Worth County's junior high girls beat their win total from last year after holding off Northeast Nodaway 28-24 Thursday night. The Tigers also beat King City as they raised their record to 4-1 for the year. They did so despite playing without Kennedy Galanakis (ankle) and Regan Allee (arm). Abbi Caddenhead saw extended playing time for the Tigers, starting and playing much of the game. And Haley Hunt and Merrideth Spiers combined to shut down Gerry Runde, holding her to 2 points for the night. That offset a season high 13 points from Makayla Adwell.
Jessi Badell hit a shot just before the first quarter buzzer to put Worth County up 5-3; they built it up to 8-3 early in the second before leading scorer Anna Gladstone went out with three fouls. Northeast came back behind consecutive steals from Adwell to tie it at 8; she picked up her 3rd foul at the 2:43 mark, but Northeast elected to leave her in. The gamble paid off as Northeast was able to take the lead at halftime. Jaysie Dougan came off the bench to hit her first junior high points at the buzzer to put them up 15-12.
But Worth County started the second half off strongly as Jessi Badell got behind the Northeast defense after a steal from Anna Gladstone. Anna then outmuscled Gerry Runde for a loose ball and Kristen New got behind the defense to put Worth County back in front 16-15. And then Badell connected again off a pass from Kristen New to make it 18-15. It was a lead that Worth County would not relinquish.
The teams traded buckets for the rest of the way. Brittany Burns hit from the baseline for Northeast to make it 26-24, but Kristen New came up big as she went coast to coast with 3:26 to put Worth County up two possessions at 28-24. After Worth County got the ball back, they held the ball for two minutes, all the way down to 25 seconds to preserve the win. Jessi Badell and Kristen New had 10 each to lead the Tigers. Anna Gladstone had 6, while Haley Hunt had 2. For Northeast, Makayla Adwell had 13 points. Brittany Burns had 3 while Brea Coulter, Jaysie Dougan, Gerry Runde, and Maggie Schmitz had 2 each.
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