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Coyotes battle through tough weekend

The Potter-Dix Coyotes faced a tough opening weekend following the holiday break. The Potter-Dix club began with an away game against the Bayard Tigers on Friday, Jan. 6 and came home with a 60-29 loss.

The Coyotes faced a deeper Bayard bench which coach Ryan Mumm attempted to combat strategically.

“With our lack of depth, fatigue can become an issue but we try to control the tempo of games to counteract our lack of depth,” he said. “

Scoring against the Tigers was led by Dylan Nielsen with 12. Nielsen landed one trey and shot 2/4 from the field and 5/7 from the foul line for a 71 per...