Lady Hornets score first win of season
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 26, 2021
The Wellsboro Girls Basketball teams scored the first wins of the 2020-21 season by beating Canton on Monday, January 25.
The Varsity team started out the night with a 41-10 win while the JV team scored a 30-21 win.
In the Varsity game the Lady Hornets jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Wellsboro's defense held the Lady Warriors to 4 points in the 2nd quarter, scoreless in the 3rd, and 4 points in the 4th quarter for the win.
Junior Emma Coolidge scored a career-high 18 points to lead Wellsboro. Senior Bailey Monks added 10 points, seniors Sarah Mosher and Kiyah Boyce scored 6 points each, and sophomore Rylie Boyce added 2 points.
In the JV game sophomore Olivia Chilson scored 9 points to lead the young Lady Hornets and sophomore Alyssa Bisbing added 7 points.
The win improves both team's records to 1-3. The team will be back in action on Wednesday, January 27 against Northeast Bradford.
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.
