OBSERVER?Staff?Reports
SINCLAIRVILLE - Cassadaga Valley (4-7, 2-4) led Portville by only one point, 10-9, after the first quarter. Then the Lady Cougars exploded for an 18-5 edge in the second quarter and never looked back en route to a 55-23 victory on?Monday in?CCAA?Division 2 girls high school basketball.
''Ashley Carroll caught fire and hit a three and two twos right off the bat,'' Cassadaga Valley coach Mark Petersen said about the second quarter. ''That kind of got us going.''
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Cassadaga Valley’s Kelcie Brown runs the offense during Monday’s CCAA?Division 2 girls high school basketball game against Portville.
Shawana Miller had a double-double for Cassadaga Valley with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and she also blocked six shots. Kristi Zink added 10 points and eight rebounds.
CCAA?Division 1
Olean 53, Gowanda 23
GOWANDA - For the final three quarters of Monday's CCAA Division 1 girls basketball game between Gowanda and Olean, the scoring was fairly even.
Unfortunately for the Lady Panthers (3-3, 4-7), the Lady Huskies had already built a huge lead thanks to a 20-2 first-quarter advantage.
Olean rode that big lead to a 53-23 win.
Maggie Moore dropped 18 points while securing 11 rebounds to lead Olean. Sarah Ziggler added 13 points for the winners.
Kayla Issac paced the Gowanda attack with nine points - on three treys - and added three steals on defense. Markie John grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds in the loss.
Gowanda will try to get back on track Thursday, with a home game against Dunkirk.
