Girls Basketball Vs. Saint Thomas More

   

Jadyn McCartney puts up a jump shot against a trifecta of St. Thomas More defenders.

     On Friday the 3rd, the Chadron High School Cardinals had a home game against a very talented team, Saint Thomas More. Throughout the past years, it has always been very difficult for the Chadron girls to beat this team, but they stayed with them for a few quarters on Friday.
      In the first quarter, the score was very close, and the Cardinals trailed 6-10. "The girls played very good team defense, and they handled Saint Thomas More's full court man press better than they have in past years," said girls' basketball coach Coach McLain. Their defense helped a lot, but was not enough to stop the STM girls from scoring.
      Although the girls played good defense, they could not find consistency on offense to score. Jadyn McCartney led the Cardinals in points, putting up 20 out of the 24. Teagan Westemeier and Tyleigh Strotheide also had two points each.
      The Chadron Cardinals trailed at halftime 14-8, and could not score enough to beat the Saint Thomas More girls. The final score ended up 38-24, as Chadron held STM to a score lower than what they are used to. The Cardinal girls are now 11-9 and have sub-districts on February 14 in Alliance, against the Gordon-Rushville Mustangs.