Big First Quarter Leads Hughesville Past Wellsboro
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | January 9, 2023
A 23-point first quarter helped Hughesville cruise past the Wellsboro Varsity Girls Basketball team on Saturday, January 7.
In the first half alone, the Lady Spartans put up a combined 43 points, outscoring Wellsboro by 28 points. Hughesville then held the Lady Hornets to just 7 points in the second half. Wellsboro committed 34 turnovers in the game.
Senior Ella Posada led Wellsboro with 9 points, sophomore Paige Logsdon added 6, junior Maddy Mascho finished with 4, sophomore Chloe Brandenburg added 2 points, and senior Hailie Kerr rounded out the scoring with a point. Logsdon added 9 rebounds to her point total while Posada grabbed 3 rebounds and made 2 steals.
Hughesville also won the JV game, 17-11, with Mascho leading Wellsboro with 9 points.
The loss drops the Lady Hornets to 3-7 overall. The team is back in action tomorrow evening at Troy.
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.
