Lady Hornets earn 1st win of season over Sayre
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | December 12, 2019 | Photo courtesy Nick Coyle
The Wellsboro Girls Basketball team scored their first win of the 2019 season by beating Sayre 48-31 on Wednesday, December 11.
The Lady Hornets had a 7-3 lead after the first quarter but the Lady Redskins went on to outscore Wellsboro by a point, 11-10, in the second to cut the lead to 17-15 at halftime. Wellsboro began to pull away as the third quarter got under way and outscored Sayre 15-7 to extend their lead to 32-21 heading into the final quarter.
Wellsboro went on to outscore Sayre 16-10 over the final eight minutes.
Senior Cathryn Brought and sophomore Emma Coolidge both scored 10 points to lead the Lady Hornets. Juniors Bailey Monks and Kiyah Boyce added 8 points each, sophomore Abbye Cavanaugh pitched in 6, freshman Jordyn Abernathy scored 4, and sophomore Emma Brandenburg rounded out the scoring with 2 points.
Coolidge had 7 rebounds and 3 steals, Brought added 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Monks had 6 rebounds, and Boyce added 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
The win improves the Lady Hornets' record to 1-2 (1-0 NTL Large School Division). The team will be back in action on Tuesday, December 17 at rival North Penn-Mansfield.
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.
