Morrill hosted this year’s Panhandle Conference Junior High girl’s tournament. Nine teams competed in the event. The defending champs, the Alliance St. Agnes Academy started their day with a contest with the Hyannis Longhorns. A big third period by the Crusaders powered the Academy past the Longhorns 45 to 11. St. Agnes outscored Hyannis 22 to 0 in the third to pull away. With the victory, the Academy improved to 8 and 2 for the year. St. Agnes moved on to play Hemingford in a semi final matchup later in the day.
Both teams struggled offensively in the opening quarter. Alliance got first period scores from Aubree Shrewsbury and Maslin Breen and led the Horns 4 to 3 after the first 6 minutes of action. St. Agnes began to heat up in the second, tallying 13 points while the Longhorns netted 6 points. Seven points in the period by Crusader Reese Armstrong paced the SA offense. The Lady Crusaders also got three buckets by Breen and the teams went to half with SA ahead 17 to 9.
Seven Crusaders would get into the scorebook in period #3 as the Academy increased their margin. Overall, Alliance outscored Hyannis 22 to 0 in the third. Armstrong led the Crusader offense in the third with 5 points while scoring 4 apiece were Shrewsbury and Alexis Shelmadine. Breen collected on a three pointer in the quarter and Alliance got 2 points each from Penn Vergil, Kale Hulquist, and Delaney Jelinek. Heading to the fourth, SA led 39 to 9. The Crusader defense remained tough in the final six minutes, limiting the Horns to just 2 points. On offense, Alliance scored 6 points in the period. Hoops by Shelmadine, Hulquist, and Vergil ended the game with St. Agnes winning 45 to 11.
HY 3 6 0 2 11
SA 4 13 22 6 45
Scoring Armstrong 12 Breen 11 Shelmadine 6 Shrewsbury 6 Hulquist 4 Vergil 4 Jelinek 2.