The junior high Pioneers traveled to Springdale to play against the Shiloh Saints on February 1, 2016. It was an intense rough battle between the two teams. The Pioneers were up going into the second quarter 11-8 and the leading scorer of the quarter for the Pioneers was freshman forward, Dylan Kilgore with 5 points. Heading into the locker rooms, the Pioneers were able to keep the lead, the score was 19-15. The Pioneers were 6 out of 14 shots in the first half. The second half started and the Pioneers hit 7 out of 17 shots that made them win the game.

The final score was 40-38 and the leading scorers of the Pioneers were Kilgore with 17 and Christian Waddell with 12 points. There was also a incident that happen towards the end of the game where a Shiloh player was called for his 5th foul, but they added the 5th foul to Trevor Dowdy’s 4th foul.

“It was a really hard fought game and there was also some confusion with the books keeping track of the fouls,” said Mrs. Katina.

The Pioneers next match up is against the Prairie Grove Tigers is tonight.

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