Lady Redskins place 3rd

The Lady Redskins took third place at the Boomerang Classic Tournament. They opened the tournament against Dale on December 7. It was tough sledding on the offensive end all night. They did however keep fighting to theveryendandmadeitaball game in the fourth quarter. The Lady Redskins fell to Byng, 60 to 53.

In the first quarter, ninth graders, Avery Ludrick with five and Olivia McAlister with two was the entire offensive output the Lady Redskins could manage. Meanwhile, the Lady Pirates put up 15 and held the lead by eight after one.

Afterdiggingsuchaholein the first, the Lady Redskins came back with a 13-point effort in the second. Emily Bellettini finally found her stroke and had two buckets. Joli Heydon had a nice quarter with a three pointer and two more buckets. Brylie Barnes connected for a bucket. The score at the half, 31 to 20, advantage Byng.

The third quarter scoring was the best of the game with a 19-point effort. Bellettini got going with a three and two more field goals. Jaci Herndon had a three and a two -oint field goal. Ludrick had two more goals. Heydon had a nice three pointer. The Lady Redskins were still trailing, 48 to 39.

In the fourth, Bellettini hit two free throws with six minutes to play. She went on to go 4 of 4 and a field goal. Jayda Foster got her first bucket.CassidyWalkerhada bucket.Heydonhadtwomore buckets. The Lady Redskins cut the score to, 55 to 53 with 1:26 to play. That was the closest they would come and the final was Byng 60 to 53 over the Lady Redskins.

Box score: Bellettini lead the team with 17 points, she was followed by Heydon, with 14. Ludrick had nine, Herndon five, and Foster, Barnes and Walker all had two points.