Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Shamrocks Rise from the Dead Against Bobcats

Camden Castleberry had a big third quarter Wednesday night, Jayliegh Robins had a double double, and North Harrison rose from the dead against East Harrison and won 46-37.

The Shamrocks had nothing to live for in the first quarter. Nothing was going in, and the orange shirts were rebounding at will, pushing out to a 10-1 lead after one. The only tally was Jayliegh Robins’ free throw. 

North Harrison finally righted the ship in the second quarter as Erin Virtue hit Jayliegh Robins in transition and she hit two free throws. Trendi Johnson scored the Shamrocks’ first points from the field, a 3-pointer, and then Jayliegh Robins and Camden Castleberry followed from downtown to put North Harrison up 12-10 at the 1:38 mark of the second.

Bree Vaughn hit a midrange jumper and Chloe Billups scored from inside to put East Harrison back in front. Jaci Davis hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key off a pass from Camden Castleberry to put North Harrison up 15-14 with 10 seconds left, but it turned out they pulled the trigger too soon, as Karlee Crouse countered with a 3-pointer to put East Harrison back up 17-15 at the break.

Crouse started the third quarter with a three point play, but from there, it was a totally different North Harrison team that took the floor. In the first half, they gave up 14 offensive boards. However, in the second, they only gave up three as they climbed back into contention. Virtue got a putback and then Jaci Davis kept a transition play alive with an offensive board and found Camden Castleberry to cut the Shamrock deficit to 20-19. Jayliegh Robins knocked one down from the high post to make it 21-20.

Kaitlyn Roberts’ guarded baseline shot put East Harrison back in front, but Camden Castleberry had the hot hand for the rest of the quarter, hitting a 3-pointer and adding a traditional three point play to make it 27-22. The teams traded buckets until early in the fourth quarter, when Jayliegh Robins got loose in transition and Trendi Johnson hit a 3-pointer to make it 37-28 with 6:09 left.

Crouse hit a 3-pointer and Kennison Roberts got a steal to cut it to 37-33, but then Camden Castleberry cut inside with 3:25 left and got a pass from Jayliegh Robins and added two free throws and North Harrison was never ahead by less than six the rest of the way.

Camden Castleberry had 18 for the Shamrocks. Jayliegh Robins had 11 points and 12 boards, Jaci Davis had 8, Trendi Johnson 6, and Erin Virtue 3.

The Shamrocks lost 45-43 Saturday to Gilman City in the first round of districts.


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