By Doug Schroder

Editor

BYRON – The Byron Lady Tigers basketball team continued with it’s winning ways by taking the Byron Sectional with convincing wins over teams from Bishop McNamara and Winnebago.

Byron jumped out to a big lead in the contest, but Winnebago was able to close the gap to 15-9 in the first quarter. That would be as close as they would get as Byron went on big scoring runs and led by a score of 41-13 at half time.

The gym was packed with fans from both teams and anticipations ran high. Students showed lots of team spirit from both schools. In the end though, Byron’s athleticism won out, as the Indians just didn’t have enough to keep up.

Byron extended the lead to 61-25 by the end of the third quarter and then won going away with a 70-32 victory.

Three Lady Tigers scored in double digits. Paige Holloway led the way with 20, Lexi DeVries followed with 17 and Sarah Hopkins chipped in 12 points. Chatten Jackson came close to double digits by scoring nine points. Bailey Burrows added eight points while Katie Miller and Monica Barracks each scored a two point basket.

Mandy Williams finished with 13 points to lead in scoring for the Lady Indians, while teammate Kiah Garrigan finished with 11 points. Alyssa Thompson chipped in four points, while Abby Krause and Tiana Bielskis each scored two.

The Lady Tigers are looking very good as they advance to the Super Sectionals. This will be the fourth time the Lady Tigers have advanced to the Elite Eight, having also done so is 1988, 2006 and 2010. The Lady Tigers also took third place in the IHSA tournament in 1996.

1969: Byron coach Eric Yerly discusses strategy between quarters during the Class 2A Byron Sectional championship game Thursday, Feb. 18. Byron blew out Winnebago 70-32 to advance to the Monmouth Super-Sectional round.

1969: Byron coach Eric Yerly discusses strategy between quarters during the Class 2A Byron Sectional championship game Thursday, Feb. 18. Byron blew out Winnebago 70-32 to advance to the Monmouth Super-Sectional round.

 
 
 
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