Grace Academy Holiday Tournament vs. Highland View Academy (VG)

The second night of the Grace Academy Holiday Tournament saw the Warriors matched up against Highland View Academy. This was to be an extremely physical game but the Warriors had come to play, and they stuck with Highland View for the first half.

The second half was a struggle and Highland View was fast to pass the ball to their giant inside player, giving them many easy baskets. The Warriors, on the other hand, ran into some sort of an offensive block, no one’s shot would consistently hit!

Even though they were down in points for the rest of the game, the girls kept their heads up, were equipped with good attitudes, and played the whole game through with as much intensity as anyone could have.

A quick shout out to Gabrielle Freese, Emily Passarelli, Abby Messinger, and Emma Matthews for not backing down inside in an extremely physical game with girls much bigger than themselves. Gabrielle led the team in rebounds, pulling down 8, with Emily right behind with 7. Way to be strong, ladies! Leading the way in steals was Emma (6) followed by Ashley Kelly (5).  The leading scorers for the night were Ashley and Emily, having 4 points each. Emma and Priya Stepp also contributed to the score board getting 2 points each. Congratulations to Priya for scoring her 1^st basket as a Warrior! Great job, Priya! J Gabrielle also had 2 blocks.

Maybe the Warriors didn’t end up on top in points at the end of the game, but great job ladies! Way to play hard and never give up.