Waitsburg Girls Fall to Pomeroy, 55-24

POMEROY – The Waitsburg Girls’ basketball team played their first playoff game here on Feb. 8 and struggled against a strong Pomeroy team, falling 55-24.

The Lady Cards were to play a loser-out game on Monday.

Waitsburg got blown out in the first half, falling behind, 18-4 after the first quarter, and trailing 38-8 at the half.

Tayler Jones and Taylor Hays each had six points to lead the Cardinal scoring. All of Hays’s scoring came on two three-point shots. Analisea Araya pulled down five rebounds for Waitsburg.

Waitsburg    4    4   10   6 — 24

Pomeroy    18   20   9   8 — 55

Waitsburg — Miller 0-0 0-1 0, Brannock 0-3 0-0 0, Harshman 1-4 2-4 4, Espara 0-2 0-0 0, Jones 2-11 2-4 6, Sandau 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis 0-1 0-0 0, Forney 0-1 0-0 0, Hays 2-5 0-0 6, Pearson 0-5 4-6 4, Araya 2-7 0-0 4; Team 7-40 8-15 24

Pomeroy — Halbert 2-5 1-2 5, Gingerich 1-4 0-0 3, Heytvelt 1-4 3-7 5, Watko 4-8 2-6 10, Halverson 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 4-13 2-2 10, Dixon 8-13 0-0 16, Caruso 1-1 0-0 2, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Lindgren 0-1 0-0 0, Wolf 1-3 0-0 2; Team 23-55 8-17 55

3-Point goals — Waitsburg 2 (Hays 2), Pomeroy 1 (Gingerich); Total Fouls — Waitsburg 16, Pomeroy 17; Fouled out — none; Rebounds — Waitsburg 20 (Araya 5), Pomeroy 27 (Dixon 7); Turnovers — Waitsburg 34, Pomeroy 24; Assists — Waitsburg 6 (Pearson 2, Sandau 2), Pomeroy 12 (Halbert 3, Gingerich 3)