Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles elude South Decatur Lady Cougars attack
Gary Franklin
SPORTS EDITOR
GARY FRANKLIN PHOTO
Pictured at left, Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagle sophomore Abby Wagner (24) shifts into overdrive to speed past her OA Lady Twister (24) would be defender.
The JCD Lady Eagles traveled to South Decatur to face a hot Lady Cougar squad. Winners of their last two games, the Lady Cougars played very aggressively early on, but the Eagles hit 5 treys in the opening quarter against their zone to earn a nine-point lead at 20-11 after one.
Both squads had important players in foul trouble in the first half. South’s Julia Miller and JCD’s Sydney Keene were saddled with fouls the entire game.
Both teams would have multiple players with 4 or 5 fouls. JCD, however, took advantage of the charity stripe appearances, hitting 24 of 37 shot.
South on the other hand, only connected on 12 of their 31 charity tosses.
As the game played out, JCD added to their lead at every stop, 36-21 at the half, 49-27 after three complete, then eventually winning 65-39 at the horns final sounding.
Coach Smith said, "It was a rough game and hard on both teams but our effort was good, even when our focus was off."
Saturday, Dec. 21 Varsity action @ SDHS
JCD Lady Eagles 65
SD Lady Cougars 39
Varsity Quarter Score
JCD 20 36 49 65
SD 11 21 27 39
LADY EAGLES SCORING
22 Sydney Keene 16
12 Jenna Hughes 14
24 Abby Wagner 13
32 Brook Ronsheim 8
30 Jordan Day 4
50Jacq. Menchhofer 4
42 Hayley Bruns 3
14 Kelsey Bowling 3
40 Tiffany Burton 0
44 Liz Abel 0
54 Baili Miller 0
55 Rosie Newhart 0
34 Andrea Smith 0
52 C. DeChristopher 0
20 Kayla Bowling 0
Saturday, Dec. 21 JV action @ SDHS at noon
JCD Lady Eagles 41
SD Lady Cougars 12
JV Quarter Scores
JCD 9 13 27 41
SD 2 4 10 12
LADY EAGLES SCORING
34 Baili Miller 9
40 Tiffany Burton 8
52 C. DeChristopher 8
24 Elizabeth Abel 6
42 Rosie Newhart 6
10 Kayla Bowling 4
32 Andrea Smith 0