Humboldt High’s girls started quickly and never looked back Tuesday.
The Lady Cubs opened the War on 54 Midseason Tournament with a 48-22 romp over Crest High to set up a rematch of sorts with Cherryvale at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Iola Elementary School gymnasium. Crest, meanwhile, battles host Iola at same time Thursday in the Iola High School gym.
Carsyn Haviland had the hot hand early, scoring eight points as Humboldt raced to a 17-6 lead after one quarter. The Lady Cubs spread the wealth around in the second period. Six players scored as Humboldt extended its lead to 30-11 at the break.
Humboldt’s scoring cooled off after halftime, but its defense sure didn’t. The lead stood at 38-15 after three periods. Humboldt allowed no Lancer players to register more than a single field goal.
Haviland led the way for Humboldt with 14 points, while Karley Wools was just behind with 13. Shelby Shaughnessy chipped in with eight and Kenisyn Hottenstein had seven.
McKenna Hammond scored five to pace the Lady Lancers. Haylee Beckman, Kaelin Nilges, Karlee Boots and Kinley Edgerton all scored three for Crest.
Crest (6-5-4-7—22)
FG/3pt FT F TP
H. Beckman 1 1 2 3, Coleman 1 0 0 2, Nilges 1 1 0 3, A. Beckman 0 1 3 1, Hermreck 0 2 0 2, Boots 1 1 3 3, Hammond 1 3 1 5, Edgerton 1 1 1 3. Totals 6 10 10 22
Humboldt (17-13-8-10—48)
Jones 0 0 1 0, S. Hottenstein 1/1 0 1 5, K. Hottenstein 2/1 0 2 7, Shaughnessy 4 0 2 8, Haviland 7 0 2 14, Hillmon 0 1 1 1, Wools 6 1 2 13, Hull 0 0 3 0, Woods 0 0 1 0. Totals 20/2 2 15 48
