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Senior
Rebecca Denniston (44) fights for a rebound against Milton Union
Saturday. The Trojans sent
their seniors out on a high note, beating
the Bulldogs, 54-46. CNO Photos by George Starks
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Lady Trojans send seniors off with big
victory
By George Starks
ARCANUM- It was only fitting, on senior recognition day; two of the
three Arcanum Lady Trojans (Morgan Buck and Rebecca Denniston) would
score the opening two buckets of the game.
The third senior (Hannah Prestel) would get the fifth basket of the
game and the Trojans would go to 10-11 on the season posting a 54-46
victory over Milton Union Saturday.
“When Morgan and Rebecca got the first two scores of the game, I turned
to coach (Abby Moore) and told her we had to get Prestel hers,” said
Arcanum head coach Rachel Fearon. “When she did it, that was just a
great feeling to know that all three of them scored in the first
quarter.”
When at times, the victory was in doubt as the Bulldogs were pushing,
it was junior Abby O’Donnell that put the team on her shoulders and
ensured Arcanum was not going to lose.
When the game had ended, O’Donnell had scored a game high 26 points and
had recorded 12 rebounds, five off the offensive glass.
“Abby came out to play today,” said Fearon of her talented junior. “She
is now turning toward her senior year and I think now, she’s ready to
take the challenge of knowing that next year, she is the sole leader on
this team. Her and Josie (Weaver). I think she is excited about it and
it showed in the way she played.”
Arcanum jumped out to the early 12-9 lead after one and held a 23-19
advantage at the break.
With eight minutes left to play, the Trojans were up 37-32 but the
Bulldogs were pushing hard, despite being down 31-22 at the 5:13 mark
of the quarter.
Milton Union had gotten things even at the 4:38 mark, 41-41, when
Brooke Falb connected on a four foot jumper from the left side of the
paint.
That was when the Trojans went to work as a team, outscoring the Dogs,
13-4 in the final four plus minutes to gain the victory.
While the Trojans were far from playing their best ball, there were
many things they did right, starting with the board work.
Along with the 12 rebounds O’Donnell recorded, Arcanum as a team yanked
down 33 total rebounds with nine being on the offensive glass.
Denniston had two of the remaining four offensive boards as freshman
Rebecca Deao and Prestel had the other two.
“Our rebounding was excellent and I told the kids before the start of
the game that senior day can be such a bad day for everyone but we
needed to keep it positive,” said Fearon. “This is a new and exciting
era these girls are stepping into and we need to be happy for
them. This is one of the tightest groups of girls I’ve ever been
around. We hate to see them go but we have to be happy for them and let
them go. Emotions were high out there today but we went out and did
what needed to be done. I couldn’t be happier for them.”
With one game left in the regular season before tournament, the Trojans
will close out the season at Greenon Tuesday night. A victory over the
Rams will give the Trojans an 11-11 seasonal mark.
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Arcanum
junior Abby O'Donnell pumped in 26 points and yanked down a dozen
boards in the senior day victory over Milton Union.
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