Devils look to improve on 2022-23 finish
HERALD SPORTS STAFF | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 6 months AGO
The Wilson Creek Devils finished last season with a 5-11 record, falling in the first round of the Central Washington B district tournament.
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WILSON CREEK — The Wilson Creek Devils will be looking to improve off of last season’s 5-11 record when they tip off their 2023-24 season this winter, which opens with a home game against Bridgeport on Dec. 7
Wilson Creek opened last season with a 1-4 record through its first five games, reaching 3-6 in mid-January after stringing together a 66-27 win over Cascade Christian and a 74-21 win over Thorp. However, the Devils lost four of their last six games to finish the regular season at 5-10; their two wins were against Thorp (66-24 on Jan. 27) and Cascade Christian (53-7 on Feb. 2).
The Devils were given the No. 7 seed in the Central Washington B district tournament, falling to No. 2 seed Riverside Christian 61-20 in the first round.
Last year's team had two seniors graduate — Hank Sutton and Ben Reitz — but the Devils had eight players on last year’s team who were either eighth graders or freshmen. Also on last year’s team was now-senior Zane McMillan, who received first-team all-league honors a year ago.
Wilson Creek Boys Basketball Schedule
Dec. 7 — vs. Bridgeport — 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 — @ Soap Lake — 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 19 — vs. Riverside Christian — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 2 — @ Cascade Christian — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 4 — vs. Pateros — 6 p.m.
Jan. 11 — vs. Thorp — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 12 — vs. Entiat — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 15 — vs. Cascade Christian — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 22 — vs. Soap Lake — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 23 — @ Riverside Christian — 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 29 — vs. Waterville-Mansfield — 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 30 — @ Thorp — 6 p.m.
Feb. 1 — @ Pateros — 7:30 p.m.
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