Lady Birds Bring Home Second Place
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The South Shelby Lady Birds (25-5) brought home the second place trophy in the Class 3 game against El Dorado Springs on Friday, March 11, 2022. Pictured above, front row, from the left: Manager Clara Wood, Hannah Wegman, Kaylee Gaines, Marissa Rubinson, Emma Dovin, Milli Mozee-Williams, Miranda Patterson and manager Anna Livers. Back row, from the left: Asst. coach Matt Paterson, asst. coach Aam Gunterman, Callie McWilliams, Summer Hunolt, Kamryn Mitchell, Belle Roush, Jayda Lanpher, Kaelyn Maddex, Madison Walk, Larissa Larrick, asst. coach Katie Barton and head coach Luke O’Laughlin. Photograph courtesy of Danielle Jacobson Van Dyke.
By Marlana Smith
South Shelby Lady Birds received second place in the Class 3 Missouri State Championship game Friday, March 11, 2022. The game was played at JQH Arena at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo.
El Dorado Springs (29-3) claimed a 61-26 win over South Shelby.
The Lady Birds (25-5) were led by junior Miranda Patterson with 11 points.
The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 6-0 lead with two and a half minutes of the game.
South Shelby’s Emma Dovin splashed in a 3-pointer. El Dorado Springs had a 13-point lead with under five minutes on the clock. South Shelby freshman Bella Roush put in a bucket with 3:50 left in the quarter. Patterson tallied the last two points for SS. The Lady Bulldogs had a 24-7 advantage.
El Dorado Springs outscored the Lady Birds, 19-4 in the second period. Roush and Patterson each claimed a bucket.
Patterson earned a bucket just 11 seconds into the third. The Lady Birds scored six points within two minutes. Roush claimed four and Patterson scored two. With 41.5 seconds on clock, Patterson went 2-for-2 from the FT line.
The Lady Bulldogs held a 55-20 lead.
Dovin claimed the four points South Shelby had in the final period.
South Shelby vs.
West County
The Lady Birds (25-4) beat West County in a second half shoot out Thursday, March 10, 45-31.
South Shelby was led by Patterson with 20 points and Roush with 10.
Roush earned the only four points SS had in the first quarter. West County had a 6-4 lead.
Patterson splashed in a 3-pointer to begin the second period. West County outscored the Lady Birds 11-5 in the quarter.
South Shelby’s three-point shots allowed them to only trail by one with 4:43 on the clock. Patterson hit two 3’s and Dovin claimed one.
After a time out by West County, the Lady Birds added eight points to the board. At the end of the third they led 26-22.
South Shelby outscored West County in the final period, 19-9.
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