Shelby guns down Lady Tigers

By JON KLEINKNECHT

Inquirer Sports Editor

sports@galioninquirer.com

The Emma Hostetler-led Lady Whip­pets of Shelby High School gunned down the Galion Lady Tigers 69–54 Thurs­day night in what was the final home game of the sea­son for the Orange-and-Blue.

Hostetler — a four-year starter and an All-Ohioan — scored a game-high 17 points and dealt out 8 assists for the vis­i­tors who bumped their record up to 16–3.

In los­ing, the Lady Tigers tum­ble to 7–13. The game was of the non-conference variety.

Shelby had a 17–6 lead at the end of the first quar­ter. The Orange-and-Blue came back with a vengeance in the first 3:18 of the sec­ond period reel­ing of an 11–0 run to tie things up. Pey­ton Beachy and Kelly Mann had a pair of field goals apiece in the blitz, with the lat­ter being on the receiv­ing end of passes from the for­mer on her two.

The remain­der of the frame belonged to the vis­i­tors though, as they fin­ished the half with a 16–4 spree to go into half­time on top, 33–21.

Any hopes the Lady Tigers had of mount­ing a second-half come­back were squashed in the third frame as the win­ners outscored them 22–11 to take a 23-point cush­ion into the last stanza.

The Lady Whip­pets led by as many as 30 points early in the final eight minutes.

Sta­tis­ti­cally, Galion was 22-for-57 on field goal attempts (38 per­cent) and only 9-for-21 on foul shots. Shelby con­verted 26-of-51 shots (51 per­cent) and 13-of-19 free­bies. The vis­i­tors had a 25–21 rebound­ing edge and turned the ball over 20 times. The hosts had 19 miscues.

The only play­ers to score for the locals were the five starters. Bai­ley Ruhe tied Hostetler for game scor­ing hon­ors with 17 points. Beachy had 15, Man, 12; Ramonda Dorsey, 6; and Jor­dan Kuns, 4.

Tay­lor Goth (12 points) and Tay­lor Ful­ton (11) reached twin fig­ures in the score­book for the victors.

Junior var­sity action had Galion win­ning 44–26. Kayla LaFor­est tal­lied a game-best dozen points for the win­ners and team­mate Shel­bie Schramek added 11.

Galion closes out the reg­u­lar sea­son next Tues­day at Crestline.

On Wednes­day, Feb­ru­ary 20, the Lady Orange-and-Blue travel to Ontario High School to play Lex­ing­ton in the first round of the sec­tional tour­na­ment. Game time is 7 p.m.

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