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Lady Hornets run past Troy for 8th straight win
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | January 4, 2018
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team scored a season-high 72 points while holding Troy to a season-low 10 points to earn their eighth straight win on Wednesday, January 3.
Troy was no match for the Lady Hornets as Wellsboro outscored them 25-2 in the first, 25-4 in the second, 10-2 in the third, and 12-2 in the fourth.
Junior Emma Poirier broke the 20-point plateau with 21 points and senior Tory Self had a double-double of 20 points and 10 assists. Self also added 6 steals and 5 rebounds.
Senior Mikel Shabloski scored a career-high 16 points, senior Lizzie Poirier scored 9 and added 5 rebounds, senior Rachael Tuttle scored 4 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and sophomore Cathryn Brought rounded out the scoring with 2 points.
Emma Poirier made 4 assists and had 2 steals, Tuttle added 6 steals and blocked a shot, and Brought had 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
In the JV game the Lady Hornets snapped their six-game losing streak with a 25-8 win, their first of the season. Sophomore Liza Manning led the Lady Hornets with 6 points.
The win improves the Varsity team's record to 8-0 (5-0 NTL Large School Division). The team will be back in action on Friday, January 5 at Towanda.
About the Author
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
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