Lady Gaels resume their winning ways.Byline: Graham Entwistle Clinton 59 Oakmont 51 ASHBURNHAM - The Clinton High School  This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. girls basketball team got back
on the winning track on Friday night by beating the Oakmont Spartans
59-51.
The Lady Gaels built a 15-point lead in the second quarter with a 16-1 run, and then held off a second-half Oakmont rally to secure the victory. Clinton, which ended a two-game losing streak, improved to 5-2 overall, and 1-1 in the Midland-Wachusett League C Division. Oakmont dropped to 3-4 overall, and 1-1 in the loop. Oakmont outscored Clinton 41-35 from the floor, but the Lady Gaels more than made up for that deficit at the foul line foul line n. 1. Baseball Either of two straight lines extending from the rear of home plate to the outer edge of the playing field and indicating the area in which a fair ball can be hit. 2. . Clinton went to the line 37 times, and converted on 24 of those trips (64.9 percent). On the other hand, the Spartans were 10 of 19 (52.6 percent). "The free throw line did it for us tonight," Clinton coach Bernie Gaughan said. "That's the best we've shot free throws in a long, long time. "We made a bunch of them in a row early," he said. "That was big." Oakmont had the upper hand for much of the first quarter, but that began to change with just over two minutes showing on the clock. The Spartans led 12-8 when senior Erin Peete drove to the hoop for a lay-in, and was fouled in the process. Peete made the free throw, and after an Oakmont turnover, junior Rachel Dylewicz swished a 3-pointer to put the Lady Gaels on top, 14-12. Spartan Erin Farrell briefly tied the score at 14 with a 7-foot jumper The simplest form of an on/off switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that circuit. It is used to select a myriad of functions on a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device. , but Clinton responded by scoring the game's next 14 points to effectively seize control of the contest. Senior Audrey Hazel hazel, any plant of the genus Corylus of the family Betulaceae (birch family), shrubs or small trees with foliage similar to the related alders. They are often cultivated for ornament and for the edible nuts. ended the first quarter by canning two free throws, and Peete began the second quarter by draining two more. Not to be outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. , senior Ashley Trautner put in two foul shots before knocking down a 10-footer to give the Lady Gaels a 22-14 advantage. The hoops just kept coming. After pulling down a defensive rebound, Hazel lobbed a pass up the court to a streaking Trautner, who laid the ball in. Hazel then showed her versatility by dropping in Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder can start skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from the bottom and pumping gradually for more speed. a shot in the paint and a jumper from the foul line. After Oakmont's Sally Leger made one of two free throws, Peete responded with two successful foul shots to give Clinton a 30-15 lead and cap the 16-1 spurt spurt Vox populi A surge or abrupt ↑ in the size or speed of a thing. See Fat spurt, Growth spurt. . Peete finished with a game-high 18 points, and Trautner was just behind with 16. Leger was the only Spartan in double figures with 15 points. After the Clinton outburst, the Spartans slowly began to creep back into the game. A long two by Kassy Laskirades with 2:21 to go in the third quarter cut the gap to five points before the Lady Gaels upped it to 11 on two free throws by senior Kasey Weihn, a Weihn steal and Peete fast break hoop, and a Weihn jumper. "That's our game," Gaughan said. "If we don't get fast break hoops, we don't win. We've got to get it out, run, and use our speed, because we certainly don't have a lot of bulk." Clinton led 47-37 going into the final frame, but the Spartans refused to go away. They whittled the lead down to six before a big defensive effort, including forcing a shot clock violation on Oakmont, finally ensured a win for the Lady Gaels. "That (the shot clock violation) was a big, big thing, because they had closed it to six," Gaughan said. "There was great defense inside - Audrey Hazel did a great job. "They used a double low post, and we covered both of them," he said. "That was good defense. If they (the Lady Gaels) play like that (in the future), they'll be very, very successful." Junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. The JV Lady Gaels downed their Oakmont counterparts 37-27 to improve to 4-1. Jess jesse, jess a leather strap placed around each shank of a hawk used for hunting, for the attachment of a leash. Colon scored 10 points for Clinton and Ariana Weihn contributed seven. "On defense, everybody did an excellent job on the press and boxing out
Boxing out is a technique used in basketball to obtain rebounds. A player boxes out another player by positioning himself between the other player and the basket; he or she then uses their buttocks to ," JV coach Alison Alvanado said. ART: PHOTOS CUTLINE: (1) Clinton High junior Rachel Dylewicz goes up to the hoop during the Lady Gaels' win over Oakmont. (2) Clinton High senior Erin Peete (left) drives through the paint during the Lady Gaels' game with Oakmont. (3) Lady Gael junior Ashley Trautner races down the court. PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : Item photo/GRAHAM ENTWISTLE |
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