8th Boys Take Down East

8th A
West - 95
East - 59

The Coppell Middle School West Wranglers took on the East Broncos at home on Wednesday night. The east broncos started off the game hot with inside baskets and three point shots.The momentum was in favor of the broncos and it seemed as though they were going to run away with the game. But the Wranglers responded with baskets by Robert Watson and Samardh Talagadadeevi. The Wranglers took the lead and didn't look back. Andrew Ma entered the game and played great minutes. Andrew grabbed several rebounds, played great defense, and made good decisions. The Wranglers went into halftime with a 20 point lead. The Wranglers made adjustments at halftime to work on things for the next game. Ritvseh Achiventaka, Prabhav, and Sachid Pola came in and played great! Madhav Kumar protected the basket and was scoring baskets. The Wranglers won by a score of 95 to 59. Overall great team effort. The Wranglers will be looking to add to the win column next week as they go on the road to play Timberview Middle School!

8th B
West - 37
East - 38
This week in Coppell Athletics the West basketball team played a home game against cross town rivals the East Broncos. The game was the most intense game of the season so far for the Wranglers. The Wranglers started off slow offensively. The normal shots that they are accustomed to making throughout the season weren't going into the basket Monday night. The Broncos held a double digit lead going into the second quarter.The Wranglers focused more on defense to get back into the game. Arya Bonthu, and Ayaan Patel stole the basketball several possessions in a row to cut the Broncos lead down. Reuben Sarkodie, and Philip Fordjour grabbed several offensive rebounds to keep possessions alive for the Wranglers. Those extra possessions helped the Wranglers score which in result gave them the lead. The Broncos then went on a run to take a 4 point lead going into halftime. In the 3rd quarter the Wranglers switched defensive coverages to throw off the Broncos. The switch worked for a while and the Wranglers got the lead again. Then some unforced turnovers happened with the Wranglers which caused the Wranglers to foul the Broncos to get the lead back. But it wasn’t enough as the Broncos won on the score of 38-37. The Wranglers will look to get back to their winning ways next week on the road against Timberview Middle School.

8th C
West - 24
East - 21

The Coppell Middle School West Wranglers rocked the house at home in a battle of the Coppell Middle Schools vs Coppell Middle School East Broncos. The Wranglers took the lead early and never faltered. They played great as a team and spread the ball around having multiple Wranglers drop buckets including Anuj Palaniraj, Akash Arepally, Dayton Tran, Pranav Vempati, Anush Bindlish, Denim Jones, Renish Joshi, and this week’s player of the game Tre Carthen. Carthen showed his speed and agility with some lockdown defense, a few blocked shots, and grabbing some offensive rebounds. Pranav Vempati also added 5 blocked shots denying the rim thoroughly to the Broncos. With 2 more games remaining in the season, next week, the Wranglers look to continue their win streak vs Timberview Middle School on the road.
Let’s go Wranglers!