Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading.
Thank you for reading! We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content.
Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Please purchase a subscription to continue reading.
Your current subscription does not provide access to this content.
This service applies to you if your subscription has not yet expired on our old site. You will have continued access until your subscription expires; then you will need to purchase an ongoing subscription through our new system. Please contact the Parsons Sun office at (620) 421-2000 if you have any questions
This service is a courtesy for our print subscribers to give them access to our online edition at no additional cost. If you haven't registered on the new site, you must do it now before you do anything else.
ALTAMONT — Coffeyville ended a nine-year losing streak to Labette County on Friday as the Golden Tornado wrapped the regular season with a 44-33 win over the Grizzlies.
“We’ve got to be better earlier,” Labette County head coach Brianna Volmer said. “We were in scramble mode the whole second half. By that time, we were just trying to get things to fall. We missed big shots. Hats off to Coffeyville. They executed their gameplan.”
The last time Coffeyville beat Labette County was in 2014, when the Golden Tornado earned a ticket to the state tournament.
Coffeyville’s offense carved up the Grizzlies with high-low action and backdoor cuts to earn looks at the rim.
“That’s something we talked about in the locker room,” Volmer said. “We’ve defended four-high sets all year long. We’re better than what we showed defensively. We work on that every day. For us not to play solid defense, that’s our fault.”
Kayton O’Brien led the Grizzlies with a game-high 20 points. Her ball-hawking on defense kept Labette County competitive for much of the second half.
“Kayton was hounding the ball and wanted to win,” Volmer said. “She’s a competitor and she wanted to win. Our defense didn’t back that up. And we had turnovers and big moments. Kayton was a bright spot. She didn’t even leave the floor.”
Taylor Caron led Coffeyville with 11 points.
Coffeyville improved to 6-14 overall with a win and ensured a berth into the KSHSAA 4A East Sub-State Tournament.
Labette County dipped to 9-11 overall with the loss.
Up Next
Labette County is the No. 11 seed in the sub-state tournament and will face sixth-seeded Baldwin in the first round on Wednesday.
The Grizzlies have proven capable of playing at a high level — a win over ranked Parsons serving as proof. But Friday’s loss felt like a season-low heading into the postseason.
“We’ve done a good job of never getting too high with the highs and too low with the lows,” Volmer said. “We’ve got to bring positive energy. We’ll bounce back and learn. We have to learn or else our season ends.”
Coffeyville is the No. 15 seed and will face SEK League champion Fort Scott in the first round.
GIRLS
Coffeyville 44, Labette County 33
Labette Co.: 13 8 8 4 — 33
Coffeyville: 7 20 8 9 — 44
Scoring
Labette County: Kayton O’Brien 20, Nevaeh Jones 4, Addison Rexwinkle 2, Landry O’Brien 2, Allee Martin 1, Kinsley Boss 2, Ridley Lynn 2
Coffeyville: Kaylin Caron 4, Savannah Viets 4, Aubriona Noblitt 7, Makayla Strickland 1, Rya Hightower 1, Brooklyn White 4, Tianna McCullough 6, Taylor Caron 11, Chanute Porter 6
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos.
Commented
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.