Lady Hornets win 2nd straight, top Wyalusing 41-22
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 25, 2022
The Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team won their second straight game, and their first in 11 calendar days as they topped Wyalusing 41-22 at home on Monday, January 24.
The Lady Hornets jumped out to an 11-3 lead in the first quarter but the Lady Rams were able to cut the lead to five at 20-15 as they outscored Wellsboro 12-9 in the second quarter. Wellsboro answered with an 8-3 run in the third quarter and outscored the Lady Rams 13-4 in the fourth.
Senior Emma Coolidge led all scorers with 16 points and freshman Paige Logsdon added 10. Freshman Chloe Brandenburg and sophomore Maddy Mascho scored 5 points each, senior Emma Brandenburg and junior Ella Posada scored 2 points each, and sophomore Emily Morris rounded out the scoring with a point.
Olivia Leichliter led Wyalusing with 11 points.
Wellsboro won a shortened JV game 19-16 to improve to 7-4 on the year. Morris led Wellsboro with 7 points.
The win improves the Lady Hornets' record to 6-6 (5-3 NTL Large School Division). The team is back in action on Wednesday, January 26 at 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.
