(January 20th, 2015) – WEST UNITY: Holding a 5 point lead heading into the last period, the Junior Varsity Lady Cadets had to be feeling pretty good about their chances of victory.
Yet their Fairview counterparts were no less confident. Hilltop was blindsided in the fourth quarter, as the Lady Apaches took control of the game on both ends of the court. At the end of the contest, Hilltop had suffered a shocking 38-32 defeat at the hands of their young guests from Sherwood.
Hilltop got off to a bit of a slow start to the game. Still, they were only down by 3 points by the conclusion of the first quarter, 11-8. The Lady Cadets seized control of the contest in the second period, outscoring the Apache girls 12-7. This put them at a 2 point advantage with a 20-18 score going into the locker room.
The West Unity girls were able to expand upon that lead in the third quarter. Winning the period by a 9-6 margin, they held a 29-24 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. It was in that final stanza that chaos reigned supreme.
Fairview went on a scoring frenzy, putting up 14 points for their highest offensive output of the game. On the other side of the floor, Hilltop struggled to put points on the board. They managed a mere 3 points in the same span. This surprising momentum swing gave the Lady Cadets a 6 point loss at the hands of their Green Meadows Conference foe.
Cadet Aubrey Wyse performed admirably in the losing effort. The freshman scored 10 points against the Apache defense.