| Council Grove can’t find defense to slow Central Heights down |
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| Written by David Wolman | |||
| Friday, 05 March 2010 09:00 | |||
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No matter what defense Council Grove threw at the Central Heights girls’ basketball team during Tuesday’s Class 3A substate tournament quarterfinal, the Vikings seemed to have no problems working the ball against it. Council Grove opened in a zone defense. Casey Droddy and Cecilia Wuertz took advantage of it by sinking some outside shots. When Council Grove switched to a man defense in the second quarter, the Viking posts took their turn knocking down shots. It just proved to be one of those nights when Central Heights attacked Council Grove’s defense well in a 60-31 home victory on Buddy Welch Court. Wuertz registered seven of her 12 points in the second quarter, when the Vikings opened an 18-3 lead. Katelin Horstick then found her stroke as she scored nine of her team-high 15 points in the first half, leading to a 29-14 Viking lead at intermission. Central Heights (17-4) proceeded to put the game away with a 14-3 run to open the third quarter. The Viking advantage stretched to as much as 43-17 with just over two minutes remaining in the stanza. Marissa Cox scored eight of her nine points in the third quarter. Shelby Droddy and Maggie Cotter each netted six points, Jennifer Bell and Casey Droddy four each, Karly Schulte three and Megan Swendson one. With the victory, Central Heights advances to face Eureka in tonight’s 7:30 p.m. semifinal in Eureka. The winner will earn a spot in Saturday’s 6 p.m. championship, also to be held in Eureka.
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