The Snake River Conference

The transition to 1A has been overdue for many years at Grace High.  But now that it's come, what can we expect from conference play and the conference tournament.

The conference is split up into two pods, north and south.  The North pod includes Glenns Ferry, Hagerman, Challis and Shoshone.  The South pod: Grace, Hansen, Oakley and Raft River.  Come tournament time the #1 from each pod will be put up against the #4 from the opposite pod and 2 to 3 respectively.

The Grizzlies have started off the season well and have an unblemished conference record at 3 - 0.  But only one of those games has come against a team in their pod, a 20 point win against Oakley.

Current Conference Standings

North Pod
Shoshone 6 - 0  2 - 0
Hagerman 3 - 3  2 - 0
Glenns Ferry 3 - 4  0 - 2
Challis 1 - 5  0 - 2


South Pod
Grace 4 - 2  1 - 0
Oakley 2 - 5 1 - 1
Raft River  1 - 5  1 - 1
Hansen 0 - 5  0 - 1

Grace takes down 4th ranked Glenns Ferry

Grace 71, Glenns Ferry 47

Jordan Brady scored 24 and teammate Chase Ackerman added 20 as Grace defeated Glenns Ferry on Saturday night.

The Grizzlies’ (4-2, 3-0) defense was also in high gear, holding the Pilots to just five points in the opening quarter.

“The team came out really quick tonight and we were able to get ahead and stay ahead,” said Grace head coach Rory Lloyd. “All the kids had some really good playing minutes, too.”

Grace nexts host Soda Springs on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Boys and Girls hoops take down Oakley

Boys

Grace 60, Oakley 40

    Grace traveled to Oakley on Tuesday night and came away with a victory over the Hornets.

    The Grizzlies (3-2, 2-0) were led by Chase Ackerman with 19 points and Jordan Brady with 17, but the reall story was the defense, which held Oakley (1-5, 0-2) to just 16 points in the first half.

    Chase and Jordan, two seniors, led our offense, but our defensive intensity was the key to our success tonight,” said Grizzlies head coach Rory Lloyd. “The whole team really stepped up and did a great job.”

    Grace next plays at Glenns Ferry on Saturday at 7:30 p.m

Girls

Grace 55, Oakley 43

    Led by Stephanie Lloyd’s 10 points and nine from Hannah Skinner, Grace (2-5, 1-1) defeated Oakley on Tuesday evening.

    Down by four at the half, the Grizzlies’ defense took over and allowed their opponents just 12 points the rest of the contest.

    “We really began picking up our defense in the middle of the second quarter,” said Grace head coach Kevin Smith. “We also stopped turning the ball over. The whole team worked their butts off and came away with a big win tonight.”

    The Grizzlies next travel to Bear Lake to take on the Bears on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Grizzly Basketball off to good start

The Grizzlies have started off the basketball season pretty well this year. They played three games this week, one of which against a district team. They opened the season at home against in county rival North Gem. Jordan Brady led the Grizzlies with 30 points and they beatcthe cowboys handily, 69-32. Two days later the Challis Vikings made the trip to Grace, but they couldn't get anything going against a physical and quick Grizzly defense. Grace won their first district game 58-28 and were led by Chase Ackerman who scored 21 points. The next day the Grizzlies traveled to Bear Lake to face a much bigger 3A team. The tired Grizzlies couldn't keep up and fell 56-29.
A good 2-1 start to season for the Grizzlies and the team will be in even better shape when Josh Jenson recovers from a broken wrist sustained during the football season.