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Top-ranked Ganado wins 3A North regular season title

Top-ranked Ganado wins 3A North regular season title

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Ganado’s Amber James (20) lays the ball up against Pinon’s Marie Bitsuie (3) on Nov. 28, 2017. The Lady Hornets finished as the regular season champions in the 3A North conference.

The Ganado Lady Hornets proved they were the dominant program this year in the 3A North Conference.

The top-ranked Hornets (21-3) finished the regular season as league champs with a 9-1 record, which included wins over Chinle and Tuba City last week.

Ganado defeated upstart Chinle by a 40-36 count on Jan. 23 with senior point guard Camille Uentillie finishing in double figures.

“Camille led us with 14 big points,” Ganado coach Mike Bitsuie said. “She made some clutch free throws down the stretch.”

In this wire-to-wire game, Bitsuie said they didn’t shoot the ball too well but they got it done defensively.

“It was a hard, tough-fought game,” he said. “We played very well on the defensive end. We played good post defense and we helped each other. Our defense pretty much carried us.”

In addition to Uentillie, Bitsuie had four others contribute offensively with sophomore Jayla McIntosh finishing with seven points while Janaya McIntosh, Amber James, and Michelene Coleman had six points apiece.

Last Thursday, Ganado outscored Tuba City in every quarter and won 52-40.

“We had a sluggish start but we slowly built our lead,” Bitsuie said, while noting they led 26-18 at the break.


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Quentin Jodie

Quentin Jodie is the Sports Editor for the Navajo Times. He started working for the Navajo Times in February 2010 and was promoted to the Sports Editor position at the end of summer in 2012. Previously, he wrote for the Gallup Independent. Reach him at qjodie@navajotimes.com

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