MHS - Women's Basketball / December 10, 2020 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane girls basketball teams with new head coach Doug Evers, new assistant coach Kadee Carpenter, and returning assistant coach Robert Glaser kicked off their season last Friday, December 4th against a tough Wellington team and faced the Independence Gorillas on Tuesday, December 8th in the first game of the Circle Thunderbird Classic.
The varsity girls faced Independence in the opening games of the Thunderbird classic, hosting the Gorillas due to Covid (not all games are being played at Circle) and the Cats were even with the Gorillas in the first half, going into halftime tied 22-22. The girls struggled to put points up in the third quarter and couldn't catch up in the 4th, falling 37-48. Senior Kaitlyn Klein and freshman Teagan Garrison led the cats with 9 points each. Klein and freshman Madison Shaw led the Cats in rebounds with 6 each.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 7 15 4 11 37
IHS 6 16 13 13 48
* Kaitlyn Klein - 9 points
* Teagan Garrison - 9 points
* Kamryn Nolan - 7 points
* Caylee Davis - 4 points
* Karlie Kanaga - 4 points
* Haley Chambers - 2 points
* Madison Shaw - 2 points
The JV girls had a great game againt the Gorillas, surging ahead in the first half 22-12 and continuing that momentum to finish the game winning 38-25. Senior Campbell Williams and sophomore Jadyn Stevenson led the Cats with 13 points each.
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 13 9 16 4 38
IHS 7 5 7 6 25
* Campbell Williams - 13 points
* Jadyn Stevenson - 13 points
* Lauren Young - 4 points
* Ashlyn Alumbaugh - 4 points
* Madison Phipps - 3 points
* Madison Shaw - 3 points
* Teagan Garrison - 2 points
The C-Team girls hosted the Andale Indians since Independence could not field a C-team. The Indians jumped on the Cats and took a 24-9 lead at halfime and closed out the Cats wtih a 41-23 win. Freshman Ashley Young, Ashlyn Alumbaugh, Madison Dunbar, and Elizabeth Blankenship all led the Cats with 4 points each.
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 5 4 6 8 23
AHS 9 15 12 5 41
* Ashley Young - 4 points
* Ashlyn Alumbaugh - 4 points
* Elizabeth Blankenship - 4 points
* Madison Dunbar - 4 points
* Justice Blake - 3 points
* Madison Phipps - 2 points
* Mariah Cowin - 2 points
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The varsity girls kicked off their season, hosting the Wellington Crusaders, one of the top teams in 4A state. The girls struggled to put points in against the Crusaders and turnovers hurt the Wildcats all game. The girls put in a strong effort but fell 18-62. Junior Amber Hansen and freshman Madison Shaw led the Cats with 4 points each.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 4 2 6 6 18
WHS 22 16 18 6 62
* Amber Hansen - 4 points
* Madison Shaw - 4 points
* Jadyn Stevenson - 3 points
* Haley Chambers - 2 points
* Teagan Garrison - 2 points
* Haley Shaw - 2 points
* Lauren Young - 1 point
The JV Girls had a tight game against the Crusaders behind the 10 point effort by sophomore Jadyn Stevenson and 9 points by freshman Madison Phipps. The girls went into halftime down 17-23. They were outscored in the 3rd quarter and tried to make a comback in the 4th but fell 41-47.
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 9 8 12 12 41
WHS 12 11 19 5 47
* Jadyn Stevenson - 10 points
* Madison Phipps - 9 points
* Campbell Williams - 6 points
* Lauren Young - 5 points
* Madison Shaw - 4 points
* Ashley Young - 4 points
* Olivia Lampe - 3 points
The C-Team girls only played two quarters due to Wellington short on players. The girls were down by three after the first quarter and were even in the second, but fell 14-17. Madison Dunbar led the Cats with 6 points in the half-game.
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 4 10 x x 14
WHS 7 10 x x 17
* Madison Dunbar - 6 points
* Madison Phipps - 2 points
* Addison Mackey - 2 points
* Justice Blake - 2 points
* Ashlyn Alumbaugh - 2 points
The Varsity game vs Parsons that was originally scheduled for this evening was moved to December 19th. The JV and C-team girls are traveling to Garden Plain this evening with the C-Team game starting at 4:15 and JV at 6:00 PM.
