The Valdez girls swept Cordova in the season opener for both squads here on Dec. 15-16.
Led by 6-0 senior Bobbie Mott, the Lady Bucs prevailed 57-14 and 60-27. The returning 3A Aurora Conference All-Star had 14 points in the first game and 17 in the rematch.
With only eight players, and the tallest 5-7 junior Nailea Martinez, who missed most of last season with a knee injury, the Lady Wolverines played hard from start to finish, but were no match for the deep and talented Buccaneers.
Jieller Tabara led Cordova with 7 points in the first game; Abby Bourgeois was tops with 10 in the second. Bourgeois and Edrea Navarro each had a pair of three pointers the second night.
The Lady Wolverines will travel to the Rally the Regions tournament in Anchorage on Dec. 27- 30, and then play their next home games here on Jan. 18-20 in the Cordova Tipoff tournament.
Individual scoring:
Game 1: Cordova: Navarro 3, Tabara 7, Arvidson 2, Martinez 3. Valdez: King 2, Watts 8, Ramoth 2, MacDonald 2, Fleming, C. 4, Johnson 6, Holmes 2, Mott 14, Seiber 11, Fleming, J. 2, Hansen 4. Game 2: Cordova: Navarro 9, Tabara 1, Bourgeois 10, Martinez 3, Quinn 2, Arvidson 2. Valdez: King 2, Watts 4, Ramoth 7, MacDonald 7, Fleming, C. 2, Johnson 8, Mott 17, Seiber 6, Hansen.
