Cascades Athletics Communication Coordinator, Jordie Arthur, writes and publishes in-depth nightly recaps for every UFV Cascades game at gocascades.ca. The Cascade is working in collaboration with the Cascades Athletics Department to bring bi-weekly publication of sports, athletes, and game recaps to the newspaper.
Women’s Basketball
Maddy Gobeil led the Cascades as they outscored the Manitoba Bisons 21-6 in the second quarter of Friday night’s home opener on their way to an 84-54 victory. Gobeil had a game-high 22 points to go with seven rebounds on the night, while teammate Julia Tuchscherer notched 13 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists in the effort.
“Tonight was definitely a team effort,” said Tuchscherer. “We put in a ton of work this week and we wanted to focus on what we needed to do first, and then focus on Manitoba. They’re a strong team, so we had to come out and do our thing and let the game come to us.
“It was a really good turn out tonight, and the energy was great. It’s great to be back on our home court again after a long summer of hard work put in.”
Natalie Rathler and the UFV Cascades women’s basketball team improved to 4-0 for the season with a 69-58 win over the Manitoba Bisons on Saturday. This was their second win in two nights over the Bisons, and cemented their top 3 in Canada West standing.
Rathler scored a game-high 21 points and added seven rebounds in the victory, while teammates Deanna Tuchscherer and Gobeil scored 17 and 15 respectively. Julia Tuchscherer also had a big night with 14 points, 14 boards, and seven assists.
“In this league any team can beat any team,” commented Cascades forward Rathler postgame. “I don’t think we had our best performance tonight, but I think coming away with the win shows the resilience we have as a team.”
The Cascades are back in action Nov. 18-19 to host the UNBC Timberwolves. Game times are set for 6:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. respectively and can be streamed live on Canada West TV.
Men’s Basketball
The Cascades men’s basketball team dropped a 73-61 decision to the Manitoba Bisons on November 11, 2022 at the UFV Athletic Centre.
The Bisons got off to a fast start in the first, taking a 17-5 lead, but the Cascades fought back to close the gap to just five after Dylan Kinley scored six quick points to end the frame. Manitoba led by as many as 20 in the third quarter, but the Cascades battled back again, scoring 14 straight points, to trail by six headed into the fourth. UFV got within three points with nine minutes to go, but that was as close as they would get.
Kinley led the Cascades with 17 points on the night, while Dhivaan Bhogal scored 13 and added 10 rebounds. Dario Lopez added 14 rebounds of his own in the effort.
“I thought our guys battled hard,” noted Cascades head coach Joe Enevoldson. “I think that we are starting to develop a bit of an identity about who we are, and how physically tough we can be. Our bigs, Dhivaan and Dario, did a great job on the glass tonight.”
In the second game of the weekend, the Cascades dropped a 92-53 decision to the Manitoba Bisons on Saturday night.
The Cascades dropped to 2-2 on the season after their opening weekend sweep of MacEwan.
Lopez led the Cascades with 14 points and eight rebounds, while Uyi Ologhola added eight points.
“We are going to have our youthful moments,” noted Enevoldson after the game. “We have to go back to the drawing board, maybe find easier ways to score, and find some ways to defend a bit better.”
Steve is a third-year BFA creative writing/visual arts student who’s been a contributing writer, staff writer and now an editor at The Cascade. He's always found stories and adventures but now has the joy of capturing and reporting them.
