Lady Hawks victorious over rival Trotters

Jamie Doran

Valley Press

The Plains Trotters just couldn’t find any luck on their senior night when they took on inter-county rivals the Thompson Falls Lady Hawks Feb. 12 at home.

The Trotters lost the game 59-42 against their rivals. It was an especially hard loss for the two seniors on the team, who will never again get to play the Lady Hawks.

From the varsity team Emma Ehret and Chelsea Roosma were honored on the floor before the game as their accomplishments were listed out to the crowd. In addition to those two, manager Cynthia McCrea was also honored as was exchange student Nikki Gadirzada, who plays for the junior varsity team.

The Lady Hawks came out strong scoring 20 points in the first quarter, all while holding the Trotters to eight. In the second quarter the Trotters kept things close as the team scored 12 points and Thompson Falls scored 14, bringing the score at the half to 34-20. In the third quarter Thompson Falls continued on with the momentum they picked up in the first half. During the third quarter the Lady Hawks once again scored 14 points, while the Trotters scored eight.

In the final quarter of the game the Trotters tried to make a run for it as they out scored Thompson Falls, but it just wasn’t enough to pull ahead for the victory. In the fourth quarter Plains scored 14 points and Thompson Falls had 11, bringing the final score to 59-42 in favor of the Lady Hawks.

With the victory Thompson Falls moved to 4-3 in league play and 9-8 in overall play. Plains fell to 1-6 in league play and 4-13 in overall play and because of the loss will have to play a play-in game Tuesday night to determine whether or not they will get to compete at the District 7-B tournament in Libby this weekend.

With the victory Thompson Falls earned an automatic berth in the District 7-B tournament.

Katelyn Jedlicka, of Thompson Falls, led all scorers with 19 points as Rheanna Padden added 13 for the Lady Hawks. In addition to Jedlicka and Padden, Kyla Molzhon also scored in the double digits with 11. Other scorers were Karli Cavill with eight, Makayla Becker with six and Hannah Peters with two.

Heather Earhart was the lead scorer for the Trotters with 16 points. The only other Trotter to score in double digits was Emma Ehret with 10. Other scorers for the Trotters were Chelsea Roosma with nine, Kelsey Beagley with three and Cassie Ross and Alexis Kunzer each had two.

As of press time the results of the play-in game between the Plains Trotters and Troy were not available. Check our Web site, www.vp-mi.com, Wednesday afternoon to find out if the Trotters make it in to the district tournament.