Osborn’s girls, after having fallen on hard times the past year, were on a mission to have a Cinderella season this year. They got off to a 4-1 start and played some good teams tough. They lost by seven to Tri-County, another team on the rise; they lost 63-41 to East Atchison, and they only lost by 16 to Jefferson. In their home tournament, they caught fire again, winning twice to get to the championship round.
But then the weather intervened and the tournament title game was postponed until Wednesday. Meanwhile, North Nodaway came to town and crashed the Cinderella party, at least for the time being.
Osborn rode all the momentum of their recent tournament run and kept right on playing well, taking a 10-6 lead over North Nodaway after one. But then reality set in; North Nodaway fought back to take a 19-12 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, the Mustangs erupted for 25 points and the game went into running clock territory as North Nodaway went on to win 60-27. The system shock was too great; Polo, with only three wins, went on to beat Osborn 50-35 for the tournament title.
North Nodaway, who was ice cold in its 45-41 loss to Nodaway-Holt in Fairfax, found its shooting touch at just the right time, getting eight 3-pointers in its win. Kristin Herndon had 16, Kandace Damgar 11, Ashley Thompson 9, and Keagan O’Riley had 8. Saylor Brown, a freshman who earned the right to be one of the first players off the bench, had one of her best games so far as a Mustang, also getting 8. Audrey Trimble had 4; Alonna Cross, who started to show some aggression in the Christian game when she came in with the game decided, got on the board with 4.
Kandace Damgar had three 3-pointers. Kristin Herndon and Saylor Brown had 2, and Keagan O’Riley had 1.
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