Staying unbeaten… Lady Warriors run record to 2-0 with a thrashing of North, 56-19
Published 11:55 pm Friday, November 22, 2019
BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
The Happy Valley Lady Warriors kept the ball rolling in the early season as Coach Thomas Gouge’s team overran the Sullivan North Lady Raiders 56-19.
Happy Valley came out of the gates with a purpose and quickly established a 12- 4 lead at the first stop of the contest.
Autumn Henegar dropped two treys and added a free throw to score seven of the 12 points recorded by the Lady Warriors in the period.
Emily Lunceford and Shalyn Whitson scored two points each and Olivia Absher connected for 1-of-4 from the foul line.
The second period was almost a mirror image of the first as Happy Valley continued to build their advantage.
Behind two treys and seven points from Casey Campbell as the Lady Warriors built their advantage to 30-11 at the break.
Absher came alive as well scoring seven points in the run.
Neither team could find life in the third quarter as Happy Valley barely outscored North 6-3.
Whitson nailed 3-of-4 from the charity stripe and Lunceford added two points. Kenzie Ramey collected the other point from the free-throw line.
The Lady Warriors salted the game away in style in the final eight minutes of action outscoring North 20-5 to seal the win.
Nine of the 14 Lady Warriors that took the floor scored making it a total team win overall.
Kadie Bailey caught fire in the fourth quarter hitting 12 of her game-high 13 points in the final stanza.
Absher finished with eight points while Campbell and Henegar finished with seven points each.
A trio of Lady Warriors scored five points as Ramey, Lunceford, and Whitson contributed to the victory.
Keili Hall (4) and Gabby Wood (2) completed the scoring for Happy Valley.
