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Tonganoxie girls blow out ACHS

By Benton Smith - | Dec 17, 2010

Benton Smith

Tonganoxie High sophomore point guard Madee Walker puts up a shot after grabbing an offensive rebound against Anderson County on Dec. 17, as teammates Tavia Brown and Emma Stilgenbauer fight for position in the paint.

With a pair of big second-quarter runs, the Tonganoxie High girls basketball team blew open its Friday home game against Anderson County and rolled to an easy, 63-30 victory.

The Chieftains were only up five after a quarter but their offense started clicking and ACHS (0-5) simply couldn’t keep up.

The first two minutes of the second quarter, THS (2-1) began hitting its stride — Jenny Whitledge stroked a baseline jumper, Danielle Miller scored on a fast break, Tavia Brown put in a bucket down low and a steal and layup by Whitledge capped a quick 8-1 spurt.

Just getting started, Tonganoxie closed the first half on a 15-3 run during which Amanda Holroyd scored eight points and Whitledge put up seven.

Chieftains coach Randy Kraft was pleased to see his team pull away with layups and open looks.

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THS junior guard Amanda Holroyd looks for a driving angle in the second quarter of the Chieftains' 33-point win Friday. Holroyd scored 12 points off the bench and hit three 3-pointers.

“Early in the first quarter, we were making it difficult,” Kraft said, adding that lack of offensive flow had been a recurring problem in Tonganoxie’s first two outings. “We kept our spacing, we helped each other get open and moved the ball better — swinging it from side to side.”

The game never was close in the second half and sophomore guard Madee Walker came off the bench and filled the stat sheet, going 4-for-5 from the floor with two 3-pointers, four rebounds and two assists.

Freshman forward Emma Stilgenbauer led the Chieftains with nine rebounds. Sophomore point guard Hannah Kemp had a team-high four assists.

At 7 p.m. on Monday, THS plays host to Metro Academy.

Score by quarters

ACHS 6 8 7 9 — 30

THS 11 23 12 17 — 63

Tonganoxie scoring

Haley Smith 3-5 1-2 8, Tayler Miles 2-3 0-0 4, Danielle Miller 4-8 1-3 9, Jenny Whitledge 5-12 5-6 15, Hannah Kemp 1-7 0-0 2, Amanda Holroyd 4-10 1-2 12, Emma Stilgenbauer 0-3 0-0 0, Madee Walker 4-7 1-1 11, Lindsey Cox 0-1 0-0 0.