MHS - Women's Basketball / December 3, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The women's basketball teams opened up their 2021-22 season last Friday at Wellington. The JV girls kicked off the evening's games (the C-Team game was canceled) and it was a very exciting game that went in overtime due to a last-second 3-pointer by Kierra Cain to tie up the game 31-31 in the 4th. The Cats fell 31-33 as the clock ticked to zero in overtime. Madison Shaw led the Cats with 7 points on the evening.
JV 1 2 3 4 OT Final
MHS 4 6 9 12 0 31
WHS 11 10 2 8 2 33
* Madison Shaw - 7 pts
* Makenna Treat - 5 pts
* Kierra Cain - 5 pts
* Reece Lazier - 5 pts
* Justice Blake - 4 pts
* Madison Phipps - 3 pts
* Rylee Dieker - 2 pts
The Varsity girls had a tall order as the Wellington team is a top-10 4A team. The girls held the Crusaders to just 8 points in the first quarter and went into halftime down just 4 points 21-25. A tough 3rd quarter for the Cats found them down 29-42 going into the 4th quarter and the Cats fell 41-57. Other than the 3rd quarter, the Cats were right in there with the Crusaders all evening. Lauren Young led the Cats with 8 points on the evening, going 8-8 on the free-throw line. Ashley Young led the Cats in rebounds on the evening with 8 boards.
"I was so proud of the girls and their effort against a good Wellington team," said Coach Carpenter. "It was definitely a step in the right direction. We saw a lot of good things and a lot of things we need to improve and work on."
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 8 13 8 12 41
WHS 8 17 17 15 57
* Lauren Young - 8 pts, 6 reb
* Madison Shaw - 7 pts, 5 reb
* Teagan Garrison- 7 pts, 3 reb
* Kamryn Nolan - 7 pts, 4 reb
* Ashley Young - 4 pts, 8 reb
* Karlie Kanaga - 4 pts, 0 reb
* Madison Phipps - 4 pts, 5 reb
* Olivia Ellis - 0 pts, 1 reb
Complete game stats can be found here.
The girls will be participating in the Circle Thunderbird Classic next week and their first games will be on Monday, December 6th against Independence, varsity at 6:00 PM and JV at 7:30 PM at Circle High School.
