Miners caught in collapse to Tigers

The Encampment Tigers clearly negated the foundation of the Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) Miners in Friday's 70-37 victory.

Head coach Clint Bromley said that HEM (5-10, bottom of the 1A Southeast conference) started the game in a triangle and 2 defense and it took the Tigers (1-2, 1A Southwest conference, 13-3 overall) a little while to solve that problem. The teams stayed within 2 points of each other through the first quarter, trading the lead a couple of times until a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Brett Ralston ended the first 10-8.

The Tigers outscored the Miners 20-8 in the second...