Hornets split pair of games to start the New Year
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 4, 2020
The Wellsboro Varsity Basketball teams split a pair of road games to start off the 2020 calendar year on Friday, January 3.
In NTL girls cross-over action the Lady Hornets won a lopsided 59-12 game at North Penn-Liberty. Wellsboro jumped out to an early 13-6 lead after the 1st quarter, then went on to outscore the Lady Mounties 46-6 over the final 3 quarters.
Senior Cathryn Brought and junior Bailey Monks each had a game-high 17 points to lead the Lady Hornets while sophomore Emma Coolidge had 10 points. Junior Kiyah Boyce scored 6 points, sophomore Emma Brandenburg added 4 points, Jordyn Abernathy scored 3, and senior Brieanna Tuttle rounded out the scoring with 2 points.
Brought added 7 rebounds and 7 steals to her point total, Abernathy had 5 steals and 2 assists, Coolidge had 9 rebounds, Monks grabbed 7 rebounds, and junior Sarah Mosher added 4 assists and 3 steals.
In the boys game the Hornets dropped their 3rd straight game in a 63-47 loss to Wyalusing. Wellsboro led 16-13 after the 1st and 33-30 at halftime, but the Rams shut down the Hornet offense in the 2nd half, holding them to just 14 points.
Junior Joseph Grab led 3 Hornets in double-figures with 20 points, sophomore Isaac Keane finished with 11 points, and freshman Conner Adams had 10 points. Seniors Ty Morral and Daniel Mitchell rounded out the scoring with 3 points each. Keane also added 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
Wellsboro (5-5, 3-2 NTL Large School Division) hosts Meadowbrook Christian on Monday, January 6. The Lady Hornets (3-3, 3-1 NTL Large School Division) host Canton on Tuesday, January 7.
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.
