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Hornets sweep home games with CV
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | December 18, 2018
The Wellsboro Middle School Basketball teams pulled off back-to-back sweeps as they defeated Cowanesque Valley on Monday, December 17.
In the girls game the Lady Hornets won 17-5. Wellsboro held a slim 4-2 lead after the opening quarter and was up 6-3 at the half. Wellsboro then pulled away in the third to lead 14-3.
Rylie Boyce (2 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists), Jordyn Abernathy (2 rebounds, 4 steals), and Maddy Mascho (1 rebound, 3 steals) scored 4 points each to lead the Lady Hornets while Ella Posada (5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist) and Kambri Cleveland (3 rebounds) added 2 points each. Hailie Kerr had 1 point and 9 rebounds and Molly Ingerick had 1 rebound, 2 steals, and 1 assist.
Maddie Bordas grabbed 3 rebounds and Alyssa Bisbing had 1 rebound.
Head coach Darrell Morris said, "We had a slow shooting start, but moved the ball well on offense and played great defense again, which has been our strength all year."
The B team lost 14-13 in a game that had several lead changes in the last minute. Olivia Chilson had 8 points, Hannalee Cleveland, and Gillian Hernandez chipped in 2 points each. Emily Morris added 1 point.
In the boys game the Hornets won 44-5 to improve their record to 10-2 on the season.
"We are playing strong basketball right now with everyone contributing," head coach Steve Adams said. "We have 4 games against some good competition coming up this week and next starting with Liberty tomorrow. We are looking forward to the challenges."
Will Kibler led the Hornets with 8 points, Caden Smith and Cameron Brought had 6 points each and Conner Adams added 5 points.
Wellsboro also won the B game 28-15 with Tyler Youells scoring 12 points to lead the team.
The boys team plays at North Penn-Liberty tomorrow night and the girls host North Penn-Liberty on Thursday, December 20.
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Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
