Raiders Defeat Lady Panthers

Wayne Trace’s Claire Sinn and Paulding’s Faith Vogel both go for the rebound.

The Girls Basketball contest between local rivals Paulding and Wayne Trace took place this year at the Palace on December 13. The game started well for Paulding when they outscored the home team by quite a bit, but the second quarter changed everything for the Raiders when they took back the game in short order. The lady Panthers were only able to score 2 more points on top of the 11 they nailed the first quarter. The half finished 13 to 25.
Periods 3 and 4 continued in the pattern of the second quarter. Claire Sinn, Sadie Sinn, and Gracie Gudakunst were all able to score 3 point baskets for the home team. Danae Myers was on fire scoring 72% of her field goal attempts.
Top scorer for Paulding was Briana Townley, having more than half of the Paulding points. Sydney McCullough scored 50% of her free throws.

Gracie Gudakunst shoots and scores for Wayne Trace.

Score by quarter:
Paulding: 11 2 6 2 = 21
Wayne Trace: 8 17 16 10 = 51
Paulding player points: Sydney McCullough 6; Allison Arend 2; Briana Townley 13.
Wayne Trace Player Points: Clair Sinn 7; Miriam Sinn 2; Sadie Sinn 5; Kaylee Shepherd 6; Gracie Gudakunst 7; Danae Myers 18; Brooke Sinn 6.
After this game Paulding was 1-4 while the Raiders were 5-0. The JV team finished with Wayne Trace winning 49-15.
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