Colts Girls Basketball: Welcome

08-09 Team Pic
2008 - 09 Thurston Varsity Basketball Team
Thurston Girls Basketball

WELCOME- to the Thurston High School Girls Basketball website! This siteprovides information about the current Thurston basketball program as well as the middle school feeder program (T-Town Basketball).

 

 Please note the change in Try-out Dates: (look at the calendar)

Monday, 11/9  6:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Make sure you have registered with Jackie Peebles in the main office

Bring basketball shoes & running shoes to practice for the mile test

 

We are on FACEBOOK!!!!    

 

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Thurston High School at High Desert Tournament in Bend, Oregon
 
 
 
June 13th
 
Semi-Final Win vs. Oregon City
 
A very tired 6 man squad of Megan Buster, Lynette Lewis, Kaira Ludwig, Elise Nelson, Kayla Ping,  and Kelli Rice found the guts and mental toughness to finish their 3rd game of the day with a big time victory over 6A State Champions, Oregon City.  The Colts trailed for most of the game with the largest defecit occuring in the 2nd half of 6 points.  After a time-out the Colts found a little extra in them to lock up defensively and handle Oregon City's pressure.  With three minutes to go in the game Kayla Ping grabbed a rebound kicked the outlet ahead to Elise Nelson who finished the drive to put the Colts up by two.  After a defensive stop, Kelli Rice made two free to extend the lead to four.   Oregon City scored on a drive on the next possession, but Rice responded with her own driving, falling backward finish to maintain the four point lead.  The Colts capped it off with some clutch free throws to beat Oregon City, 45-37.  Elise Nelson finished the game with 13 points, Kelli Rice had 13 and Kayla Ping had another double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds.  The Colts face Jesuit on Sunday, 12:45 pm at Bend High School for the Championship.
 
Quaterfinal game vs. West Albany
 
The Colts Black Team continued their hard nose defense and rebounding effort to roll to a 42-28 victory over West Albany.  Kelli Rice had 13 points, Elise Nelson 10 and Kayla Ping with 9.
 
Second Round game vs. Tualatin
 
Day 2 proved to be a day of defense and handling the basketball.  Thurston Black Team opened up the day with Tualatin.  Thurston was not about to back down to the Pacific Conference 6A champions from 2008-09.   The Colts took a 2 point lead into half-time.  In the second half the Colts continued to handle the Tualatin Timberwolves' full-court trapping defense and won 34-32.  At one point Thurston was behind by 5 in the second half, but free throw shooting and finishing on the press break the last five minutes allowed the Colts to hang on for the Victory.   Elise Nelson and Kayla Ping lead the Colts with 12 points a pierce.
 
First Round Games (June 12th)
 
Black Team:
 
Thurston Girls Black team opened up with North Medford and held on for a  43-42 first round victory. North Medford made a 3 pointer to go up by two with under two minutes remaining.  However, Kelli Rice of Thurston responded with her own three to put her team back in the lead 41-40.  She than hit two clutch free throws the next time down the court with under a minute to make it 43-40.  North Medford made their last basket with 20 seconds to go but it wasn't quite enough.   Elise Nelson finished with 15 points.  Kayla Ping had 13 points inside the key for the Colts, along with 15 rebounds and 3 assists.  They face Tualatin Saturday at 10:30 at Bend High School.  Winner goes to the quarterfinals.
 
 Red Team:
 
Kenzie Weston and Sarah Kennedy lead the Red Team to victory in the first round game against North Medford.  Keys to the game was the much improved and tenacious man to man defense by the Colts.  They held the North Medford Tornadoes to under double digits in the first half.  In the second half Thurston's guards of Taylor McFarland, Ally Kaufman, Kenzie Weston, Caitlin Jobanek, and Aliyah Gallup handled the press and made North Medford pay a they extended their 18 point half-time lead.  The final score was Thurston 44 and North Medford 21.  Tomorrow they will play Oregon City for a chance to play in the semi-finals.

Team Hawaii
Hawaii, July 2008


Monday, December 8
Basketball Apparel

Now is your chance to order Thurston Basketball Gear!

Click on the link to see what is available.

First order date will be here by christmas.  It is due 12/12/08.

2nd order date is due 1/16/08. 
Handout: 08-09 Clothing Catalog

Wednesday, December 10
Thurston vs. South Medford

As their first home game approached, the Thurston girls basketball team was excited. But they knew they faced a challenge with 3 of South Medford's girls over 6 foot.  The tallest being 6'5". The first half was competitive and ended 33-31. South Medford's Brittany Newcomb had 17 of their points. The Colts came out determined to stop her the second half. Natalie Smith held her to 2 points the entire second half with a lay up that came in the last 20 seconds of the game. The Colts outscored the Panthers 30-11 in the second half and outrebounded them 41-12, with 13 of those coming on the offensive end. Elise Nelson had 26 points, 6 assists, and 7 rebounds while Brittney Pierce had her 1st career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.  Thurston faces a long road trip on Saturday, December 13 at they go to Prineville to take on Crook County.

Monday, December 8
Thurston vs. Redmond

The Thurston girls basketball team was looking for redemption after their loss to Prairie Friday night.  Saturday they came out ready. They took on Redmond and dominated the entire game. Thurston held Redmond to 3 field foals for the entire game. Thurston shot 42% from the field and 33% from beyond the ar. Redmond did not score more than 6 points in a quarter with Thurston holding them scoreless in the 3rd quarter. Elise Nelson finished with 19 points, 4 steals, and 5 rebounds and Natalie Smith had 11 points. Brittney Pierce was the leading rebounder with 6. Up next for Thurston is their first home game vs. South Medford at 7 PM on Tuesday December 12th.

Upcoming Games
Date Event Time Location
Tue 1/5 Basketball Lebanon 5:30 PM Thurston HS
Tue 1/5 Basketball Lebanon 5:30 PM Thurston HS
Tue 1/5 Basketball Lebanon 7:00 PM Thurston HS
Recent Games
Date Event Time Location
Sun 12/27 Basketball Lake Oswego TBA Lake Oswego
Mon 12/28 Basketball Lake Oswego TBA Lake Oswego
Mon 12/28 Basketball Tournament TBA Portland, OR
Tue 12/29 Basketball Lake Oswego TBA Lake Oswego
Tue 12/29 Basketball Tournament TBA Portland, OR
Wed 12/30 Basketball Lake Oswego TBA Lake Oswego
Wed 12/30 Basketball Tournament TBA Portland, OR