Clearfield head coach Joey Castagnolo talked about the effort by Reitz, “We made a lot of crucial turnovers which led to them scoring as Jenna (Reitz) just was simply on fire.”
The Lady Bisons lead after one quarter was in the book 10-7 and extended their margin to 16-7 mid way through the second quarter before Punxsutawney started to find the basket.
The Lady Chucks ended the first half on a 12-4 run to cut the Clearfield lead to 20-19 at the break.
With the lead changing hands several times in the second 16 minutes the Lady Chucks finally put Clearfield away in the late stages of the fourth quarter.
Punxsutawney won the third quarter 22-18 and the final eight minutes 16-10 to keep the Lady Bisons winless at 0-3 on the year. The Chucks are now 1-4.
Helping Reitz with the scoring for the Lady Chucks was Shawnna Crago who had 12 points and Paris Kernich hitting for eight.
Clearfield was led by sophomore Dakota Farmery who had 17 on the night with 13 coming in the second half. Breanna Peters, another sophomore, helped the Bison cause with 11.
Castagnolo talked about a game that slipped away, “We certainly could have won this game tonight but we just need to find a way to win.”
In the junior varsity contest it was the Lady Chucks picking up the win 35-23. Brittany Renaud was the high scorer for Clearfield with 10 points.
The Lady Bisons return to the court on Wednesday night when they travel to Tyrone with the junior varsity game starting at 6 p.m. and the varsity contest to immediately follow.
View photos of the game here: http://www.ladybisonsports.org/lbsbball122010.html
CLEARFIELD – 48 Kristen Butler 3 0-0 6, Lisa Ambuski 1 0-0 3, Rachel Thompson 3 0-0 7, Breanna Peters 5 1-2 11, Dakota Farmery 8 1-3 17, Johanna Ryan 0 0-0 0, Brittany Renaud 0 0-0 0, Ciara Marsh 2 0-0 4, Katherine Sheeder 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 22 2-5 48.
PUNXSUTAWNEY – 57 Jenna Reitz 7 2-2 23, Alex Magill 2 0-0 6, Taylor Newcome 3 0-2 6, Paris Kernich 3 0-0 8, Shawnna Crago 5 2-6 12, Johnna Depp 0 0-0 0, Justine Kaza 0 2-2 2, Ashley Reitz 0 0-0 0, TOTALS – 20 6-12 57.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
CLEARFIELD 10 10 18 10 48
PUNXSUTAWNEY 7 12 22 16 57
THREE-POINTERS: CLEARFIELD – 2 Ambuski and Thompson PUNXSUTAWNEY – 11 Reitz 7, Magill 2 and Kernich 2
OFFICIALS – Dave Blair, Scott Sullivan and Chuck P.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Record |
| 12/15 | HUNTINGDON | 67 – 89 | 0 – 1 |
| 12/17 | CENTRAL | 36 – 54 | 0 – 2 |
| 12/20 | @ Punxsutawney | 48 – 57 | 0 – 3 |
| 12/22 | @ Tyrone |