LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKIN BASKETBALL

LADY REDSKINS COME UP SHORT, LOSE TO CENTRALIA

By Staff                     

            DODGE CITY – The offense sputtered much of the game for the Little River girls as they fell short of a state Class 1A Division I state championship on Saturday with a 43-50 loss to Centralia.

            With the loss the Lady Redskins close out the 2024/25 season 23-1 while Centralia finished unbeaten at 26-0.

            Despite falling behind  by five, 8-13, at the end of the first quarter, the Lady Redskins managed to bounce back enough to take a one-point, 25-24, lead heading into the halftime break. Centralia came out in the third quarter and outscored Little River 17-5 to take an 11-point, 41-30, advantage into the final quarter where they closed out the final seven-point upset win over the Lady Redskins.

            When the offense struggles with a 12-of-44 shooting from the field and just 10-of-21 at the free throw line, you know it will be a struggle to win. Everywhere else, the stats were even between the two unbeaten, high-powered teams.

            Arika Feldman closed out the season with a huge game as she led the Lady Redskins in scoring with 15 points which included four three-pointers, while also recording a double-double by pulling down 11 rebounds and blocking six shots. Evie Look just missed double digits in the scorebook with nine and Havana Olander chipped in with seven rebounds.

LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS vs. Centralia, Saturday, March 15, Class 1A Division I State Championship

SCORING = Little River lost 43-50

Little River = 8-17-5-13 = 43; Centralia = 13-17-17-9 = 50.

TEAM STATS =

Little River = 2fgs – 3/20; 3pts – 9/24; fts – 10/21; asst – 9; rebs – 36; stls – 7; blks – 8; to – 14; fls – 18.

Centralia = 2fgs – 9/33; 3pts – 6/13; fts – 14/21; asst – 9; rebs – 37; stls – 5; blks – 1; to – 12; fls – 18.

LITTLE RIVER INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS =

Scoring (43) = Arika Feldman – 15; Evie Look – 9; Avery Lafferty – 7; Adelynne Strecker – 6; Saelyn Raleigh – 5; Havana Olander – 1.

3-Pointers Made (9) = Feldman – 4; Look – 2; Lafferty, Strecker, Raleigh – 1.

Assists (9) = Raleigh, Olander, Lucy Wright – 2; Look, Lafferty, Strecker – 1.

Rebounds (36) = Feldman – 11; Olander – 7; Lafferty – 5; Look, Strecker – 4; Raleigh, Wright – 1.

Steals (7) = Olander – 3; Feldman, Look, Lafferty, Raleigh – 1.

Blocked Shots (8) = Feldman – 6; Raleigh – 2.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)