Taryn Farnan, playing through a lot of pain, had 22 points to carry Northeast Nodaway's girls past Stanberry 38-27 in the first round of districts. The game clinched Coach Vance Proffitt's first-even winning season either at NEN or North Nodaway as they went to 13-11 with the win. Dallis Coffelt helped at the other end, getting six blocks and a critical steal in the closing seconds. Taryn Farnan had 2 and Claudia Wiederholt and Brianna Riley had 1 each.
Northeast fell behind in the first half by as much as 12-8, but Kerrigan Adwell hit Taryn inside, Dallis Coffelt hit a shot from the wing with a defender in her face, and Jill Spire hit Taryn inside to put Northeast up 14-12.
But Stanberry had been playing excellent basketball after falling by 8 to Northeast in December, even getting wins over Braymer and Jefferson. They also had wins over Maysville and DeKalb in the King City Tournament. The reason was that their outside shooting had gotten much better and they had a lot more people who could shoot. Also, Kaleigh Wilmes had substantially improved her scoring since the two teams last played.
Wilmes' 3-pointer put Stanberry up by one in the third, and it looked like it would be down to the wire. But then Brianna Riley scored her first three points of the game off an emphatic drive and 3-point play with 1:41 left in the third to make it 19-17 and put Northeast up for good. That play permanently swung the momentum in Northeast's favor as they took control from there on out. It was similar to another play Brianna made when her only two points of the game permanently broke a CFX run earlier in the year and Northeast was able to reestablish control and win. Dallis Dawn hit Taryn at the buzzer to put Northeast up 21-17 as Northeast finally got their high-low game working. If Brianna gets to where she can take it to the basket like that all the time, she will be quite a force next year with her speed.
Wilmes hit a free throw, but then Taryn Farnan countered with two free throws, giving Northeast a five point lead at 23-18 with 6:15 left in the fourth. It was the first lead of more than four points for either team.
Dallis Coffelt rolled her ankle and had to come out and Stanberry was doubling Taryn, trying to get the ball out of her hands. But she was able to find Kerrigan Adwell all alone for a backdoor layup to make it 25-19 and Brianna blocked a shot on the other end as Northeast was able to hold the fort until Dallis came back. Taryn continued to carry the Bluejays, getting the next five points to make it 30-20 with 2:50 left.
Shaylynn Craig suddenly went off for Stanberry, making a 3-pointer to make it 30-23. Stanberry stole the ball on the ensuing possession, but Wilmes' 3-pointer was off the mark and a tieup on the rebound went to Northeast. Once again, Stanberry doubled Taryn trying to get the ball out of her hands, but this time she found Brianna Riley backdoor to make it 32-23. Craig countered with her second 3-pointer, but Taryn Farnan hit both free throws to make it a three possession game as it was now under two minutes and Stanberry had to start fouling. Dallis Coffelt then got a critical steal off a Farnan tip and Jill Spire's free throws made it 36-26 with 1:09 left to clinch the game.
Northeast was ousted in the second round 57-32 by Mercer. The backbreaker was Hayley Sample's NBA 3-pointer at the buzzer to put Mercer up 14-4, and they never led by less than double figures the rest of the way. Holly Redden and Dallis Coffelt had 8 each and Taryn Farnan 6 and Jill Spire 3. Northeast had balanced scoring, but there was not enough of it against the high-powered Mercer team, which has only lost one game. Taryn Farnan took 2 charges on defense. Northeast did a good job of getting to the offensive glass, but they could not slow down Mercer's perimeter game or take care of the ball against Nicole Kost, who collected a ton of steals for the Cardinals on defense. They ended their season at 13-12.
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