Woodlawn claims 7th straight title
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ON THE PERIMETER — Woodlawn’s Andrea Kibler dribbles the ball Thursday against Red Hill during the MTC tournament championship game.
Sentinel Photo/PAUL HINES
BOUNCE PASS — Webber’s Chloe King passes the ball during Thursday’s MTC tournament championship game against Red Hill.
Sentinel Photo/PAUL HINES
TOP PLAYER — Woodlawn’s Rylie Hockett dribbles the ball Thursday against Red Hill during the MTC tournament championship. Hockett was named MVP.
Sentinel Photo/PAUL HINES
By PAUL HINES
phines@morningsentinel.com
WOODLAWN — The Lady Cardinals won their seventh straight Midland Trail Conference tournament title in style Thursday against Red Hill.
“The win tonight I thought our intensity out of the gate was good,” Woodlawn coach Matt Patterson said. “Defensively, that’s about as good as we’ve been in a while, the first quarter. It set the tone for us, and when we can run and rebound we shoot the ball a whole lot better. It worked out good.”
Woodlawn held the Salukis scoreless for the opening six minutes of action. During that time, Woodlawn rolled up a 16-0 lead and went on to win 61-24.. Rylie Hockett poured in 11 points in the first quarter. The sophomore finished with 18 points and MVP honors. Hockett missed several games with a collarbone injury.
“Obviousy it’s a huge shot in the arm to get her back,” Patterson said. “Not only does she score, but she makes life easier on a lot of other people.”
McKayla Owens finished with a double double of 16 points and 12 rebounds for Woodlawn. Andrea Kibler added four points and seven rebounds. Both players were named to the all-tournament team.
Red Hill’s offense struggled to find a rhythm against the Woodlawn defense throughout the game. The Salukis were 1 of 12 in the opening half and finished 7 of 31 from the field.
“It was our energy and effort,” Patterson said. “We struggled over the holiday with some effort issues, being on break. But all five tonight just got after it and set the tone. When the subs came in they played hard.defensively.”
The Lady Cardinals built a 38-9 lead going into halftime. The margin was 57-14 going into the fourth, and the game finished with a running clock.
Woodlawn improved to 13-5 this season.
Woodlawn 61 Red Hill 24
Woodlawn 22-38-57-61
Red Hill 2-9-14-24
WOODLAWN: Andrea Kibler 2-8 0-2 4, Hanley Lamacchia 2-6 1-2 7, Ashtyn Griffin 3-4 0-0 9, McKayla Owens 5-9 6-7 16, Addison Wangler 2-6 0-0 5, Rylie Hockett 7-12 0-0 18, Kamryn Roth 1-3 0-0 2.
RED HILL: Riley Moore 1-3 3-6 5, Caitlee Gray 3-15 2-4 8, Baylee McDaniel 0-6 3-4 3, Tahlya Kelly 1-2 0-2 2, Percy Klein 2-3 0-0 6.
Turnovers: Woodlawn 10 Red Hill 13. Fouls Woodlawn 17 Red Hill 10. Rebounds: Woodlawn 40 (McKayla Owens 12) Red Hill 16 (Baylee McDaniel, Oliva Hayes 3).
Third-place game
Webber 67 Sandoval 38
Webber racked up the rebounds in the matchup. The Lady Trojans grabbed 13 offensive rebounds in the opening half and ended with a total of 45 in the game.
“Emerey Withrow did a great job of getting position on the back side off of missed shots,” Webber coach Breanna George said. “We’ve talked about that for weeks. We talked about that. In practice, we worked on it.
“That was our No. 1 goal was we have to outrebound them. And we had girls that were there for the putbacks. And we scored a lot on rebounds and putbacks tonight.”
Webber spread its offense around with four players finishing in double digits. Lydia Hulbert led all scorers with 25 points. Chloe King added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Emerey Withrow added 12 points and nine rebounds. Edyn Knight ended with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
“We say that all the time that we want everybody to score,” George said. “We also say we want three girls in double digits every night. We don’t care who it is, but someone’s got to step up.”
Knight was named to the all-tournament team.
Autumn Moore led Sandoval with 16 points, and Jenna Howell added 10 points along with nine rebounds.
Webber opened up a large lead early and took a 20-6 margin into the second quarter. Sandoval closed the gap back to single digits in the second quarter. The Lady Trojans took a 34-25 lead into halftime.
Hulbert started the scoring in the second half with a 3-pointer followed by a bucket from King. The buckets pushed the margin up to 39-25.
Webber led 52-31 going into the last quarter.
Webber improved to 6-12 this season while Sandoval dropped to 8-9.
Webber 67 Sandoval 38
Webber 20-34-52-67
Sandoval 6-25-31-38
WEBBER: Edyn Knight 5-19 0-1 10, Emerey Withrow 5-7 2-2 12, Chloe King 6-16 4-8 16, Lydia Hulbert 9-19 3-4 25, Mariah Anderson 2-4 0-0 4.
SANDOVAL: Christianne Cullip 1-4 2-2 4, Anne Garrett 2-3 0-0 4, Autumn Moore 7-20 2-5 16, Jenna Howell 5-18 0-0 10, Alayna Ray 1-1 0-0 2, Paison Ogrzewalla 1-2 0-0 2.
Turnovers: Webber 10 Sandoval 16. Fouls: Webber 8 Sandoval 10. Rebounds: Webber 45 (Edyn Knight 14) Sandoval 30 (Jenna Howell 9).
