By: Ella Fowler, Kelsey Bruzek, Tyler Elzholz, and Jaiden Basinger
January 26, 2021
The lady Hurricanes are on a hot streak after beating the Fairview Warriors 55-46 last Wednesday. They kept the ball rolling this past Saturday with an incredible win against conference rival, the Independence Blue Devils.
The theme of this season, so far, has been the “comeback kids”. Against the Blue Devils, this theme would have to occur again as the Lady Canes found themselves losing 17-10 at the end of the first quarter.
In a relatively-even second quarter, the Lady Canes went into halftime facing a six-point deficit, 30-24.
In the third quarter, the host Hurricanes continued to fight their way back, and the only way they could do this was with timely, defensive stops and near-perfect, offensive execution. During this quarter, they had both and took a narrow 43-40 lead heading into the final quarter. Now, it was time to put down the final clamps on the visiting Blue Devils.
Independence did not go away easily, but the young Hurricanes did not relinquish their lead, fought to the finish, and earned an impressive 55-52 CVC victory.
The win was a complete team effort. Freshman Ashlyn Dyson finished with a game-high 21 points. Junior Jaida Dominguez finished with 8 points, while sophomore Genesis Caraballo added 8 points and fellow sophomore Shariah Gailes ended with 8 points as well. Gailes also grabbed a team-high 15 rebounds.
To add to the accomplishments, congratulations to Dyson for being recognized as one of the CVC’s top “Athletes of the Week”. To read more, click here.
The Lady Hurricanes will look to keep this winning streak going as they travel to Cuyahoga Heights High School this Wednesday to take on the Lady Redskins. Tip-off is set for 7:00.
You can follow Wednesday’s live-stream action by clicking on the Redskins’ Athletics YouTube Channel.
Go Canes!
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