Northern Heights girls win Flint Hills Shootout
By Brandon Schneeberger
Sunday, January 22, 2012
The Northern Heights Wildcats girls took the Flint Hills Shootout championship in the girls’ bracket on Saturday defeating Council Grove 56-30. The Wildcats opened up an 11 point halftime lead before extending it to as many as 31 in the fourth quarter as they cruised to the championship victory.
“We came out and we hit some shots early and put some pressure on them,” said Northern Heights coach Tim Riemann. “I thought the girls did a great job. That was our goal to get out early and just be aggressive.”
It was all Wildcats early on as they opened up an eight point lead to begin the first quarter of play. In the second quarter the Wildcats stretched their lead to 16 points, but Council Grove would weather the storm and cut the lead to 11 points entering the half.
Reagan McClellan came off the bench and scored six first half points as Lakin and Lakota Preisner added ten points between the two of them for Northern Heights. Council Grove was led by Kate Hula who had six points, but the Wildcats bench outscored the Braves bench 10-2 in the half.
“I think we’re a pretty deep basketball team,” said Riemann of the bench play.
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