Lady ’Landers hand Volunteer first loss
Published 12:21 pm Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ Makenize Street (4) fires a no-look pass during the first quarter of their game in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School on Friday night.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ MaKinna Shell (10) hits a runner in the lane over Volunteer’s Emilee Mailloux (24) midway through the first quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent After stealing the ball near the Cloudland bench, the Lady ’Landers’ MaKinna Shell (10) finishes a fast break with a layup early in the second quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ Abby Clawson (54) hits a short jumper in the lane over two Volunteer defenders in the second quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ MaKinna Shell (10) gets a partial block on a layup attempt by Volunteer’s Terrilynn Calhoun (5) at the start of the third quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ Savannah McCurry (21) drives to the basket for an easy two points on a fast break late in the fourth quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ Regan Blair (3) follows through on a free throw as Volunteer’s Bre Dykes (11) positions for a possible rebound late in the fourth quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
Larry N. Souders/Star Correspondent The Lady ’Landers’ Abby Clawson (54) gets Cloudland on the board with a pull-up jumper in the lane, surrounded by Volunteer defenders, during the first quarter Friday night in the Valley Forge Auction Thanksgiving Tournament at Happy Valley High School.
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Star Correspondent
On Friday evening, the Cloudland Lady Highlanders collected their first victory of the young season with a 54-37 win over Volunteer in the Valley Forge Girls Basketball Tournament at Bayless Gymnasium.
Regan Blair scored a team-high 15 points as the Lady ’Landers took an early lead and never trailed.
“We did two things well in this game,” Lady ’Landers head coach Matt Birchfield said. “We held them down scoring, and we made free throws. We made 16 of 21 from the line, and you have to make free throws and hit layups if you want to win.”
Blair connected on 8 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter as Volunteer looked to make a late run, with post Emilee Mailloux getting hot down low. Mailloux scored a game-high 19 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter.
Cloudland (1-2) took a 13-9 lead after the first period, with Blair scoring six points and post Abby Clawson adding four of her nine points in the opening stanza. The Lady ’Landers extended their advantage to 27-13 at halftime, with Makinna Shell scoring eight of her 13 points in the first half.
“Abby did some good work in the post,” Birchfield said. “She got a couple of buckets and rebounds. We took care of the ball for the most part.”
The third quarter was mostly a defensive battle, with Cloudland outscoring the Lady Falcons 9-8 to take a 32-21 lead into the fourth period. Volunteer cut the Cloudland lead to 40-32 at the 4:09 mark of the fourth, with Mailloux leading the charge.
Blair’s two free throws stemmed the tide, but Mailloux hit a pair from the line to keep it an eight-point Lady ’Landers lead. With the score 47-37, the Lady ’Landers hit their last six free throws, with Street, Layken Blair, and Regan Blair each knocking down two shots.
Valley Forge Girls Basketball Tournament
Cloudland 54, Volunteer 37
Cloudland (54):
R. Blair 15, Street 11, Shell 13, L. Blair 2, Clawson 9, S. McCurry 4
Volunteer (37):
Bellamy 5, Byington 5, Miller 2, McClaran 4, Mailloux 19, Smith 2
Scoring by quarters:
Cloudland: 14 13 9 18 — 54
Volunteer: 9 4 8 16 — 37
3-point goals:
Cloudland 4 (Street 3, Shell 1), Volunteer 2 (Bellamy 1, Mailloux 1).
