CCS girls improve to 14-5

With wins over Hershey and Yuma, Colorado the past few days, the Chase County girls’ basketball team futher solidified their spot as the number one seed in the C1-11 subdistrict.
The Longhorns beat Hershey on the road Saturday.
CCS fell behind early to Hershey, 0-6, until a put back by Bryn McNair and three pointer by Jordan Jablonski brought the Longhorns to within one point.
Jablonski scored off an offensive rebound between two Panther put backs. A three pointer from Liz Reeves tied the game at 10. After a basket by Hershey, Alexis Richmond scored with less than a minute left to leave the teams tied at 12 at the end of the first quarter.
The Longhorns held Hershey to three free throws and a late bucket in the paint over the final eight minutes of the half. Jablonski, McNair and Richmond scored for CCS, giving Chase County a 26-17 halftime lead.
Hershey started the second half with four straight points, but could never get closer than eight points in the third quarter.
Jablonski, McNair and Richmond continued to power the CCS offense throughout the second half. Six straight points by the Panthers cut Chase County’s lead to 44-38, but Kora Weiss ended the game with consecutive baskets to give CCS a 48-38 win.
CCS Head Coach Randy Longoria said winning the game puts the Longhorns in the best position heading into subdistricts. CCS leads the subdistrict point standings.
With the post season coming up quickly, administrators were confirming the NSAA still plans to have the top seed in each subdistrict serve as host or if it will switch to a neutral site.
Longoria said it would be great to be able to host the subdistrict.
Jablonski finished with a team high of 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
Longoria was pleased with his point guard, saying Jablonski has the qualities he likes to see in a point guard and was glad she took on a scoring role in the game against the Panthers.
Richmond added 14 and McNair 12.
“As long as we can have a third scorer around double figures we’re harder to defend,” Longoria said.
He was also pleased with how his team defended Hershey’s 6’1” shooting guard Tahlia Steinbeck. The Longhorns held the sophomore to three points, 10 below her average.
Tuesday, CCS blew Yuma out of the water.
Yuma, in only its third game of the season, scored the contest’s first points, but that would be the Indians’ only points of the quarter. CCS led 16-2 and increased that lead to 27-4 at halftime.

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