By: Tyler Elzholz, Jaiden Basinger, and Jose Nazario
February 22, 2022
This past Saturday, the Lady Hurricanes traveled to Mapleton High School for a sectional final game pairing two, evenly-matched teams.
In the first quarter, the Lady Canes and Lady Mounties traded baskets, turnovers, and defensive stops. In a relatively quick-paced opening quarter, the Lady Mounties took a one-point, 13-12 lead after eight minutes of play.
In the second quarter, the Lady Canes started off fast and played great defense which jump-started a 9-0 run to give them a 21-13 lead. However, the Mounties matched the Lady Canes 9-0 run with a 9-0 run of their own to take a 22-21 halftime lead.
Coach Jon Holko stated: “At halftime, the goal was to stick to our game plan and to clean up some aspects of our rebounding and turnovers. We were right there but just couldn’t sustain a second half run, and they (the Lady Mounties) made a couple of less mistakes when it mattered most.”
In the third quarter, the offensive struggles continued for the Lady Canes. Turnovers, missing wide-open looks, and not rebounding the ball on the offensive glass enabled the Lady Mounties to stretch their lead to seven points by the end of the quarter, 35-28.
Despite the scoring struggles, the Lady Canes found themselves down by just four points with ten seconds to go in the game, but a missed lay-up attempt to cut the lead to two sealed the deal for the host Lady Mounties.
Final score: Mapleton 45, Brooklyn 39.
“We had our chances but didn’t capitalize. Even though this loss stings and my heart breaks for the seniors (Savannah David and Gwen Spaliatsos), these girls have nothing to be ashamed of. This year, three records were broken, we gave Trinity their only CVC loss, and we finished with 15 wins. We have a lot to be proud of.”
With the loss, the Lady Canes were eliminated from playoff contention, but as Coach Holko stated, an overall record of 15-8 is terrific.
Hurricane Nation would like to congratulate the Lady Canes on all of their hard work and successes this season. With six of the eight varsity players returning next year, the best is yet to come!
The girls basketball program would like to wish the boys varsity basketball team the best of luck tonight as they host Wooster Triway in the sectional semi-finals. Tip off is at 7:00.
Go Canes!
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