For the third straight year, the Lady Panthers won their own Centralia Tournament 54-33 over Boonville on Friday night. Centralia jumped out to a 23-6 lead by early second quarter…..
Brad Boyer with the call on nemopressbox.com. The Lady Pirates only got as close as ten late third quarter. Ryenn Gordon led Centralia with 17 points and Braylin Brunkhorst added 13. The Lady Panthers improve to 6-0 and will next play at Chillicothe on Friday. Bella Imhoff paced Boonville with 13. The Lady Pirates will host Fulton on Tuesday.
postgame interview with Centralia coach Megan Brinkmann:
A Salisbury senior reached a milestone in leading the Lady Panthers to a 50-39 victory over Father Tolton in the third place game….
Her 1,000th point in the first quarter helped Salisbury dig out of an early 8-0 hole. Ricketts went on to score 24 points, while Julia Sloan added 17. The Lady Panthers improve to 2-3 and will start conference play at Knox County on Tuesday. The Trailblazers drop to 2-6.
The consolation game went overtime and Macon avenged an earlier loss to North Callaway by beating the Lady T-Birds 53-52. The Tigerettes trailed by as many as ten in the second quarter and trailed by five late in regulation. North Callaway needed a three-pointer in the final 20 seconds to force a second overtime but settled for a two. Reece Barnett led Macon with 21 and MaKenzie Hessell followed with 20. The Tigerettes improve to 3-4 and will play at Chillicothe on Tuesday. Natalie Shryock led North Callaway with 16 and Kymorie Myers added 15. The Lady T-Birds drop to 2-4 and will host Van-Far in the start of EMO play on Monday.
Our Freeman Financial and Insurance Players of the Game:
Championship: Ryenn Gordon, Centralia
3rd Place: Tori Ricketts, Salisbury
Consolation: Reece Barnett, Macon
