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Tri-Village
senior Kayla Linkous (45) is forced to fight through a
double team as Arcanum’s Morgan
Buck (33) attempts to stop Linkous.
Tri-Village rolled to a 79-19 victory over the Trojans in the
Bill
Burkett Tournament. CNO Photo By George Starks.
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Lady Patriots roll in
Burkett
By George Starks
Sports Editor
NEW MADISON- With a final score that showed a 60 point blow-out, one
would be tempted to ask. “is Tri-Village that good or is Arcanum that
bad?”
The answer is, the Lady Patriots are that good. Against what would be a
normal team, Arcanum is right there winning or close to it. Tri-Village
isn’t a normal team.
The Patriots put four in double figures, led by all, senior Kayla
Linkous with 24 points. The Pats saw Krystal Falknor with 14 as well as
Shaye Thomas and Teha Richards with 10... as Arcanum ran into the buzz
saw that is Tri-Village Friday night as the Patriots rolled to a
convincing 79-19 victory over the Trojans.
The Patriots defense created 20 first half Arcanum turnovers and 42
overall, setting the tone for the night.
“I thought our defense did set the tone early and will do that this
season,” sad Pats coach Brad Gray. “I thought Teha really got after the
ball defensively and I though the rest of the team fed off of that.
Going into the season, my question mark was well could we play
defensively and I think we came out and showed that. We have to do this
every night on defense.”
With such a lopsided score, Gray still saw areas for improvement.
“I think we missed too many lay-ups,” Gray said. “We left too many
points out there on the floor tonight. Against good teams, you can’t
afford to give those opportunities up because you don’t get them too
often. We had a good start tonight and we kept the gas pedal down.”
Down 28-3 after one and 49-6 at the break, it was all over except the
shouting.
Looking at a deficit that was next to impossible to overcome, Trojans
coach Rachael Fearon was optimistic about her team’s performance.
“I’m proud of my girls,” said first year Arcanum coach Rachael Fearon.
“I believe they played as hard as they could play tonight with so much
being thrown at them. We are going to be fine. Tri-Village is a very
nice team and I told my girls they will be one of the best teams we
will see this season. We will face other teams of this caliber too, but
Tri-Village is a nice, well rounded team. You can tell by watching them
that this team has been together for a long time. The team continuity
is there. The score doesn’t tell the whole story here. I told my girls
before the game started, just go out there and give it everything you
got. They did that. All we can do is work hard and improve and that‘s
what we are going to do.”
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