Northfield 7th Wins RRC Tournament
The Northfield 7th grade girls won the RRC tournament Saturday, defeating Southwood 23-11. The Manchester 8th grade fell to Maconaquah 47-31 in the championship game.
Lady Norse 7th grade had a stellar second half of defense to hold Southwood to only 2 points and which allowed them to take the Running Rivers Championship 23-11.
Emily Miller 11 pts, 5 Reb, 2 steals.
Teagan Baer 10 pts, 4 Reb, 2 steals.
Ali Copeland 2 pts, 1 steal.
Kyra Aderman 4 Reb.
Andrea Widemon 2 steals
Coach Baer ”The Lady Norse played the entire season with only 5 players and managed to have all five finish game without fouling out in 17/19 games. Norse finished the season with a 15-4 record. Very proud of this group and good things are ahead for Lady Norse Basketball program!”
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The 8th Grade Lady Squires were in the Final Four of the RRC Tournament today at Wabash High School. In the first game, they took to the court against the Rochester Zebras. The Zebras came out swinging and jumped out to a 7-1 lead, but the Lady Squires fought back to tie the game at the end of the 1st quarter. The Squires outscored the Zebras in each of the next 3 quarters to win by 10 points with final score of 44-34. Ava Sautter and Emma Walker each scored 19 points to lead the Squires. Ava-Marie Simcoe hit two key jumpers in the 4th quarter to give her 4 points and Allie Egolf had two big free throws for 2 points.
In the championship game, the Squires faced off against Maconaquah, which came into the game undefeated. The Lady Squires were able to break MAC’s full court preasure without much issue, but had untimely turnovers in the half court limiting scoring opportunities. The Squires went into halftime down 10 points, but continued to fight throughout the second half. Maconaquah proved to be too much in the end, but the girls played with much grit and courage. Emma Walker led the team with 15 points, Ava Sautter with 11 points, and Ava-Marie Simcoe with 5 points.
Katelynn Leckrone, Ashely Angle, and Ariah Dillon round out the 7 girl team, which became a true team this year.
The 8th Grade Lady Squires finished the season with 18 wins and 2 losses.
