Box Elder defense suffocates Tornadoes

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All the Box Elder girls basketball team wanted to do was make it out of that first round game with a win and nobody getting hurt.

With a possible semifinal matchup with Blue Sky looming, the Bears made quick work of the Turner Tornadoes, 69-30, Tuesday night in District 9C tournament action at the Havre High gymnasium.

"That first game, you use it to get the tournament jitters out," said Box Elder head coach Shiloh Schwab-Hannum. "You don't want to look past it, you just want to get the win and move on."

If the Bears had any jitters or were...