On Tuesday, January 9th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets traveled to Jasper Grade School (Fairfield) to take on the Kell-Farrington Lady Indians in first round play of the SIJHSAA Region 8 Tournament. St. Mary’s advanced to the second round of the Tournament by defeating Kell-Farrington, 45 – 22.
St. Mary’s led 10 - 9 at the end of the first quarter; 26 - 15 at halftime; and 39 - 19 at the end of the third quarter. Mady Young and Savannah Zimmerman scored 16 points each to lead St. Mary’s in scoring. Olivia Stinson added 9 points, Emma Keepes 2 points, and Lindy Rafferty 2 points. Also seeing playing time were Maleah Armstrong, Eden Wankel, Lauren Hall, Anna Gill, Lexi Stevens, Olivia Trimble, and Nevada Brown. Frey and Knight each scored 6 points for the Lady Indians.
St. Mary’s will play Bluford in the second-round of the SIJHSAA Regional Tournament on Friday, January 12th, at 6pm at Jasper Grade School. Bluford upset the number one seeded Jasper to advance to Friday’s game.
