PACELLI GIRLS BASKETBALL HOLDS OFF ALMOND-BANCROFT
Zaleski Sports
ALMOND – The Stevens Point Pacelli girls basketball team needed a win to stay in the Central Wisconsin Conference South Division title chase and it got it with a hard-fought 29-25 victory over Almond-Bancroft on Friday night at Almond-Bancroft High School.
Amelia Jacoby scored nine points and Anna Van Order added eight for the Cardinals, who improve to 13-8 overall and 10-1 in the CWC South. Pacelli remains one game behind first-place Wild Rose with one game remaining – a rematch with the Wildcats at Pacelli on Thursday.
Lexie Dernbach led Almond-Bancroft (13-9, 7-5 CWC South) with eight points.
Pacelli hosts Menominee Indian for a nonconference game on Tuesday prior to the showdown for first place against Wild Rose. Thursday’s game will be broadcast live at zaleskisports.com.
Cardinals 29, Eagles 25
Pacelli 13 16 - 29
Almond-Bancroft 10 15 - 25
PACELLI (29): Casey Vaughan 2 1-2 5, Anna Van Order 2 4-7 8, Kylie Yenter 0 2-3 2, Ashley Strizel 2 1-2 5, Hannah Trzinski 0 0-0 0, Amelia Jacoby 4 1-1 9. FG: 10. FT: 9-15. 3-pointers: none. Record: 13-8, 10-1 Central Wisconsin Conference South Division.
ALMOND-BANCROFT (25): Raegen Omernik 4, Carlee Lamb 4, Mikala Seymour 5, Riley Stiles 4, Lexie Dernbach 8. Record: 13-9, 7-5 Central Wisconsin Conference South Division.