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Cambridge girls now 8-0
CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge Trojan girls basketball team, ranked No. 1 in Class C-2, overpowered the Southern Valley Eagles 55-29 during Thursday night's rescheduled game at Cambridge.
The Trojans improved to 8-0.
Southern Valley's boys defeated the Trojans 54-45.
Scorers for the Lady Trojans were Traci Keyser with 16 points, Bailey Soucie 14, Frankie Petersen 11, Shelby Schultz 6, Lynae Lytle 6 and Kellie Ballou 2.
Schultz controlled the boards with 10 offensive and 6 defensive rebounds.
Scorers for the Eagles were Amy Bowers with 7 points, Hennessey Hogeland 7, Abby Schoen 4, Sylvia Robison 3, Jalin Ballou 2, Jessie Sadd 2 and Mattie Sadd 2.
"As a team, we did a great job outrebounding Southern Valley 45-34," said Cambridge coach Andy Long,
"I felt our defense did a tremendous job holding Southern Valley to 25 percent shooting and causing 19 turnovers."
"Southern Valley came out and played a very good first quarter; I was pleased with how our girls responded in the second quarter to open up a 14-point lead at half time."
The Trojans carried that momentum into the third quarter, outscoring Southern Valley 20-9.
Cambridge was 4 for 8 from the 3-point line and 7 for 10 on the free throw line.
"It was a very good win coming off our two week Christmas break," Long said.
The Trojans are back in action tonight at Southwest at 6:15 p.m.
Southern Valley boys 54, Cambridge 45
CAMBRIDGE -- The Cambridge Trojan boys fell to Southern Valley 54-45 Thursday night in a rescheduled game at Cambridge.
Bo Cribelli led Cambridge with 12 points, followed by Troy Hayes 11, Andrew Carpenter 7 and Gus Petersen 5, but that was not enough as the Southern Valley Eagles led a strong performance from the floor.
Dillon Mowery had 10 rebounds, Petersen 5 and Jackson Johnson 5.
The Trojans are back in action tonight at Southwest at 8 p.m.
North Platte-St. Pat's girls 79, Hayes Center 32
NORTH PLATTE -- Hayes Center's girls basketball team came up short against North Platte St. Pats Thursday.
"I was pleased with the second half of our game tonight," said Cardinals Coach Scott Jorgensen. "In the first half, we started out very slow, but I thought the girls came out much better in the second half.
"Defensively there are still several items that we need to address. However, North Platte St. Pat's has some great shooters and it is tough to keep them in check.
"Offensively, the girls are getting open looks, the ball is just not falling in the basket. We simply need to keep shooting them and stay aggressive on that end of the game and things will go our way."
Rebecca Gigax was the leading scorer for the Cardinals with 13 points. Gigax also had 3 rebounds.
Samantha Deaver scored 10 points and had 8 rebounds.
Shelby Tyan had 4 points and 2 assists and Liz Karre led in rebounds with 9.
McKenzie Messersmith and Tanner Richards each had 3 rebounds.
Kelsie O'Connor led St. Pats with 24 points. Teammates Megan Mroczek put in 22 and Megan Mayfield had 10.