YATES CENTER — Marmaton Valley High’s girls turned a dominating third quarter into a win Friday, outscoring host Yates Center 19-5 on the way to a 64-37 win.
The victory snaps a three-game losing streak for Marmaton Valley (9-7). Yates Center falls to 1-13.
Marmaton Valley’s Janae Granere was stellar once again in victory, pouring in 20 points, but it was teammate Payton Scharff who keyed the game-turning run. Scharff scored 10 of her 15 points in the third quarter as Marmaton Valley extended a 30-23 halftime advantage to 49-28 by the end of the period. Piper Barney added 10 points and Braelyn Sutton eight for the visitors.
Yates Center had a balanced scoring attack as well. Callyn Miller scored 10 points, Molly Proper nine, Grace Westerman eight and Kinley Morrison seven.
Marmaton Valley travels to Northeast Tuesday. Yates Center pays a visit to St. Paul.
MV (13-17-19-15—64)
FG/3pt FT F TP
Haynes 0 1 1 1
Scharff 7 1 2 15
Lawson 1 2 5 4
Drake 1 1 2 3
Barney 4 2 0 10
T. Sutton 0/1 0 5 3
Adams 0 0 1 0
B. Sutton 4 0 3 8
Granere 8 4 4 20
Totals 25/1 11 23 64
YC (14-9-5-9—37)
Petit 0 0 3 0
Morrison 3 1 4 7
Proper 2 5 2 9
Westerman 4 0 4 8
Miller 1 8 5 10
Trahan 1 1 1 3
Grogg 0 3 0 0
Totals 11 15 19 37
