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Lady Iron basketball produces first win of the season

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  • Senior Abby Bender prepares to shoot a 3-pointer.

  • NCHS shows off their defensive ability in their game against BHS.

  • NCHS huddles up during a timeout at their game against BHS.

  • Coach Mann directs his players in their game against BHS.

  • Senior Luci Weis executes a hard bounce pass to a teammate in their game agianst BHS.

  • Seniors Luci Weis and Tarynn Dodd communicate to each other at their game against BHS.

  • Brittany Turner attempts to beat out her defender at their game against BHS.

  • Turner tries to get open to receive a pass from Harvey.

NCHS turned out to be too much to handle for the BHS Raiders in Tuesday’s girls basketball game.  The Lady Iron came out on top with a score of 38-32.

Both teams had exceptional defense throughout the game; allowing very few open shots. A combination of quality defense by BHS and poor shot selection by NCHS resulted in only 6 points for the Lady Iron in the first quarter.  The Raiders outscored them 13-6 in the first.

However, NCHS retaliated by outscoring the Raiders 4-9 in the 2nd.  They went on a 5-0 scoring streak to lower the Raiders’ lead to only 2 (13-15).  The score at halftime was 17-15, BHS still winning.

NCHS came back out looking strong.  They took the lead in the middle of the 3rd quarter when senior Luci Weis drained a 2-pointer, making the score 22-21.  Although remaining very close for the rest of the game, they gave up that lead.

The score at the end of the 3rd was 25-21.  NCHS was able to leave the court smiling after the game as they walked away from a 38-32 victory.

The only injury in the game occurred when Kristina Harvey was charged late in the first half and appeared to injure her ankle.  Harvey did not leave the game immediately, however she was seen limping for the next few minutes until finally, she signaled to her team that she needed to come out.  Harvey returned late in the second half showing no signs of pain.

Although they came out on top, the Lady Iron  struggled with recovering rebounds. Numerous times, BHS was able to take 3 or more shots per drive because of NCHS’s inability to recover rebounds.

The lead scorer of Tuesday’s game was senior Tarynn Dodd with 11 points.

The next home girls’ basketball game isn’t until Saturday, December 15, when they will play Decatur Macarthur.

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John Lenz, Sports
John Lenz is currently a Normal Community High School senior.  John's favorite subject is science (specifically chemistry). However his favorite class has been Sports and Entertainment Marketing, which he took during his junior year.  John has played varsity tennis since his freshman year and went to state sophomore year.
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