The Crest High School Lady Lancers Cinderella run to the state tournament came to an end Wednesday in Dodge City with a 76-27 loss to undefeated Little River.
The Lady Redskins jumped out to a 19-6 lead by the end of the first quarter and never looked back, going into halftime ahead 46-17.
Senior guard Karlee Boots scored a team-leading 9 points for the Lady Lancers, followed by senior forward Cursten Allen with 7 and junior Aylee Beckmon with four. Beckmon also had a team-leading six rebounds and three steals.
With the win, Little River advances to face Quinter (23-3), who advanced to the state tournament semifinals with a 65-54 victory over South Gray (23-3). Should they advance from the semifinals, the Redskins will face the winner of the other semifinals game featuring Centralia (20-0) and Troy (22-1).
With the loss, Crest finishes the season 15-8 and third in the Three Rivers Conference at 9-2. With only Allen and Boots graduating in May, look for the Crest Lady Lancers to make another state run when they return to the hardwood next November.
Little River (19-27-15-15—76)
FG/3pt FT F TP
Strecker 3/1 1 1 10
Raleigh 3/2 0 2 12
Schubert 1/1 1 0 7
Millar 1 1 2 3
Lafferty 3 6 1 12
Look 3 0 1 6
Olander 7 2 1 16
Ayers 1 0 2 2
Feldman 3 2 1 8
Wright 0 0 1 0
Totals 25/4 14 12 76
Crest (6-11-2-8—27)
Schmidt 1 1 1 3
Walter 0 0 1 0
Beckmon 2 0 3 4
Boots 3/1 0 0 9
Ellington 0 0 1 0
Allen 2/1 0 2 7
Edgerton 1 0 1 2
Valentine 0 0 1 0
Weatherman 1 0 0 2
Totals 10/2 1 12 27
