CARRINGTON (NewsDakota)- Region 2A play began on Friday with a big win for the Carrington girls, while the Carrington boys improved drastically from the opener, but fell to the Thompson Tommies inside the East Gym.
GIRLS: Carrington 54 Thompson 46
Sophomore Aniston Hoornaert scored 17 of her game-high 19 points after halftime, and the Cards (2-2, 1-0) only trailed once in the whole game in defeating the Tommies (3-2, 2-1). Harper Kollman added ten of her twelve points after the break, as Carrington pulled away in the third quarter for the win. Addy Sage led Thompson with 18 points.
THS 9 12 8 17 46
CHS 12 10 16 16 54
THOMPSON (3-2, 2-1 Region 2A): Addy Sage 18; Kya Hurst 8; Andie Schwab 8; Claire Kolling 3; Abigail Olson 3; Vivian Majkrzak 3; Jena Schwabe 1
CARRINGTON (2-2, 1-0 Region 2A): Aniston Hoornaert 19; Harper Kollman 12; Maara Kutz 9; Mya Neis 6; Sienna Topp 4; Marah Johnson 4
BOYS: Thompson 56 Carrington 41
Noah Hippen led all scorers with 18 points and the Tommies (2-1, 2-0) never trailed in picking up their second straight win. The Tommies led by nine early before Carrington (0-2, 0-3) made a run to cut the lead to 25-21 behind good play from Alec Threadgold (14 points) and Maddox McIlonie (12 points). But a 9-0 run lifted the lead to double digits and Thompson answered each run by the Cards thereafter.
THS 13 10 19 14 56
CHS 8 8 13 12 41
THOMPSON (2-1, 2-0 Region 2A): Noah Hippen 18; Gavin Oster 12; Joe Taylor 9; Elijah Conrad 8; Eli Gemmill 5; Porter Martin 4
CARRINGTON (0-2, 0-3 Region 2A): Alec Threadgold 14; Maddox McIlonie 12; Tate Wolsky 9; Taylen Mehring 6
The Cardinal boys are next in action on Monday night at home against St. John with coverage on KDAK The Cardinal on YouTube beginning at around 6:15pm
The Cardinal girls are next in action on Monday night at Hillsboro/Central Valley with coverage on KDAK The Cardinal at around 6:45pm
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