Anna Gladstone, playing in her first ever junior high game, led Worth County's girls to a 25-22 victory over North Nodaway last week. Anna had 11, Jessi Badell and Kristen New had 4, and Haley Hunt, Kennedy Galanakis, and Regan Allee had 2 each in the win over a good Mustang squad. Worth County built up a 12-4 lead in the first half. From there on out, they had trouble keeping standout post Ashley Thompson off the boards. However, they held her off just well enough to win. North Nodaway got the game as close as one point, but they could never catch Worth County.
North Nodaway spent the whole half chipping away at the Tiger lead and finally got it to within 21-20 on Keagan O'Riley's shot from the baseline with a defender all over her. Haley Hunt beat the press for her only two points of the game to make it 23-20 with 56 seconds left, but North Nodaway rushed right back down the floor and got a basket from MaKayla Cross to make it 23-22. The Mustangs had to foul, and they put Jessi Badell on the line, but she made both her free throws with 17.2 seconds left to make it 25-22.
The Mustangs brought the ball up the floor in an effort to tie with a 3-pointer, but Regan Allee got a steal and Worth County was able to run out the clock for the victory. The girls subsequently dropped a game against Stanberry by the running clock against one of the top teams in the area to fall to 1-1 on the year.
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