Coyotes can’t contain Sanger star

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune

Madera’s Rhynne Mitchell tries to drive around Sanger’s Lucia Takeda during Wednesday’s loss to the Apaches. Mitchell led the Coyotes with 13 points and seven rebounds. 

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The Madera Coyotes girls basketball team knew what they had to do in their match-up with the Sanger Apaches — contain Sanger’s Krista Schaffer.

Schaffer got her points, 25, but the Coyotes couldn’t answer in a 47-34 loss Wednesday in Joe Flores Gym without head coach Jason Smith, who was ill. 

While Schaffer scored 25, including going 8-for-9 from the free throw line, the rest of the Apaches combined for 22 points, including going 3-for-8 from the line.