It was Senior Night for Worth County and several athletes who participated in winter sports and activities were recognized between games. They were Jessi Badell (Girls Basketball), Eleonora Bernini (Girls Basketball, Cheerleading), Wyatt Frese (Pep Band), Haley Hunt (Girls Basketball), Bryant McCord (Boys Basketball), Jacob New (Boys Basketball), Caleb Parman (Boys Basketball), Bailee Walker (Pep Band), and Jeremy Wimer (Wrestling).
Worth County took a quick 6-0 lead as Anna Gladstone exploded past three defenders to start the scoring. Kristin New hit Kaylee McElvain on the right side, and then Kristin New got a tip and Anna Gladstone got the steal. She took it in for a left-handed layup and scooped it in over Paige West and Gerry Runde to prompt an NEN timeout.
Northeast Nodaway started fighting back as Makayla Adwell and Blair Stoll each lobbed it into Madelynn Mattson to cut it to 6-4 at the 4:26 mark. But then Kristin New hit Kaylee McElvain on the right baseline for three, Kristin New hit a cutting Anna Gladstone off an inbounds play, and Merrideth Spiers skipped one to Kaylee McElvain on the right wing for three to make it 14-4.
Madelynn Mattson drove the left side in a vain effort to stem the bleeding; she cut it to 14-6, but Jenna Smith hit Jessi Badell inside and then Jenna Smith blocked a shot, Anna Gladstone got the defensive board, and went coast to coast and got on the line to hit two free throws to make it 18-6 with 1.4 seconds to spare. Both Anna Gladstone and Kaylee McElvain had 8 points in the period.
The Tiger avalanche continued to start the second quarter, but then NEN started catching up. Jessi Badell got a tip and Kristin New a steal, and then Kristin New’s drive set up Badell backdoor to make it 22-6. But then Angela Standiford lobbed one into a cutting Paige West and Blair Stoll hit Madelynn Mattson for a three point play to make it 22-11. The Bluejays got it under double digits as Madelynn Mattson hit a free throw and Mattson hit Gerry Runde inside to make it 22-14 with 37 seconds left. Anna Gladstone’s free throw made it 23-14, but then Madelynn Mattson’s spin and prayer at the buzzer cut it to 23-16 at the half.
Worth County went to its 1-3-1 trapping defense to start the second half, and it worked out at first as the Tigers got a stop and Anna Gladstone pushed it ahead to Kristin New for three to make it 26-16. But Northeast was ready for it and Madelynn Mattson and Gerry Runde got putbacks to make it six at 26-20. It looked like Paige West might take over from there, as she got back to back steals to make it 26-24, and then Mattson’s free throws tied it up at 26.
But once again, like so many times over the last two years, Anna Gladstone would not let the Tigers lose as she scored 11 points in the last 4:40 of the third to restore order for Worth County. Anna hit two free throws to make it 28-26. Paige West got a chasedown stuff on a Worth County player to stop a fast break, but it didn’t matter as Anna Gladstone hit Kaylee McElvain for three on the ensuing inbounds to make it 31-26. Anna Gladstone blew past three blue shirts for a layup to make it 33-26.
Blair Stoll countered with 2:30 left to cut it to 33-28, but Jessi Badell hit Anna Gladstone cutting inside to restart the Tigers. Northeast went to a box and one to try to stop Anna, but it didn’t matter as she drove through the blue shirts twice like they weren’t even there and Kaylee McElvain added a pair of free throws to make it 41-32 after three.
Makayla Adwell got untracked to make it 41-34 to start the fourth, but Merrideth Spiers hit a free throw, Anna Gladstone hit another, and Jessi Badell’s third chance putback on the second try made it 45-34 again. Makayla countered with a 3-pointer, but Kristin New answered with one of her own as the blue shirts tried in vain to surround Anna Gladstone to make it 48-37 with 5:17 left. Northeast never got closer than nine after that, as Worth County ran out the clock for much of the remainder of the game.
Anna Gladstone had 22 points for Worth County. More importantly, she only had one foul, that when the game was already decided. Kaylee McElvain had 15, Kristin New 8, Jessi Badell 6, and Merrideth Spiers 1.
Jessi Badell had 2 blocks and Jenna Smith 1.
Anna Gladstone had 7 boards. Haley Hunt and Merrideth Spiers had 4, Kristin New, Jessi Badell, and Megan Cassavaugh had 3, Jenna Smith had 2, and Kaylee McElvain had 1.
Kristin New had 5 assists. Anna Gladstone had 4, Jenna Smith 3, and Merrideth Spiers, Kaylee McElvain, Jessi Badell, and Megan Cassavaugh all had 1.
Kristin New had 9 tips. Jessi Badell had 7, Haley Hunt 3, and Jill Hardy and Anna Gladstone 1 each. Worth County won the tip battle 21-10, which meant they were forcing Northeast out of their offense more.
Anna Gladstone had 3 steals. Kaylee McElvain had 2, while Jenna Smith, Jessi Badell, Kristin New, and Megan Cassavaugh all had 1.
For Northeast Nodaway, Madelynn Mattson had 20 points. Paige West had 10, Makayla Adwell 5, and Gerry Runde and Blair Stoll each had 4.
Gerry Runde had 2 blocks, while Blair Stoll, Madelynn Mattson, and Paige West had 1.
Paige West had 6 boards, while Blair Stoll had 5, Madelynn Mattson 4, Gerry Runde 3, and Angela Standiford, Anne Schieber, and Makayla Adwell all had 1.
Blair Stoll had 6 assists. Madelynn Mattson had 4, Paige West and Makayla Adwell had 2, and Angela Standiford and Ilenia Ricci had 1.
Paige West had 6 tips. Madelynn Mattson had 3, Makayla Adwell 2, and Blair Stoll 1.
Paige West had 6 steals, while Makayla Adwell had 1.
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