This past Thursday evening the WHS Lady Tigers finished their regular season on a winning note, defeating the Jackson Milton Lady Jays at home in the Tiger's Den. It was Senior Night for #22 Shawntae Dillard and she is now able to say she helped getting that win.
The Lady Tigers ended the first quart with a 16-10 lead and never trailed at the end of any quarter after that. They handed the winless Lady Jay's their 20th loss of the season by a final score or 47-13. The win put the Wellsville team at 9&11 on the season. Mikyla Tipton recorded a double-double with 17 points and and 12 rebounds. Shawntae Dillard added another 13 points. Rilee Livolsi had a couple of “spikes” we witnessed with her blocking shots that were exciting to see. The Lady Tigers were without a couple of key players in that game. Both Irene Kiser and Meika Dalrymple were out with injuries.
On Saturday the Lady Tigers proved the win against Jackson Milton wasn't just a fluke when they traveled to Hubbard High School to play in the first round of the Division IV Sectional tournaments. Their opponent was the Lady Devils of McDonald, a team they lost two regular season games to this year.
Still without Kiser & Dalrymple the papers noted that Freshman Shartece Taylor, Sophomore Maleya Fultz and Junior Courtney Cook stepped up to the plate to fill the void. Of the three only Fultz has been a regular starter this season. Taylor mostly played Reserves and Cook split starting games with other players. Taylor & Fultz don't have a lot of height but they can get up there with the tallest opponents we've seen them go against this year.
Mikyla Tipton had team high with 12 points followed by Cook with 8, Fultz with 7, Taylor & Rilee Lavolsi with 6 apiece, Shawntae Dillard with 5 and Monica Wilson with 2. The Lady Tigers finished the first quarter with a five point lead. That grew to a seven point advantage going into the locker room at the half, leading 23-16. In the third quarter the Lady Devils outscored the Tigers by 4 but were never able to take the lead in any one frame. It must have been a nail biter when McDonald tied it up at 35-35 with three minutes left in the game. The Ladies from the ville were able to hang in there and ended the game with a final winning score of 48-44.
With the win this past Saturday the Lady Tigers advance to the second round of the Sectionals. They travel back to Hubbard on Thursday, February 24 to face #4 seed Leetonia. It will be a rubber match. The Lady Tigers beat Leetonia at home and suffered a loss when they traveled up there in this year's regular season.
The pictures above is from the Jackson Milton game.
Congratulations on both wins Ladies. You make Wellsville proud. Good Luck Thursday....
ole nib
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