(January 16th, 2015) – WEST UNITY: Playing the role of traveler can be difficult in sports. Even if a team’s fans are devout enough to follow them for away games, simply being in a different environment can take its toll on its players.
The Lady Bombers Junior Varsity team made the trip to West Unity on Friday, looking to show that they were not encumbered by such things. And even though they found themselves on the wrong end of a 36-24 final score, they proved that playing on the road was not an issue for them.
Defense ruled the first quarter. Both Edon and Hilltop managed just 4 points in that span. An offensively efficient second period gave the Lady Cadets a sizable advantage, as they outscored their guests from Edon 14-3.
Down 18-7 at the half, it would have been easy for the young Bomber squad to have given up. Instead, they came out in the third quarter and played their best basketball of the game. Winning the period 12-8, the Edon girls chipped away at the Hilltop lead. Yet, the Lady Cadets didn’t blink at the first sign of adversity either. Going on a 10-5 run to end the contest, they held on to win by 12 points.
Johnnie Roth gave the Cadets a scoring boost. The freshman put up 8 points to lead all scorers in the game. Layni Allport added 7 points to the Hilltop total as well.
Shayla Mason earned top scoring honors for the Lady Bombers. Another freshman, Mason scored 6 points in a valiant effort.