Atlantic girls see season end at East Sac County

February 13th, 2017 by admin

The Atlantic girls basketball team came up short on Saturday in Class 3A Region 2 basketball at East Sac County in Sac City 53-48. The Trojans had multiple chances to take the advantage in the game in the fourth quarter but could never get that momentum changing run to materialize. The Trojans had a chance down three with the final possession to try to tie the game but miscommunication caused a turnover and brought the game to a close.

East Sac County was led by Taylor Houska with 18 points, all of which came in the first half. Houska played much of the game in foul trouble and actually fouled out with about 7 and a half minutes left in the game. That gave Atlantic a big advantage not having to track her on the floor but the rest of the Raiders would do enough to seal a win. The Raiders improved to 6-18 and will now travel to face Cherokee on Wednesday.

Atlantic was led in the loss by Baylee Newell with 18 points and Catherine Leonard with 9. The Trojans see their season come to an end with a 2-20 record.

Listen to Coach Kelly Juhl’s Post-game thoughts below.