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WEIRTON -- Vanessa Alatis made her senior night one to remember.
The Blue Dons senior netted 39 points, one shy of a school record that was set in the 1980s, to lead Madonna to its first win of the season, 51-37, over visiting Paden City inside the Bill Barrett Gymnasium Thursday night.
She hit 11 buckets, one for 3, and went 16 of 19 at the foul line. She was 7 of 9 in the fourth quarter to help seal the win.
"We're very happy for the girls, they have fought through a lot of adversity this season and just to see smiles on their faces made the coaches and their supporters so happy," Madonna coach Cory Wingett said. "Vanessa Alatis and Anna Backel both lead us to victory. They fought hard in the fourth quarter to help us secure the win.”
Julia Wingett scored the Blue Dons first nine points before Alatis took the game over, while Anna Backel, another of the Blue Dons seniors, drained a triple.
Though they did not appear on the score sheet, coach Wingett also credited the trio of Lilly Harbin, Marissa Sole and Mia Pietranton for their defensive effort in helping Madonna, now 1-13, get into the win column.
Madonna opened a 16-9 lead after one and expanded the lead to 28-13 at halftime.
The Blue Dons are scheduled to welcome Tyler Consolidated to Weirton on Saturday.
Madonna 51, Paden City 37
Paden City 8-5-16-8 - 37
Madonna 16-12-10-13 - 51
PADEN CITY: Sawiaski 1 0-0 2; Mathis 3 0-2 7; Walton 3 0-0 7; Thomas 8 1-2 19; Dennis 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 16, 1-4; 37.
MADONNA: Alatis 11 16-19 39; Backel 1 0-0 3; Wingett 3 1-1 9; Harbin 0 0-0 0; Pietranton 0 0-0 0; Sole 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15, 17-20; 51.
3-POINT GOALS: Paden City 4 (Thomas 2, Mathis, Walton); Madonna 4 (Wingett 2, Backel, Alatis).
Oak Glen girls pull away from Beaver
NEW MACHESTER -- The Oak Glen girls basketball team improved its record to 11-6 with a 60-31 win over visiting Beaver Local Thursday night at the Oak Glen Fieldhouse.
Carson Barr led the Golden Bears with 14 points, while Lizzie Kell and Kami Ward each finished with nine points and Alexus Greenlief eight.
Beaver Local won the jayvee game, 35-26. Oak Glen was led by Tia Vick's 10 points.
The Golden Bears are set to host Cameron on Monday.
Oak Glen 60, Beaver Local 31
Beaver Local 12-5-7-7 - 31
Oak Glen 14-18-13-13 - 60
BEAVER LOCAL: Roberts 1 3-5 5; Hoppel 2 0-0 4; Narry 1 4-4 6; Palmer 1 2-4 4; Starkey 0 0-0 0; Keller 1 0-0 3; Jordan 3 0-0 8; Lane 0 1-2 1. TOTALS: 9, 10-15; 31.
OAK GLEN: Sy. Brown 0 0-0 0; Kell 4 0-0 9; Greenlief 3 2-2 8; Ward 4 0-2 9; Craig1 0-0 2; McKay 3 0-2 7; McConnachie 1 1-2 3; Barr 6 2-4 14; Six 0 0-0 0; Sa. Brown 3 0-0 6. TOTALS: 25, 5-12; 60.
3-POINT GOALS: Beaver Local 3 (Jordan 2, Keller); Oak Glen 3 (Kell, Ward, McKay).
Beaver boys top Golden Bears
CALCUTTA -- Beaver Local came through with a 63-58 win over Oak Glen on senior night Thursday.
Logan Blissenbach led the way with 16 points for the Beavers, while Sky Pappas added 14 points. Ethan Agnew had 12 points.
Jered Hissam led the Golden Bears, who led 17-15 after one and 33-25 at haltime, with 19 points. Jontae Howard added 18 points.
Beaver Local won the jayvee game, 55-26. Hunter Warrick had 11 points for the winners.
Beaver Local (13-7) travels to Harrison Central today for an OVAC consolation game while Oak Glen (5-14) is at Indian Creek.
Beaver Local 63, Oak Glen 58
Oak Glen 17-16-10-15 -- 58
Beaver Local 15-10-13-25 -- 63
OAK GLEN SCORING: Danny Bridges 4-0-8, Chaise Clark 2-2-6, Camden Cunningham 0-0-0, Ethan Arner 0-0-0, Preston Cole 3-0-7, Jered Hissam 7-1-19, Jontae Howard 7-4-18, Alex Dennis 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 7-14: 58.
BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Sky Pappas 6-1-14, Noah Bowyer 0-0-0, Ethan Agnew 4-2-12, Brady Smith 4-1-9, Logan Blissenbach 7-0-16, Ethan Stephenson 3-0-6, Austin Cline 1-2-5, Michael Steffel 0-1-1, Owen Bzinak 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 7-15: 63.
3-point goals: Oak Glen 5 (Hissam 4, Cole), Beaver Local 6 (Blissenbach 2, Agnew 2, Pappas, Cline).