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Junior High Girls Go 1 for 1 on the Night
By: Lainie Wright
On Thursday, January 16th the 8th grade Lady Royals came out victorious against their rivals the Bucyrus Redmen. Winning in a low scoring game of 19-8. The Lady Royals played an aggressive game never letting the Redmen catch up. The Redmen trailed the entire game never coming close to the Lady Royals because of their strong offense and aggressive defense. At halftime, the Royals had a comfortable lead of 13-6. The Redmen were 0-10 from the foul line for the game which helped the Royals in their victory. In the fourth quarter, no points were scored by the Redmen because of the Royals strong defensive effort and refusing to lose to their rivals. The Royals were led in scoring by Shaylin Miller with 5 points; followed by Bailey Alspach, Sierra Richardson, and Gabby Grove with 4 points.
However, earlier in 7th grade action, the Lady Royals were not as lucky in their battle against the Bucyrus Redmen. It was a close game throughout with the Redmen defeating the Royals 34-29. The Royal’s missed some easy layups and committed costly turnovers which helped the Redmen tremendously in their victory. Alexis White said “The team needs to focus on the easy shots and work at committing less turnovers.” The first half shared numerous lead changes in a head to head battle with neither team falling to far behind. At halftime, the Royals had a very close 16-14 lead. The Lady Redmen quickly took the lead from the Royals shortly after the third quarter started and did not look back. The Lady Royals defense had difficulty stopping the Redmen’s offense in the second half. The Lady Royals defense was extremely aggressive committing 18 fouls which helped contribute to the Redmen victory. The Lady Royals were led in scoring by Alexis White with 11 points. The next time the Lady Royals are in action is Tuesday, January 21 at Upper Sandusky.
Rams Hand 7th and 8th Grade Girls First Loss
By: Todd Enders
The Lady Rams traveled to Wynford last night and handed both the 7th and 8th grade girls their first losses of the season. In 7th grade action last night, the Royals were defeated 36-24. The Royals trailed by 5 at halftime, 15-10, after dealing with a very aggressive Ram full court press. Upper Sandusky slowly increased their lead to 12 by the end of the third period, 28-16. Still continuing to press full court, the Royals made a little run during the final period but were not able to decrease the Ram’s double digit lead. The only two scorers for Wynford were Alexis White with 20 and Olivia Grove with 4. The Lady Royals fall to 2-1 on the season.
In the second game of the evening, the Upper Rams full court press was more than the 8th grade girls could handle. The Royals, 2-1 overall, had difficulty getting the ball across half court committing numerous turnovers leading to Upper’s evening of dominance. Upper jumped out to a 13-0 lead before the Royals managed to add their first point of the evening at the foul line. The Rams never relinquished the lead and managed to defeat the Lady Royals by a final of 40-18. Shaylin Miller added 7 points for the Royals while Sierra Richardson added 6. The 8th grade Lady Royals fall to 2-1 on the season and both teams are back in action on Thursday at Galion.
