Lady Pioneers handed lopsided district defeat
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Warren County, which fell to 2-3 overall with its third straight loss, gave up 15 unanswered points ? several coming after Lady Pioneer turnovers ? to begin the game, and managed to scrape together just 10 points of their own in the first half, which ended with Cookeville (6-2, 1-1 in district play) holding a more-than-comfortable 45-10 edge.
Another strong run from Cookeville opened the second half, as the Lady Cavaliers built a 56-10 lead before Elizabeth Lavoie hit to break a WCHS scoring drought of over 11 minutes.
With victory all but assured, the Lady Cavs carried a 61-18 lead out of the third quarter, and went up by 50 points with just over two minutes to play before out-scoring their guests 9-2 down the stretch to put the exclamation point on the 52-point shellacking.
During that run, sophomore Sloan Tate scored at the 1:04 mark, giving the Lady Cavaliers the satisfaction of having every player who dressed out for the game enter the scoring column.
Rochelle Davidson and Erin Helton sparked their team?s efforts with 15 points each, whlie Ali Masters had a dozen points nad Nikki James added seven.
The Lady Pioneers? effort was led by Brittany Frazier, who had nine points, while Miki Rogers scored eight and Lavoie added four.
WCHS will be in action at home tonight, taking on the (8-1, 2-0 district) Riverdale Warriors. The game is scheduled for 6:30 at Dalton Gym.