Photo by RR Best
Okaw Valley’s Garrett Fritz saves ball from going out of bounds during action over the weekend that saw the Timberwolves win a conference match.

•February 8, 2017•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Okaw Valley boys’ basketball split a pair of Little Okaw Valley Conference games this past week.

The Timberwolves defeated Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Feb. 3 to spoil the Knights’ senior night but lost to Argenta-Oreana Jan. 31.

Against ALAH, Okaw Valley defeated the Knights for the second time in less than two weeks.

ALAH jumped ahead to a 10-3 lead with 3:06 left in the first quarter, but the Timberwolves took over the game from there.

Trey Yarnell hit a 3-pointer, Austin Hill hit a jumper and Taylor Coleman hit two shots to tie the game at 12 to end the first quarter.

From there, the Timberwolves started a 17-4 run that bled into the fourth quarter to take a 29-16 lead.

Okaw Valley increased its lead incrementally throughout the rest of the game for the eventual 62-42 win.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.