POTTSVILLE — Prairie Grove and Shiloh Christian will have to settle for a stalemate this year - unless they meet again for the Class 4A state championship,
Prairie Grove held Shiloh Christian without a field goal for almost 17 minutes Saturday night en route to a 42-22 victory in the championship game of the Class 4A North Region tournament at George S. Jones Gymnasium.
“Our girls played hard, and they were focused,” Prairie Grove Coach Kevin Froud said. “We wanted a championship trophy, and they knew what we had to do. We hit some shots, did a better job on [Hannah] Persing and [Megan] Henley, and we had our big girl [Justyne Huber].”
Shiloh Christian’s dry stretch began after Persing scored inside to tie it at 4-4 with 4 minutes, 45 seconds left in the opening period.It didn’t end until Madison Lowe’s bucket with 3:53 left in the third quarter.
Prairie Grove was in full control as the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Saints 19-5 during that time. That included eight consecutive points to begin the second half, with Michelle Lumsargis’ bucket making it 23-10.
“Prairie Grove’s defense was outstanding,” Shiloh Christian Coach Vic Rimmer said. “I told Kevin that was the best defensive performance we’ve seen by far with their energy and physical play. It frustrated our girls, and that’s not normal from this group.
“Hopefully we learned something from it.”
Huber had 14 points to lead Prairie Grove. Lumsargis added 12 and Kendra Coyle 10 for the Lady Tigers.
Persing and Rowe had five each to lead Shiloh Christian.
PRAIRIE GROVE (25-7) Huber 14, Lumsargis 12, Coyle 10, Bryant 3, Fitts 2, Barnett 1 SHILOH CHRISTIAN (25-4) Persing 5, Lowe 5, Sears 3, Henley 3, Jones 2, Parks 2, Roe 2.
Prairie Grove ......... 8 7 13 14 - 42 Shiloh Christian ...... 5 5 5 7 - 22 GIRLS CONSOLATION GRAVETTE 62, GENTRY 41
Shyanne Nichols and Samantha VanOtterloo scored 20 points each as Gravette (16-16) defeated Gentry (21-10) to finish third in the regional tournament.
Gravette took control of the game with a 15-1 run in the second quarter. Nichols and VanOtterloo each hit a pair of three-pointers during the run, which turned a 19-15 deficit into a 30-20 lead with 3:16 left in the half.
Gravette took a 33-24 lead into halftime, then opened the third quarter with nine consecutive points to extend the lead to 42-24.
Gentry never pulled closer than 10 points after that.
Courtney Millsap led Gentry with nine points.
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Boys CLARKSVILLE 66, PEA RIDGE 62
Kendrick Lee’s three-pointer with 7:12 left spearheaded a 10-0 run to give Clarksville (23-8) the lead for good in its victory over Pea Ridge (24-9).
Lee ended the outburst on a bucket that gave the Panthers a 59-50 lead with 5:12 left. Pea Ridge cut it to three points on four different occasions later in the fourth quarter, but Lee’s free throw with 16.2 seconds left sealed the victory.
Lee finished with 23 points to lead the Panthers, followed by his twin brothers Dederick Lee with 14 and Freddy Lee with 11.
Garrett Thompson paced Pea Ridge with 22 points, followed by Kasey Cooper with 14 and Dakota Woodward with 10.
CLARKSVILLE (23-8) D. Lee 23, K. Lee 14, F. Lee 11, Norris 6, South 5, Foster 4, Thompson 3, Schucker 2.
PEA RIDGE (24-9) Thompson 22, Cooper 14, Woodward 10, Higgins 9, Hall 4, Adams 3.
Clarksville ...........15 15 19 19 - 68 Pea Ridge ............12 19 17 14 - 62
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BOYS CONSOLATION FARMINGTON 70, WALDRON 43
Farmington (25-6) outscored Waldron (19-11) 21-10 in the third quarter, stretching a 34-24 halftime lead to 55-34, and it never looked back in the third-place game.
The mercy rule came into play after Garrett Woodward’s three-pointer made the score 68-38 with 3:24 remaining.
Jason Purdy had 18 points to lead Farmington. Steven Leichner added 14 and Gavin Osnes had 11 for the Cardinals.
Levi Cooper led Waldron with 20 points.
Sports, Pages 27 on 02/27/2011