The Manchester girls and boys basketball teams traveled to Oak Hill Saturday. The girls defeated Oak Hill while the boys fell to the Eagles.
The Lady Squires started off with a scoring drought and went into the locker room at halftime with a 15-8 deficit. Their defense brought the energy second half as the Squires came up with 17 steals for the game.
Maddy Miller led defensively with 7 steals, also adding 13 points and 5 rebsounds. Brookelynn Buzzard led the Squires offensively with 20 points and 2 assists. Hadley West came up with 8 points and 4 rebounds. Aliala Atienza had an all-around great game with 4 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals. Grace Smith added 2 points and Molly Schannep had 1 point and 3 rebounds. Peyton Ream had great defensive minutes and picked up 4 steals. Kim Schroll and Olivia Neal both had good presence on the inside with 5 rebounds
Outscoring the Lady Eagles by 19 points in the second half, the Squires finished with the 48-36 victory.
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The squires were up 28-27 going into halftime but struggled with turnovers in the second half and lost to a good Oak Hill team 68-42.
Gavin Betten- 20 pts
Gavin Martin- 9 pts
Ethan Hendrix- 6 pts
Tyler McLain- 5 pts
Caden Miller- 2 pts
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