This past Thursday the Lady Tigers closed out the regular season at home hosting the Lady Indians of Southern Local. Wins were recorded by both the J.V. and the Varsity.
It was Wellsville 44 - 34 for the first win of the evening Thursday in the J.V. game. Meika Dalrymple led the Lady Tiger scoring with 9 points. Dalrymple also had 5 assists and 3 steals. Rilee Livolsi & Francesca Colella each contributed 8 points. Courtney Cook & Amanda Coles had 6 rebounds apiece.
The Reserves finish the season with a record of 12 & 1 over all and 9 & 1 in the ITCL. With two players leaving the team over the holiday break the J.V. schedule was shortened to league games only.
The Lady Tiger's Varsity turned things around after losing to the Lady Bulldogs Tuesday evening in East Palestine. Jumping out to a five point lead in the first quarter against the Southern Local Ladies the Tigers never trailed in the game. Head Coach Ed Swogger was quoted in the newspapers saying "We got our edge back". It was in fine fashion too as the Orange & Black went on to win the game 55 - 39.
Area leading scorer Mikyla Tipton lead the Wellsville squad with 21 points. Tipton also had 7 or 8 assists according to what Swogger told the papers. We saw one of those assists to Rilee Livolsi underneath that was a thing of beauty. Livolsi had a nice game getting herself into position to add another 15 points. Meika Dalrmple rounded out the double digit scoring with ll points. One of those was a bucket from outside the 3-point arch.
The Ladies wrapped up their regular season with an over all record of 8 & 12 and 6 & 8 in the ITCL.
Getting that edge back came just in time. The Wellsville Ladies opened tournament play yesterday, Saturday, traveling to Hubbard to take on Ashtabula's Sts. John & Paul. In the first round of Ohio Northeast District Division IV Sectional play the 7th seeded Lady Tigers brought home a 62 - 30 victory. The Wiz told us last night "it was a fun game for the girls".
Wellsville's Mikyla Tipton recorded a double-double with 22 points & 10 rebounds. She also had six assists and three steals according to the newspaper. Tipton had 20 points in the first half. Meika Dalrymple added another 15 points to the total. Both Dalrymple & Irene Kiser had two 3-pointers apiece. Sarah Drysdale playing solid defense had four rebounds and two block shots.
With the score approaching Wellsville 53 - 24 at the end of three quarters the coaches were able to get tournament experience for all 10 Lady Tigers. Now each and every one of them are tournament veterans and will be ready to take on second seeded McDonald Thursday evening in the second round. McDonald drew a bye in the first round. The Ladies are 0 & 2 against McDonald this year. The first lost was by only 10 points in early January at home. The Tigers are a much improved team over how they were playing way back then. We won't say anything about the loss at McDonald other than to say Thursday's game will be on a neutral floor. We're confident the outcome will be different with the Lady Tigers playing up to their potential.
You go Ladies! We're all proud of you.
The collage are pictures from the Southern game.
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