Friday night’s game ended in defeat for the Chase County Lady Bulldogs, who lost by 39 points to the Flinthills Lady Mustangs, 59-20.
It’s been a tough year for the Lady Bulldogs with only one returning starter. After Friday night’s game, they are 0-2 in league play.
“We had too many turnovers,” Chase County coach Toby Baker said, “but our defense was good. They didn’t get too many open looks at the basket.”
The Mustangs, who entered halftime up by a score of 38-11, never backed down. Helping them maintain their lead was Lacey Breech, who scored 17 points, and Caley Onek, who had 15 points. Erin Dragoo scored 16 points and had 5 steals for the Mustangs.
“It was a much better effort on our part in terms of rebounding. We just made better decisions tonight than we’ve been making in the last three games,” Baker said. “The kids really played together.”
Olpe girls 62, Waverly 43
The Olpe Lady Eagles got Friday night’s victory against Waverly off to a good start. Thanks to a quick start, the Eagles ended the first half leading 40-14.
“We played a good first half,” coach Jesse Nelson said, “We were ready to play the first quarter and I think we played well.”
Coming out of the half with a 26-point lead, Nelson had the opportunity to play some of his younger players. One of those was sophomore Nichole Wendling, who scored three points for the Lady Eagles.
Leading the Eagles on the scoreboard was Kayla Krueger with 17 points. However, Waverly’s Megan Steward, who finished with 16 points, did not fall far behind Krueger’s point total.
Lyndon girls 71, Marais des Cygnes Valley 37
Lyndon handed Marais des Cygnes Valley a 71-37 loss Friday night. Lyndon started out strong, scoring 17 points in the first quarter and never let up.
By the end of the first half, MdCV was already trailing Lyndon by 20 points, but Lyndon carried its strength into the final half.
Leading Lyndon in scoring was Kara Banzhaf, who had 18 points. Rachel Clark led MdCV in total points with 10.
Hamilton girls 52, Williamsburg 36
Jesse Coe led the Hamilton girls, scoring 21 points and grabbing eight rebounds in the 16-point home victory.
Kourtnie Olson added 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Lady Tigers.
Rachel Sleichter was the leading scorer for Williamsburg, hitting double figures with 10.
Herington girls 39, Northern Heights 34
Crysta Brockmeier scored 12 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter, leading Herington to the 5-point victory.
The Lady Railers built a 19-13 advantage at half but fell behind 24-23 after scoring just four points in the third quarter. Brockmeier scored 12 of her team’s 16 points in the fourth quarter, including six free throws.
Kristin Kleinschmidt added 10 for Herington. Amy Lee and Sarah Boline contributed double figures with 10 points apiece for Northern Heights.
Hartford girls 48, Burlingame 22
Hartford jumped out to a 30-10 halftime lead on its way to the 26-point victory over Burlingame.
Stephanie Dall led the first-half surge for the Lady Jaguars, scoring 11 of her game-high 13 points in the first 16 minutes.
Jessica Cartee added nine points for Hartford.
Burlingame was led by Meghan Atchison’s 10 points.
Gazette sports intern Erica Bennett and sports reporter Jesse Newell contributed to this report.