Lady ‘Dogs top WCMS girls
The Warren County Middle School girls seventh-grade basketball team suffered a 29-15 loss at Eastside Saturday night. The Lady Pioneers connected on just six of their 64 shots from the floor, including an 0-for-7 mark on 3-pointers.
The Lady Bulldog defense gave Warren County plenty of opportunities, but the Lady Pioneers had just three points by the end of the first quarter. Eastside hit for 11 with baskets with Tessa King, Amber Hillis and Synthia Watts handling the scoring.
In the second period Warren County’s offensive woes continued, as Chancerie Martin made the only basket for the Lady Pioneers. The Lady Bulldogs’ Becky Najera and Watts hit for four points each in the period to give Eastside a 21-5 lead at the break.
Lauren Henderson scored four of Eastside’s six points in the third period, while Kassidy Kominos and Kayla Maynard combined for five points for WCMS.
In the final period, both teams struggled from the floor. Warren County got baskets from Lea Montgomery and Lindsey Clayton. Yessenia Arellano scored the Lady Bulldogs only basket in the period but it was enough to secure the win.
For the Lady Bulldogs, Watts led with eight points, followed by Henderson with seven, King, Najera and Hillis had four points each and Arellano added two points.
For Warren County, Maynard hit for five points, Montgomery had four, Kominos, Martin and Clayton added two points each.