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Varsity Girls Drop Pair Of Basketball Contests
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Lady Cougar Jenelle Anderson, center, powers through the defense against the varsity girls in Riverbank as league basketball competition got under way for local high schools this past week. Anderson led Escalon scoring with 13 points but the girls came up short 45-41 at the end of the day. Ric McGinnis/The Times
Two similar games with slow starts and furious comeback attempts … but both went in the books as losses for Escalon’s varsity girls basketball team. The Lady Cougars started the Trans-Valley League season on the road, traveling to Riverbank for a Thursday, Jan. 15 game. “We lost 45-41,” head coach Joseph Dalpogetti said of the close contest.