(January 16th, 2015) – WEST UNITY: Hilltop played host to Edon on Friday night, and the Lady Cadets were well prepared for the Bomber threat landing in their court.
Keeping themselves ahead of the Edon girls throughout the game, it wasn’t until the fourth quarter that Hilltop was able to truly sparate themselves from the Lady Bombers. And separate they did, winning the contest by 20 points. After the final buzzer sounded, the scoreboard read 57-37, Hilltop.
The Lady Cadets got off to a hot start, taking the lead right away. They enjoyed a 17-11 advantage at the close of the first quarter. Edon responded with suffocating defense in the second period, holding the Hilltop girls to 6 points, while adding 10 points to their own total. Down just 2 points, Edon entered the locker room on the wrong end of a 23-21 score.
A tight third quarter provided just a small amount of breathing room for Hilltop. Outscoring the Bomber girls 10-7 in the stanza, the Cadets took a 33-28 lead heading into the fourth quarter. It was in the final period that the girls from West Unity hit their stride. Putting up 24 points down the stretch, the Edon girls simply could not keep up with Hilltop’s frenetic scoring. The visiting Bombers mustered only 9 points to end the contest.
Destiny Denton led the way for the Lady Cadets. The lone Hilltop senior scored 15 points, also grabbing 5 rebounds, making 3 assists, and stealing the ball 3 times as well. Cadet junior Allie Schmitt offered 11 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists to the Hilltop effort. Teammate Karissa Crisenbery provided 8 points and 4 rebounds in the win. Teammates Felicity Jackson and Bailey Funkhouser each added another 8 points to the Cadet total as well.
Kaitlyn Sonneberger had a strong showing for the Lady Bombers, making 16 points on her team’s behalf. Senior Bomber Alex Kiess contributed 9 points to the Edon cause. Hannah Kaylor had a solid evening scoring the ball, as she also put up 9 points.
It should be noted that one of Edon’s better players, Kaitlin Chrisman, is out for the foreseeable future with a broken hand, and obviously did not participate in this game.