On Thursday, October 18th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets 8th grade team played the Fairfield Lady Colts at the Jasper Shootout in Fairfield. Fairfield defeated St. Mary’s 32 – 18. With the loss, the Lady Rockets are now 3 – 2 on the season. St. Mary’s trailed 6 - 3 at the end of the first quarter; 12 – 9 at halftime; and 22 - 17 at the end of the third quarter. Fairfield went on a scoring run in the fourth quarter and outscored St. Mary’s 10 -1 to secure their win.
Savannah Zimmerman scored 13 points to lead St. Mary’s. Mady Young added 4 points and Anna Gill 1 point. Lauren Hall and Lindy Rafferty also saw playing time. Kenzie Scarborough scored 10 points to lead Fairfield in scoring.
St. Mary’s will travel to Red Hill on Monday, October 22nd, with the 7th grade game beginning at 6:00pm and the 8th grade game to follow.
