Worth County looked like it was back on track against East Atchison, but then had a near-meltdown in the second half after building up a 17 point lead, recovering just in time to hold on for a 48-44 win Monday night for Senior Night.
Honored after the game were Rylee Ruckman and Rayleigh Smith. Rylee plans to attend Northwest Missouri State and get a degree in Ag Sales. Her favorite memory was having April Healy as the basketball coach and winning the Albany Tournament. Rayleigh Smith plans to attend Central Missouri State, where she plans to major in Early Childhood Education. Her favorite memory is hanging out with the girls before games.
Also honored were Brayden Combs (boys basketball), Katie Fletchall (pep band), Lucas Frisch (pep band), Andrew Griffin (pep band), and Conner Pointer (pep band).
Brayden plans to attend college for engineering. Katie plans to attend St. Joseph Beauty School and marry rich. Lucas plans to attend college to become a radiologist. Andrew plans to continue his track career at Southwest Iowa Community College and become an electrician. Conner Pointer plans to attend Northwest and work in Emergency and Disaster Management.
The girls started off slowly, falling behind 5-2 after Zoe Madron’s early 3-pointer for the Wolves. But they righted the ship when Rylee Ruckman sank back to back triples. Kambree Briner followed with a three-point play, Megan Tracy hit a triple, and Audrey Runde hit two free throws to put Worth County up 16-7 after one.
Madron cut the Wolves deficit to 18-12 early in the second, then Kambree Briner injured her shoulder and was out for the game.
Worth County rallied at first, as Kristen Tracy got a steal and drive and then knocked one down from the high post. Audrey Runde hit a reverse layup, Rylee Ruckman hit a 3-pointer and added a steal, and Kristen Tracy scored four more as Worth County led 33-18 at the half. Ruckman cashed in off a Megan Tracy steal at the start of the third quarter to make it 35-18.
But then a costly foul swung the momentum back to the Wolves, when Audrey Runde fouled Brilee Slemp, whose 3-pointer went in. Slemp converted the free throw for the four point play, and East Atchison was right back in the game.
As the Wolves started looking like a completely different team, Worth County suddenly started playing like they were the team with eight wins and East Atchison was the team with 16. The Tigers started forcing pass after pass and telegraphing their passes, leading to many steals and extra possessions for the Wolves. Without Briner, their best passer and driver, occupying the defense, their offense looked totally out of sync.
Megan Tracy scored a 3-pointer late in the third after the Wolves got the deficit under double digits, leaving the Tigers ahead 39-28. But the mistakes continued in the fourth quarter, with Worth County leaving shooters open, getting split as they were trying to trap, turning the ball over, and getting beat up and down the floor. Grace Caudill, Zoe Madron, and Teagan Taylor all scored for East Atchison, who scored the first ten points of the fourth quarter to come to within 39-38.
Worth County woke up just in time, with Audrey Runde stopping the bleeding with a 3-pointer to make it 42-38. Kristen Tracy followed with a pair of free throws with 1:40 left to make it 44-38, and Worth County was able to run out the clock and win 48-44.
Rylee Ruckman had 15 for the Tigers. Kristen Tracy had 13, Audrey Runde 9, Megan Tracy 8, and Kambree Briner 3.
Megan Tracy had 10 rebounds. Kristen Tracy had 6, Rylee Ruckman 5, Audrey Runde 4, Kambree Briner 3, Keira Hardy 2, and Rayleigh Smith 1.
Kristen Tracy had 5 assists. Audrey Runde had 4, Megan Tracy 3, Keira Hardy 2, and Kambree Briner 1.
Kristen Tracy had 6 tips. Megan Tracy had 4, Keira Hardy 3, Kambree Briner and Rylee Ruckman 2, and Rayleigh Smith and Audrey Runde 1.
Megan Tracy had 7 steals. Kristen Tracy had 6, Rylee Ruckman 3, Keira Hardy 2, and Audrey Runde 1.
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