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Wildwood Tops Umatilla In Basketball

    The Umatilla High School boys basketball team dropped a home game on Friday, January 23. The visiting Wildwood Wildcats outpaced Umatilla by a score of 76-49. The loss dropped Umatilla’s season record to 11 wins against 9 losses.
   After falling behind at the half by a score of 41-27, Umatilla outscored Wildwood in the third quarter 18-17. However, the Bulldogs were only able to muster four points in the final quarter to Wildwood’s 18, leading to the blowout final score.     Umatilla was led by senior Ray Jenkins, who score 23 points on 8-23 shooting. Trust Grubbs added six points and Noah Penley five. Zion Reed led Umatilla with eight rebounds, and Bryce Norflee added five rebounds to his team high 10 assists.
   Umatilla next play at home this Thursday, January 29, when Leesburg Christian Prep comes to town for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.