Our Lady Stangs defeated the Highlands Lady Birds 51-40 Wednesday night in Alexandria, our first win over the Lady Birds since December of 2013 – ten Losses ago.  On this night, the two teams appeared evenly matched early on as the Birds led 6-4, before the Lady ‘Stangs grabbed the advantage 7-6, and did not relinquish it, despite having some anxious moments midway through the fourth quarter.

Leading 19-13 at the half, we pushed the lead out to fourteen points at 32-18, appearing to be in complete control, with 1:18 remaining in the third period, when Coach Richie called a time-out to stop the Birds bleeding, and did.   From that juncture, the Birds went on a 17-6 run that extended well into the fourth quarter, cutting the home team’s lead to 38-35 before the Lady ‘Stangs said, No!, reversed the trend, and finished out with the 12-6 edge through he stretch, posting the 50-41 win, our fourteenth of the season against a single loss, heading into the 10th Region “A” Classic which tips off Saturday at 4:15pm when we take on the Augusta Lady Panthers in the opening round at Bracken County High School.  The game will be broadcast live beginning at about 4pm.

On the night the Brossrt girls were led by Soph Kylie Smith with 16.  Junior Greylee Kramer had 13, with 10 of them coming in the second half.  Lilee Meyers scored 10, with 8 of these coming from the free-throw line with the game on the line.  Rachael Shewmaker had 7 points with a myriad of rebounds and deflections.  Bailey Ritchie ad Kaylee Mills paced the Birds with 10 each.  We also got a sneak preview of Emori Kinney, Tay Kinney’s younger sister, an 8th grader who  was outstanding in the JV game and got quite a few minutes, while scoring 7 points in the feature event.   The Bluebirds won that JV game sizably, while the Brossart Freshmen edged the Baby Birds 30-29.