This past Saturday, the Lady Dragon Basketball team challenged the Chester Flyers in their third game of the season, and solidly trounced the competition. The doubleheader game saw the girls win 58-29 as the Dragons sunk ball after ball into the basket.
This makes the third winning game, as the Dragons also won against Tri Valley in their home game last week Tuesday with a score of 47-31.
Said Head Coach Matt Schrank, "We have had a pretty good start to the season. We are currently 3-0 with 2 of those wins being Big East Conference wins."
He continued, "In our first game [of the season], we traveled to Baltic to face our rivals the Lady Bulldogs. We jumped out to a 15-3 lead after the first quarter and a 30-12 lead at halftime. After the fast start, we never looked back scoring 18 points in the 3rd quarter and winning the game by a final score of 63-24. It was an extremely good defensive effort by the entire team collecting 15 steals, Jordyn Williams leading the way with 5 and Logan Bly had 4. Jordyn Williams also led the way in scoring with 15 points and Sydney Olson chipped in with 12. Our scoring rounded out with Kyle Christensen with 8, Reagan Altman had 8, Tayler Benson had 7, Adi Fink 6, Logan Bly 4, and Anna Jones 3. Williams chipped in 5 assists, and Bly and Olson had 6 rebounds apiece. "
With Tri Valley, the team took the first two points out of the gate and worked hard to keep the ball out of the Mustangs' hands. They were largely successful, attaining 19 steals to Tri-Valley's 9 and 36 rebounds to the Mustangs' 32.
"We were looking forward to facing the Lady Mustangs as they were going to give us a great challenge," said Coach Schrank. "We got off to another great start and led 17-6 after the first quarter and 28-12 at halftime. The final score was 47-31, and the team had even more balance in scoring."
Adi Fink and Raegen Altman each gathered 12 points for the Dragons. Altman scored 9 of those points with three 3-pointers. Altman and Logan Bly each had 5 steals, while Tayler Benson got 5 rebounds and 4 steals.
When it came to Saturday's game against the Chester Area Flyers, the Lady Dragons dominated, coming away with 58 points to the Flyers' 29. The Flyers had trouble keeping the ball on their end of the court as the Dragons continued to play the offensive, keeping their passing game on point.
Coach Schrank was pleased with the team's performance. "In our 3rd game, we faced a young, but extremely talented Chester team. We led 14-6 after the 1st quarter, and 30-13 at halftime."
Kylie Christensen and Sydney Olson each had 12 points, Logan Bly had 11, and Jordyn Williams had 10. Bly had 4 steals, Adi Fink had 10 rebounds, and Reagan Altman had 5 assists.
The team will be in the Entringer Classic this weekend, facing off with Arlington at 12:30 p.m. in Colman. They'll be back on the home court next Tuesday evening with JV starting at 6:15 p.m. and Varsity at 7:30 p.m.
UPDATE 12/15/22: Article updated with comments from Head Coach Schrank and a correction on points attained by individual players against Chester Area.
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