The Class C Tri-Valley Lady Bears celebrated
seniors night Monday by displaying a tenacious defense and offense that resulted
in a big win over Class B division champions Burke Catholic 56-42.
Burke entered this game as Class B division champions the
past three years and the Lady Eagles handed Tri-Valley a 56-42 loss at Burke on
December 11. In that game at Burke Tri-Valley actually took a halftime lead but
in the second half several Bears players fouled out as Burke showed championship
form in the win.
Prior to the start of the varsity game five seniors on the
Tri-Valley team were honored including Amanda TerBush a three-year varsity
player who presented flowers to her mother, sister and grandfather, Maria
TerBush a two-year varsity player who presented flowers to her mother, father,
sister and grandmother, Nicole Bradley a three-year varsity player (one-year as
a starter) presented flower to her parents, boyfriend, sister and grandparents,
Keira McHugh a two-year varsity player (one-year as a starter) flowers to her
parents, sister, brother and grandmother and Mareena DiMilia a three-year
starter and team captain three years giving flowers to her parents and
grandfather.
Tri-Valley Coach John Tenbus prior to the start of the
re-match said he told his squad to go out and have fun, work hard and enjoy
themselves.
The first quarter of play didn't fair well for Tri-Valley as
lay-ups didn't find their mark and several foul shots were missed and the Lady
Eagles eked out a 14-13 lead off the scoring of Annie Walker with five, Lucia
Presutti with three, Meghan Kerr with three and Nicole Lyding with
two.
The Bears Nicole Bradley scored six during the first eight
minutes of play, Sabrina Smith had three, Mareena DiMilia with three and
Caroline Martin with two.
Defense and a couple of turnovers by both teams in the
second quarter produced only eight points for Tri-Valley and five for Burke as
the Bears took a 22-18 halftime lead. Martin had six of the eight Tri-Valley
points.
Both teams got back into an offensive mode during the
third-quarter each scoring 14-points and at one point Burke tied the score at
30 each but scores by Bradley and Katlynn Greffrath put the Bears up by four,
36-32 at the buzzer. Greffrath led the Bears scoring with six.
Defense and scoring took its toll on Burke in the fourth
quarter as Tri-Valley outscored the Lady Eagles 20-10 off five foul shots by
Smith, seven foul shots by Greffrath, six points by DiMilia and two by
Martin.
The 12-foul shots made by Tri-Valley came as a result of
Burke having to foul in an attempt to get back into the game.
Contributing to the win were only eight turnovers by
Tri-Valley. Burke committed 12 turnovers.
The large Tri-Valley crowd gave a standing ovation as the
final buzzer sounded giving the Bears added momentum as they enter sectional
play.
"A very physical game with good tempo," was the way Coach
Tenbus described the win." He added "I'm proud of the hard work our girls put
into this game and they refused to lose."
Burke coach Matt McGinnis comments following the game were,
"we just could not run with Tri-Valley and they played their tempo and hurt us
on the boards."
Scoring honors for Tri-Valley go to Bradley and Greffrath
with 13, Smith 11, Martin 10 and DiMilia nine. Bradley also had 12 rebounds
and DiMilia 16 rebounds. Tri-Valley's record is now 12-5.
Annie Walker led Burke with 16 points and Dominique Nutt
added 12. Burke's record falls to 10-7.
The sectional schedule was to be announced last
night.
Additional details and photos available at http://bght.blogspot.com
IDENTIFICATION OF PHOTOS
Tri-Valley's Katlynn Greffrath attempts a three-pointer in
Monday's big win over Class B Burke Catholic 56-42. She finished the night with
13 points.
Five Tri-Valley Lady Bears seniors were honored prior to the
start of the Burke Catholic game Monday. They are, from the left, Maria TerBush,
Keira McHugh, Mareena DiMilia, Coach John Tenbus, Amanda TerBush and Nicole
Bradley.
Part of the Tri-Valley Lady Bears flower ceremonies prior to
the Burke Catholic game Monday honoring the seniors included three-year varsity
player and team captain Mareena DiMilia shown here with her mom Michelle, dad
Peter and grandfather John.
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