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Gobles girls top White Pigeon

brandon watson, sturgis journal
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White Pigeon's Sadie McDaniel is fouled on her way up for a shot against Gobles in prep hoops action on Wednesday.
White Pigeon's Sadie McDaniel is fouled on her way up for a shot against Gobles in prep hoops action on Wednesday.

The White Pigeon girls opened their basketball season on Wednesday evening.

In a bit of a youth movement, the Lady Chiefs feature a team with only a handful of seniors and plenty of freshmen and sophomores. White Pigeon was hosting Gobles, a perennial solid program.

Gobles won the contest over the Chiefs on the court, 51-30.

Jamielynn Delarye of White Pigeon pushes the ball up the floor past Gobles' Kennadi Killeen on Wednesday.
Jamielynn Delarye of White Pigeon pushes the ball up the floor past Gobles' Kennadi Killeen on Wednesday.

“Tonight we learned a lot about ourselves in our first game of the season,” White Pigeon head coach Brooke McClure said following the contest. “We are young and are trying to figure out how to flow together.”

Gobles had already played a game this season, beating Lawrence on Tuesday to open the season 48-39. In Wednesday’s game, Gobles looked like a team that had already played in a contest.

White Pigeon was doing its best to move the basketball and get good shots up, but struggled to connect at the hoop.

Gobles out-scored White Pigeon 12-6 in the opening quarter. Gobles would add another double digit performance to the total in the second with an 11-5 advantage. This put the Tigers up 23-11 at halftime.

“We played too tentative the first half, but played more aggressive in the second,” McClure said. “I am really proud of their effort.”

The third quarter proved to be a big one for Gobles. The Tigers scored 21 points, the most by either team in any quarter for the game. White Pigeon posted nine points in the stanza, but found itself trailing 44-20 entering the final eight minutes of play.

Bailee Freedline led White Pigeon with 10 points in the game, she passed out two assists in the game as well.

Sadie McDaniel tossed in nine points with seven rebounds and two steals. Shelby McDaniel finished with six points in the game while Sydney McClure totaled three with three rebounds. Ellie McBride scored two points but pulled in five rebounds.

Charlotte Zantello led Gobles with 17 points on the night, Deanna Wood tossed in 10.

White Pigeon returns to the floor on Friday night when the Chiefs travel to play Reading.

This article originally appeared on Sturgis Journal: Gobles girls top White Pigeon