Coyotes open season with tough loss

The Potter-Dix Coyotes opened their basketball season at the Kimball Invitational on Friday, Dec. 2 with a 69-5 loss against the aggressive Dundy County-Stratton Tigers.

“In short, we struggled with every aspect of the game against Dundy Co. We had some first game jitters and Dundy is a very good ball team,” coach Ryan Mumm said. “They put a strong press on us and got out to an early lead that we just didn’t recover from the remainder of the game.”

The Tigers held the Coyotes to just five points throughout the game. Coyotes scoring began in the first quarter when Tyrus Gawith landed a two-poin...