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WLB Lady Wolverines take County Championship winning over CEL Panthers and Mount Pulaski Honeybears

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[November 03, 2014]  LINCOLN -  This weekend the Carroll Catholic hosted the 8th grade Logan County Conference Championship.

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]

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