The Lady Cardinals ended their losing skid last Tuesday night when they took out their frustrations on their visitors from Center in a 69-32 win.
Clinton got out early and led 14-9 at the end of the first and then used a 23-8 margin in the second to propel themselves to a 37-17 halftime lead.
A fairly close 16-13 third made it 53-30 and then a dominant 16-2 advantage for the Lady Cardinals in the fourth led to the dominant 69-32 victory.
The Lady Cardinals' Skyte Wilson led all scorers with a game-high 25 points. Briley Wishard finished with 15 for Clinton.
CLINTON (69): A. Little, 3; V. Brown, 6; L. Kenney, 0; K. Schaffer, 0; A. Dutcher, 2; C. Berry, 3; S. Wilson, 25; A. Goucher, 4; A. Potter, 11; L. Brauer, 0; B. Wishard, 15.
CENTER (32): A. Mayberry, 0; J. Minor, 0; A. Dunn, 11; S. Williams, 4; J. Clayton, 2; V. Smith, 7; Z. Scales, 8; K. Greer, 0; T. Sampkins, 0.
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The Lady Cardinals continued the winning ways that they're used to with a 50-27 win at Oak Grove on Thursday night.
A slow start saw Clinton fall behind 7-5 at the end of the first but a strong 19-7 margin in the second gave the Lady Cardinals a 24-14 halftime lead.
That swagger carried over to the third period where Clinton built a 39-21 lead at the buzzer and then an 11-6 margin in the fourth gave the Lady Cards another win, this time over the Lady Panthers, 50-27.
Skyte Wilson paced the Clinton offense with 21 points while Briley Wishard also tossed in 14 for the Lady Cardinals.
CLINTON (50): A. Little, 2; V. Brown, 6; L. Kenney, 0; K. Schaffer, 2; A. Dutcher, 0; C. Berry, 0; S. Wilson, 21; A. Goucher, 0; A. Potter, 5; L. Brauer, 0; B. Wishard, 14.
OAK GROVE (27): Brianna C., 0; Kalenn D., 1; Brayden G., 0; Addy M., 7; Jadis J., 0; Riley B., 6; Keiyanna L., 0; Mae M., 6; Desi H., 0; Jaylen W., 5; Lizzie L., 2.
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On Monday night, the Lady Cardinals ran into another hiccup at the end of their regular season when they fell at Notre Dame de Sion by a 50-31 final.
Another slow start doomed the Clinton squad when they were only able to post 5 points in the first and 3 in the second but only found themselves down 14-8 at the half.
A 23-11 margin in the third period, in favor of Notre Dame de Sion, buried the Lady Cardinals as they trailed 37-19 at the horn. A 13-12 deficit in the fourth led to the 50-31 loss.
CLINTON (31): A. Little, 2; V. Brown, 6; L. Kenney, 0; K. Schaffer, 0; A. Dutcher, 0; C. Berry, 0; S. Wilson, 7; A. Goucher, 2; A. Potter, 5; L. Brauer, 0; B. Wishard, 9.
NOTRE DAME DE SION (50): T. Smith, 10; C. Bailey, 2; A. Wende, 15; A. Schultz, 0; S. Blaine, 0; E. Gronkowski, 0; K. Pies, 14; E. Shelton, 7; T. Ford, 0; K. Kuntz, 2; A. DeFlorio, 0.
