CURWENSVILLE, PA.—– Seniors Dan1 Struble and Jackie White paved the way for Curwensville over West Branch Thursday night, 69-51 at Curwensville\’s Patton Hall. Struble dropped in 18 while White had her best output of the season with 17 as the Lady Tide upped their record to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the Mo Valley league. The Lady Warriors lost their fourth straight and are now 3-4 with a 1-1 Mo Valley record.
The Ladies from C-ville jumped out to a 17-7 first quarter lead and never looked back. The only bump in the road was Struble hitting the floor late in the second quarter. The Tide point guard left the game with a bloody nose and returned late in the second quarter. No problem! White stepped up and scored 10 in the second period to lead Curwensville to a 37-14 margin at the half.
West Branch actually outscored the Tide 37 to 32 in the second half but that was after Curwensville went up by as many as 34 before the second squad came in. The Lady Warriors scored an amazing 31 points in the final frame to tighten the final score.
Denny Arnold\’s Lady Warriors, all underclassmen, were led by freshman Rebecca Kephart with 15 and juniors Jolene Wesesky, 13, and Kristen Perks with 10. Hannah Walls chipped in with 11 for the Lady Tide.
Curwensville won the Junior Varsity tilt 36-31.
Vic Gearhart and the Lady Tide will now host Glendale on Monday with the Lady Bisons coming to Tide Town on Wednesday for what should be the best game in the area so far on the young hoop season.
CURWENSVILLE——69 Struble, 7 4-5 18, Walls 5 1-2 11, Knepp 3 0-0 6, Fink 2 0-0 4,
White 7 3-4 17, Lansberry 0 0-0 0, Hamm 0 0-0 0, Desmitt 3 0-0 6, McDonald 0 5-6 5,
Bressler 1 0-0 2, Jenae Stiles 0 0-0 0, Jenessa Stiles 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 28 13-17 69
WEST BRANCH—–51 Perks 4 0-0 10, Parks 0 4-6 4, Larson 3 1-2 7, Modzel 0 0-0 0,
Wesesky 5 1-2 13, Kephart 5 5-7 15, Jarrett 1 0-2 2.
TOTALS 18 11-19 51
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
WEST BRANCH 7 7 6 31 – 51
CURWENSVILLE 17 20 13 19 – 69
Three pointers- West Branch – Perks 2, Wesesky 2 .
