WOODBURN – It was a good week for the Woodlan boys and girls basketball teams last week as the Warriors picked up victories for both squads in non-league play.
On the girls side, the Lady Warriors recorded a 59-33 victory at Prairie Heights on Thursday evening.
Woodlan jumped out to a 16-3 lead at the end of eight minutes of action and cruised the rest of the way to improve to 19-4 on the season.
The Lady Warriors added 24 markers in the second stanza to expand the margin to 40-12 at the midway point before picking up 15 more third quarter points in widening the gap to 55-21 entering the final period.
Prairie Heights drops to 1-21 in all games on the year.
Meanwhile, the Woodlan boys basketball team also picked up a win last week as the Warriors defeated Whitko 54-41 just outside of Woodburn.
The Warriors took a 12-10 lead at the end of one period before outscoring the Wildcats 13-8 in the second stanza for a 25-18 halftime advantage.
Whitko cut into the deficit in the third quarter, picking up 15 points compared to Woodlan’s ten as the Wildcats trimmed the Warrior lead to 35-33 entering the final stanza.
However, Woodlan put the game away with a 19-point fourth quarter while limiting Whitko to eight in setting up the 54-41 victory.
Woodlan improves to 14-4 on the year with the victory while Whitko falls to 2-12 on the season.
