By james art 
Middleton – Bear Lake came up with a match in the match on Friday with South Fremont in the semi -final of 4A states and the bears did not give up.
Add in solid defensive efforts against a Cougar team, which is about 54 points on average, and the result was an impressive 65-43 victory for Bear Lake.
The bears (22-3) lost only one player from the title team last season, so coach Ken Wells noted that the expectations were high.
The bears entered the tournament, ride a winning series of 12 games and had small problems in their opening state aperture, removing McCol-Donelli 55-14.
Southern FreMont played a strong competition in the conference of mountain rivers with sugar-saile and teton enemies, so they have already seen some of the best teams of the country.
But it is that Lake Bear put the tone in the semifinals on Friday, pulled away in the second quarter and held the southern freMont only three points. Cugars had only 14 points in the first half and never descended against the bears.
“That’s where we start,” Wales told the team’s defense efforts.
“Our crime, we did not want to note,” said Southern Fremont coach Brooke Bailey. “We had to be attacked and we just didn’t do it. Credit Bear Lake, they fired lights. “
Lights really.
The bears hit 4 out of 8 3-point in the first half and did not stop in the second half, finishing the game 8 out of 15 in 53%. They hit almost 50% of their shots as a whole and were effective 21 out of 27 of the free throw line.
“These 3-indicators are added quickly,” Bailey said.
Bear Lake’s largest lead was 43-18.
Last year’s state title was the first for Bear Lake in 25 years. Bears will try to add another Saturday against # 1 and unbeaten sugar-salem, which beat the bears twice during the regular season. The only other loss to Bear Lake was 3A No. 1 Malad.
As for the southern Fremont (22-6), the cougars also have some history of the line.
The victory in the opening on Thursday was only the second victory of the state in the history of the program. Win Saturday will mean the first trophy of the program.
This is definitely some motivation after a heavy loss.
“We told the kids after the match that there was nothing to hang your heads,” Bailey said. “There are not many teams from our community, a girls’ basketball, which made him say they are one of the few. Taking a win yesterday was huge. We are ready to continue to fight and bring home a little hardware tomorrow. We told them that a game did not print on which team they were. “
Saydee Shaul led the bears with 19 points and was 3 for 3 to 3 indicator. Halle Wells finished with 11 points and team five rebounds.
Brian Bailey led the couges with 20 points, and Hayden Larson added 12 points.
Bear Lake is facing sugar-salami for the 4A title at 3:50 pm Southern Fremont plays Timberlake in the game in third place.
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