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Preble Shawnee’s Ashleigh Mondello-Garrett led the Arrows to their first win of the season, a 23-21 overtime triumph over National Trail on Thursday, Jan. 4.
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Eaton freshman Braeden Borgwardt led the Eagles with four points in a game against Middletown Madison on Thursday, Jan. 4. Eaton lost 40-13.
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PREBLE COUNTY — Preble Shawnee’s girls basketball team ended one streak and began a new one last week.
After dropping their first eight games to start the season, the Arrows are now riding a modest two-game winning streak after wins over county rivals National Trail and Tri-County North last week.
Shawnee outlasted host National Trail 23-21 in overtime on Thursday, Jan. 4 then blew out visiting North 54-32 on Saturday, Jan. 6.
Against Trail, Shawnee jumped out to a 13-3 first quarter lead and was up 17-8 at the half.
But a scoreless third quarter allowed Trail to close with 17-11 after three.
The Blazers tied the game at 17-17 with 2:36 left in the game. Shawnee finally broke a long scoring drought with a free throw with 2:24 remaining to take an 18-17 lead.
Trail tied the game with 2:05 remaining before Shawnee made its first basket since the second quarter at the 1:56 mark of the fourth to take a 20-18 lead.
The Blazers tied the game at 20 with 1:36 left and neither team scored the remainder of the quarter.
In overtime, Trail took its first lead of the game at 21-20, but Shawnee scored the final three points of the game to earn its first win of the season.
Ashleigh Mondello-Garrett and Aubrey Unger led the Arrows with eight points each.
Kendyl Johnson led Trail with nine points. Hannah Henderson added six.
On Saturday, Shawnee got off to another fast start, racing out to a 20-9 lead after the first quarter. The Arrows maintained the double-digit lead for the next two quarters before outscoring the Panthers 17-6 over the final eight minutes for the win.
Caylee Hatmaker led the Arrows with 15 points, while Mondello-Garrett tossed in 12, as did Unger.
For North, which committed 30 turnovers, Bella Cherry had 11 points, Jordan Pinion scored nine and Hannah Webster added seven.
Shawnee (2-8,2-4 WOAC) was scheduled to host Eaton on Monday, Jan. 8 and travel to Bradford on Thursday, Jan. 11.
Trail, which beat Twin Valley South 38-37 on Saturday, is now 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the WOAC, was scheduled to host Cambridge City Lincoln (Ind.) on Tuesday, Jan. 9 and will travel to Arcanum on Thursday. They will close out the week hosting Bradford on Saturday.
North (7-5, 3-3), opened the week with a 56-53 win over Bradford. The Panthers were scheduled to host Troy Christian on Tuesday, Jan. 9 and Franklin-Monroe on Thursday, Jan. 11. They will wrap up with the week hosting Dixie on Saturday, Jan. 13.
South (0-12, 0-6 WOAC) is scheduled to host Mississinawa Valley on Thursday, Jan. 1
Eaton falls to Madison
MIDDLETOWN – A scoreless first quarter put Eaton in a hole it couldn’t get out of as they fell to host Madison, 40-13, on Thursday, Jan. 4.
The Eagles shot just 11 percent (4-for-36) from the field as they dropped to 1-10 overall and 1-6 in the SWBL.
Braeden Borgwardt led the way with four points as Eaton trailed 7-0 after one and 16-8 at the half. Three other players scored two points each.
The Eagles were outscored 19-2 in the third quarter and 24-5 overall in the second half.
Eaton, which played two games at the Dixie Holiday Tournament over the break, is gaining valuable experience by playing up to seven freshmen on the varsity team.
Eaton has played nine of its 11 games on the road and will continue to be road warriors this week.
The Eagles were scheduled to play at Preble Shawnee on Monday, Jan. 8 and will host Brookville on Thursday and Oakwood on Saturday.
Reach Eddie Mowen Jr. at 937-683-4061 and follow on X @emowenjr.
