Lady Hornets knock off undefeated Cowanesque Valley
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | December 21, 2017
In the battle of the unbeatens, the Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team knocked of Cowanesque Valley (4-1) 54-39 on Wednesday, December 20 to improve to 6-0.
The Lady Hornets jumped out to an 11-6 lead after the second quarter, then senior Tory Self took over. Self scored 11 of the Lady Hornets' 15 points in the second to run out to a 26-13 lead over CV at the half.
Wellsboro held onto their 13-point halftime lead as both teams scored 10 points each in the third. Wellsboro put the game out of reach in the fourth with an 18-point quarter, keyed by 8 points from junior Emma Poirier.
Self finished with a game-high 19 points to lead the Lady Hornets and Poirier finished with 14. Senior Lizzie Poirier scored 9 points and senior Rachael Tuttle and sophomore Cathryn Brought scored 6 points each to round out the scoring.
Self added 5 assists and 4 steals, Tuttle grabbed 9 rebounds and had 5 steals and a block, Lizzie Poirier added 6 rebounds, and Emma Poirier made 3 steals.
CV edged Wellsboro 31-30 in the JV game to drop the Lady Hornets to 0-5. Sophomore Liza Manning led Wellsboro with 12 points.
Wellsboro hosts Wyalusing on Friday, December 22.
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.
