Warden boys, girls hoops fall in season openers

CASHMERE – On a snowy night at the Cashmere High School gym, the Warden Cougar boys and girls basketball teams took to the court against the Bulldogs. Both teams fell in their season openers, with the girl's team losing 53-47 and the boy's team losing 56-48 in their matchups against 1A Cashmere. Girls match “We were excited to play, and we’ve got a tough schedule,” Warden girls basketball head coach Josh Madsen said. “We start out with a really tough opponent, and that’s what we talked about in the locker room. It’ll make us better, we could have scheduled easy and had a cupcake to start with and blown them out, but we don’t need that.” The Cougars left the court at halftime with a 28-21 lead in the girl’s game but came out flat in the third quarter. Warden’s only points of the third quarter came on two converted free throws by junior Lauryn Madsen...