Kenova, W. Va. — In the first high school game played in the C-K War Memorial gymnasium since 1977 Tolsia (4-4 ) outlasted Chesapeake, Ohio 54-50 Friday night in Girls Basketball action on Floyd H. Stark floor in the Evaronis Classic.
Tolsia trailed 11-4 early in the second quarter before storming back to take a 23-20 lead at halftime.
In the second half the Lady Panthers trailed 35-27 before closing the gap to 38-36 but couldn’t get any closer as the Lady Rebel defense stepped up to extend the lead and close out the victory.
Freshman Autumn Block led the Lady Rebels with 24 points and 6 steals, Junior Julie Boone tallied 10 points and 5 blocks, Freshman Katie Marcum 7 points, Junior Kylea Pollinger 6 points, Katelyn Kelly 4 points and Selena Browning 3 points.
Tolsia hit 1 three pointer and went 13-35 from the line.
Chesapeake was led by Maddie Ward with 21 points.
The Lady Panthers hit 1 three pointer and went 21-31 from the line.
CHS 8 12 12 18 = 50
THS 4 19 13 17 = 54
Tolsia will return to action January 9th with a trip to heated rival Tug Valley.
Tolsia Head Coach and C-K native Ric Morrone
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Really proud of our girls it was a special event to be a part of, first girls game here in 50 years. I thought our girls competed hard. Chris Ball does a fantastic job with Chesapeake a former player of mine and they were a little short handed tonight but they battled and made it hard on us. I was going to fire the free throw coach but realized it was me so I may hold off on that.”
“… Glad that we finished tonight we haven’t put four quarters together much this season. Our defense was effective and that led us to some easy baskets. Autumn Block played well and Julie Boone along with Katie Marcum battled inside.”
“… So happy to be asked to play in this event and was pleased with the crowd tonight. I have been coming here for a long time and so glad that they are keeping it alive and have put a ton of work into it and it’s absolutely beautiful. So many people in the community have put in a lot of work to make this possible.”
