OSAA Girls Prep Basketball: Clatskanie vows vengeance after early State exit

Promises Made – Tigers enter offseason extra motivated following loss at Central Linn

Basketballs rest in a cart alongside a court in a gymnasium within the confines of The Blast Zone. Soon players will get back to work for another busy offseason working away from the spotlight. / Jordan Nailon for Blast Zone Media

Jordan Nailon / blastzonenews@gmail.com

The odds were not in Clatskanie’s favor, at least not if the OSAA rankings are to be believed. But out-of-house expectations did not nothing to ease the pain of the Tigers when they fell 65-45 at Central Linn last Friday in the opening round of the 2A State girls basketball tournament.

Whether it was a case of personnel mismatch, or just tired legs after a long bus ride, the Tigers fell behind quickly against the Cobras, trailing 21-13 after the first quarter, and could never get close enough to strike back.

But that doesn’t mean the Clatskanie hoopers didn’t go down swinging in the season-ending loss.

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