Last fall, towards the end of softball season, we asked Aivry Griffin which underclassman we should roast next year, since she was the lone senior on the squad. “Definitely Liz Brown,” she said. Fittingly enough, it was Liz Brown who came through last Tuesday, scoring the game winning shot for the Tigers after Kynah Steele had kept the Tigers in the game all night with 18 points, 18 boards, and took two charges on defense.
Things did not look good for the Tigers at first, as it looked like Chaney Vogler and Avery Meyerkorth were getting to the line at will and Rock Port jumped ahead 6-2. But Taylor Sanders hit a 3-pointer and Kynah Steele got a putback and a three point play to put Worth County in front 8-6. After that, Vogler hit from the high post, Meyerkorth scored off a drive, and Mikayla Makings scored off a steal to put Rock Port up 12-8, and the Blue Jays stayed ahead for a long time to come.
Ali Brown’s inside shot kept Worth County close at 14-11 early in the second, but then the bottom threatened to drop out as Rock Port was getting to the line at will and they pulled away to a 22-13 halftime lead.
Kynah Steele willed the Tigers back into the game, scoring the first five points of the third quarter for Worth County as they closed to within 24-18 at the 6:05 mark. But then Meyerkorth started working the offensive glass at will, pushing Rock Port ahead 28-18 with 4:04 left in the third.
Something had to change, and other people finally started stepping up and scoring for the Tigers. Hailey Adwell hit a 3-pointer to resurrect Worth County’s chances. Meyerkorth countered with another putback, but Steele hit two free throws, Justina Wimer hit a baseline shot, and Steele got a third chance putback to make it 30-27, and then took a charge on Vogler to draw her fourth foul.
Ali Brown picked up her fourth foul, Meyerkorth got yet another putback, and Vogler got loose in transition for a three point play at the start of the fourth to make it 34-27, but Hailey Adwell got a putback and Taylor Sanders hit a 3-pointer to cut it to two.
The teams traded blows for the next stretch, but Vogler fouled out as Taylor Sanders drove into the basket with 4:15 left to take away one of Rock Port’s leading scorers; Sanders hit her free throws to cut it to 38-36. Meyerkorth countered with a drive, but Kynah Steele countered with a cut to the basket and a pass from Liz Brown to cut it to 40-38 with 3:34 left. Liz Brown then got a steal with 2:40 left to tie it up.
Rock Port then threw the ball away into the backcourt after a long possession. Meyerkorth got a steal and missed a layup, but then Ali Brown picked up an offensive foul after grabbing a defensive board with 50 seconds left, sending her to the bench with five fouls.
With 43 seconds left, Addison Maifeld drove down the left side and drew a foul, hitting one of two to put Rock Port up 41-40. But after a long possession, Brylee Rush threw a pass to Liz Brown, who drove down the right side and scored with 13 seconds left to give Worth County its first lead since the first quarter at 42-41.
Meyerkorth then lost the ball out of bounds, and Worth County broke the press, running it down to 1.9 seconds. Kynah Steele missed a 1-1, but then stole the ensuing inbounds pass after Rock Port called timeout to set something up.
Kynah Steele had 18 points for the Tigers. Taylor Sanders had 8, Ali Brown and Hailey Adwell had 5 each, Liz Brown 4, and Justina Wimer 2.
Kynah Steele had 18 boards. Liz Brown had 7, Brylee Rush, Hailey Adwell, Ali Brown, and Kara Staton 2 each, and Abbi Brown, Taylor Sanders, and Autumn Cousatte had 1 each.
Brylee Rush had 4 assists. Hailey Adwell and Liz Brown had 2 each. Autumn Cousatte, Ali Brown, Kara Staton, and Abbi Brown had 1 each.
Hailey Adwell had 5 tips. Autumn Cousatte 4, Liz Brown 3, Kynah Steele 2, and Taylor Sanders, Kara Staton, and Justina Wimer 1 each.
Liz Brown had 5 steals. Autumn Cousatte and Kynah Steele had 2 each, and Kara Staton and Justina Wimer had 1 each.
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