YATES CENTER — Visiting Cherryvale High outscored the Yates Center High girls 23-8 in the first quarter Thursday and never looked back in a 63-28 victory.
“We have to work harder on defense to compete with teams,” Wildcat head coach Abbie Collins said. “Everyone is bigger than us so we have to commit to pressuring the ball.”
The Chargers extended the lead to 37-11 at halftime and 45-18 after three.
Molly Proper scored 12 and Morgan Collins had 10 to pace Yates Center.
Mariah Monroy led Cherryvale with 15; Kelsi Lantz added 13.
The Wildcat boys were idle Thursday after a Cherryvale player tested positive for COVID-19.
Yates Center was scheduled to wrap up its preseason tournament Friday, and will travel to Uniontown Tuesday.
Cherryvale (23-14-8-16—61) (FG/3pt): Kaiser 1-0-1-2, Reister 1-0-4-2, Raida 1-0-0-2, Lantz 4/1-2-2-13, Catlin 1/1-0-1-5, Fox 1-0-0-2, Umbarger 1-0-0-2, Plumley 2-2-1-6, Monroy 7-1-2-15, Allen 1-0-0-2, Roegner 2-0-0-4, Bunyard 0/2-0-4-6. TOTALS: 22/4-5-15-61.
Yates Center (8-3-7-10—28): Collins 4-2-1-10, Cavender 1-1-1-3, Ma. Proper 0-0-3-0, Mo. Proper 6-0-2-12, Westerman 1-0-4-2, Miller 0-1-5-1. TOTALS: 12-4-16-28.
