On Monday, January 27, the Mansfield Jr High Lady Tigers won a blowout of a match against Scott County rivals the Waldron Lady Bulldogs. With a final score of 47-9, the Lady Tigers have won their twelfth consecutive victory in a row placing them at 15-2 on the season. Mansfield was led in scoring by Skylynn Harris with 11 points and Kynslee Ward with nine.
Natalie Allison brought in eight points, Alyson Edwards earned six, Brooklyn Adams obtained five, Harlie Fuller and Seven Sanderson netted three points apiece, and Serenity Brunson scored two. The Lady Tigers had an impressive 30 steals as a team in last night’s battle. Ward, who recently broke the record for most steals in a season, recorded five of those. Kynslee is now two steals away from having 100 steals on the season.
Sanderson recorded three blocked shots in the game bringing her season total to 25 which places her 13 shy of the single-season record. Harris is also trying her best to get in the record books with made 3-pointers in a season. Currently, Sky has 17 made 3-pointers for the season with the record being 25.
Next up for the Jr Lady Tigers will be the Elkins Lady Elks away on Friday, January 31 starting at 4 p.m. Then the girls will finish their regular season at home against Greenland on Tuesday, February 4 and West Fork on Friday, February 7 with both games kicking off at 4 p.m. A win against West Fork will mean that the Jr Lady Tigers will be the undisputed number one seed going into the District Tournament.
