The Lady Wolverines opened up conference tournament play against
their cross town rivals the Chester-East Lincoln Panthers. The Lady
Wolverines came out with a 14-2 1st quarter lead and never looked
back. The Lady Wolverines defeated the Panthers by a score of 48-9.
Emma Konczyk led all scorers with 22 points as Leah Schneider
contributed with 9 as well as Madelyn Koehler with 9. Also scoring
were Morgan Mollohan with 4 and Madison Orebaugh with 3. Leah
Schneider worked extremely hard on the boards pulling down 11
rebounds as Paige Langley helped out with 4. Emma Konczyk and Leah
Schneider also played some great defense and led the team with 5
steals a piece.
With the win the WLB Lady Wolverines had to face the undefeated
Honeybears of Mount Pulaski.
The Lady Wolverines once again came out hot in the first quarter
jumping on the Honeybears with an early first quarter lead of 13 to
4. The WLB Lady Wolverines never looked back as they went on to
defeat Mount Pulaski by a score of 38-29. With the win the Lady
Wolverines were able to bring home to WLB both a 7th grade County
Championship as well as an 8th grade County Championship for the
first time ever in school history.
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Emma Konczyk led all scorers with 19 points as Leah Schneider
contributed with 15. Schneider and Konczyk also worked strongly on
the boards as Schneider pulled down 8 boards and Konczyk pulled down
5. Paige Langley made some great defensive steals down the stretch
and led the team with 7 steals.
With the wins the 8th grade Lady Wolverines are now 13-2 for the
season.
The last home game for the Lady Wolverines is Tuesday night against
Springfield Little Flower. This is also Pack the Place night and 8th
grade night. The Lady Wolverines will honor all Junior Lady
Wolverine Basketball players during halftime of the 7th grade game
as well as honor all current 8th grade players before the start of
the 8th grade game. Please come out to WLB and show your support for
this great group of players.
[Coach Kari Froebe] |