After demoralizing Lincoln in the first round of the 36th Annual Warsaw Invitational Girls Basketball Tournament in the opening round, 58-8, the Clinton Lady Cardinals rolled into the championship game but came up short after a loss to perennial powerhouse Skyline in the title game.
In the second round last Wednesday night, Clinton tipped off with the Knob Noster Lady Panthers. The Lady Cards jumped on top early and led 39-8 at the half and cruised down the stretch for a 66-34 win, putting themselves in position to battle it out for the first place trophy.
Skyte Wilson led the way with 23 points and Ava Potter was also in double digits with 14.
CLINTON (66): A. Little, 8; V. Brown, 8; L. Kenney, 0; K. Schaffer, 0; A. Dutcher, 0; C. Berry, 0; S. Wilson, 23; A. Goucher, 3; A. Potter, 14; B. Wishard, 7; L. Brauer, 0.
KNOB NOSTER (34): K. Stewart, 8; A. Goodwin, 1; J. Meyer, 2; L. Pace, 5; E. Goodrich, 17; T. Francis, 0; J. Buzzanga, 3; S. Scarborough, 2.
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In the championship game, the defense of the returning champion Skyline Lady Tigers was suffocating and hindered the offense of Clinton all night.
Several uncustomary turnovers by the Lady Cards led to points on the other end as Clinton found themselves trailing 36-15 at halftime.
A 26-16 margin in the second half led to the 62-31 final, netting a second place finish for the Henry County girls.
Briley Wishard paced the Lady Cardinals with 14 points.
CLINTON (31): A. Little, 3; V. Brown, 7; L. Kenney, 0; K. Schaffer, 1; A. Dutcher, 0; C. Berry, 0; S. Wilson, 2; A. Goucher, 0; A. Potter, 4; B. Wishard, 14; L. Brauer, 0.
SKYLINE (62): Sa. Redd, 14; A. Baldwin, 2; Sh. Redd, 8; A. Cooley, 2; J. Barb, 2; K. Cheek, 11; J. Hunt, 3; R. James, 0; C. Anderson, 2; A. Garrett, 18.
