SIMON KENTON HIGH SCHOOL PIONEER SPORTS BLOG: Lady Pioneers Downed by WV

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Lady Pioneers Downed by WV

The Lady Neers travelled to Walton this afternoon for a matinee match-up with the Bearcats. SK was coming off of a pretty solid effort against the NDA Pandas while the Bearcats were coming off a fairly close game against Grant County.

The JV team to things off to a good start as they looked much better than they did the other day against Notre Dame. SK hands the Walton JV team only their second loss of the season by a final of 40-37 after some sharp shooting by sophomore Katie Jones.

The varsity team took to the floor and it looked like it was going to be a long day right off the bat as SK fell behind 10-2. Falling behind early has been a trend with SK but they came rolling back in this game and actually took a 15-14 first quarter lead as the Neers got the pace of the game rolling. That would be the end of anything positive for SK as the Bearcats would go on a 21-0 run and lead by a score of 35-15 after the run. SK would score a miserable 3 points in the second quarter and simply could not buy a basket.

Things would not get any better for SK in the second half as they only scored in single digits in the third quarter as well. The Neers would match Walton in points in the 4th quarter but the final score winds up at 62-39. The loss marks the third loss in a row for SK and ends up being those games that you just want to forget about and mover forward. The loss means that the Neers will not have the top seed in the District Tournament for the first time since the school joined the 32nd District. SK will host the Boone County Rebels on Tuesday.

Simon Kenton…..15-3-8-13--- 39
Walton-Verona…14-21-14-13--62

Simon Kenton -- Schmiade 6, Owings 3, Hester 2, Stephenson 12, Cook 7, Cox 3, Bosse 2, Robinson 2, Morrison 2.
Walton-Verona -- Clinkenbeard 2, Slavey 12, Hoffa 3, Ginn 7, Sandlin 17, McAdams 4, Taulbee 7, Judy 10.

Hanah gets fouled on her jump shot.