson 2 1-5 6, Hiatt 2 1-2 5, Kellogg 2 0-5 4, Winkelseth 0 0-0 0, Tentrault 1 0-0 2, Poston 5 1-2 12. Totals 19-50 7-20 48.
FILER — White 2 2-2 6, Heimkes1-2 0-0 3, Astle 0 4-8 4, Haney 5 3-4 15, Vincent 0 0-0 0, VerHagen 0-1 0-0 0, Ramseyer 2 3-7 8, Egbert 0 0-0 0, Wight 0 0-0 0. Totals 10-51 12-21 36.
To beat Filer, Lowther lobbed 17 points, and Katie Poston tacked on another 12 to claim a 48-36 win. In their second game, Lowther put up 23 points against Sugar-Salem, but Poston got stuck at three, and the addition of Samantha Kelly's eight points and Camille Robertson's seven weren't enough to bridge the gap, and the Badgers fell, 49-41.
Out of the running for a trophy, the Badgers refused to quit, pinning Declo by a score of 56-43, with Robertson, a junior, stepping into the breach to score 16, while Lowther, fighting to the end of her high school basketball career, put up 15. Sugar-Salem went on to win the 2007 Idaho 3-A title; Shelley came in second, followed by the Badgers at third.