Van Buren Co. ends Lady Broncos? year

Virginia Prater launches a 3-pointer during a recent Lady Bronco game. Prater and her Boyd teammates were defeated in the first round of the 9-A tournament at Van Buren County.

Boyd finished the season with a 3-22 record.

The Lady Broncos played a solid first period as Virginia Prater and Leah Walker worked the boards. By the end of the first quarter the Lady Broncos had kept the game close and trailed by one point.

Van Buren came out in the second period and proved to be unstoppable. The Lady Broncos hit for eight points in the period, while the Lady Eagles ran up and down the court posting 25 points in the period with the help of Porsche McDonald, Lauren Grissom and Rachel Delon. By the end of the first half Van Buren had built a 36-18 lead.

Third-period action saw the Lady Eagles continue to dominate both ends of the court. The Lady Broncos efforts on offense resulted in 10 points. But on the defensive end of the floor Boyd gave up 20 points in the quarter and trailed 56-28 at the end of the quarter.

Van Buren slowed things down in the final period, but the Lady Broncos still had problems finding the basket. Boyd hit for five points, while giving up 11 to the Lady Eagles as Van Buren picked up the 34 point victory.

Walker hit for 12 and Prater had eight to lead Boyd. DaRae Wells hit for five, Jessica Hagar, Courtney Hard and Lyndsey King had two points each. Emily Newby and Cassie Wanamaker had one point apiece.

McDonald led all scorers with 20 points for Van Buren. Delon added 14, Lauren Grissom had 13, Shelby Bouldin hit for six, Courtney Howard had five, Martha Grissom hit for three, Kendra Ballew and Bee Martin added two points each. Caitlin Walker and Laci Troglen added one point each.