The Chillicothe Lady Hornets hit the road on Thursday night, traveling to Boonville to battle the state-ranked (MBCA Class 3, #10) Lady Pirates. In perhaps the program’s best victory of the season, Chillicothe rode the combination of hot perimeter shooting and stout Darren Smith coached defense to a 53-46 win.
After starting slowly, a second quarter run by the Lady Hornets pulled Chillicothe back to the even mark with Boonville, with CHS taking the advantage after trailing by one point through three quarters. The Chillicothe girls outscored Boonville in the final quarter, 12-4.
Hunter Keithley led Chillicothe with 17 points, with Jordan Hibner adding 14, and Kennedie Kieffer 10.
In CLAA action, the Southwest Livingston girls won at Tina-Avalon 56-36, with Kortlyn Rounkles leading the Lady Wildcats (11-1, 7-0) with 17 points, Colee Webb 16, and Kaylie Campbell with 10 points. Tina-Avalon had Aleeya Heussner with 12 points and Hannah Colliver with 11. The Southwest Livingston boys won at Tina-Avalon by a score of 70-37, with Mack Anderson scoring 25 and Wyatt Maddux 19 for the Wildcats.
The rest of the scoreboard for Thursday, January 18, 2018 :
GIRLS:
King City 68, Pattonsburg 29
Worth County 52, Albany 33
North Platte 40, Lathrop 33
Mid-Buchanan 57, Plattsburg 32
Maryville 56, Bishop LeBlond 35
Winston 45, Stewartsville 22
Newtown-Harris 57, Gilman City 43
BOYS:
Pattonsburg 62, King City 47
Worth County 59, Albany 27
Winston 68, Stewartsville 30 (Redbirds now 15-1, Cy Uthe with 22, Jacob Lewis 20 points)
Gilman City 59, Newtown-Harris 25
Lathrop 69, North Platte 55
Benton 50, Maryville 47
