JPII girls continue strong start
LowcoSports.com
After two early losses against quality competition, John Paul II’s girls basketball team has rattled off four straight wins — all in the span of a week.
The Golden Warriors avenged one of those early defeats with a 53-45 win over Cathedral Academy last week before following it up with a 75-21 rout of Charleston Collegiate the next night. Gracie Henderson rained 3-pointers in both wins, scoring a team-high 18 against Cathedral and pacing JPII with 20 the next evening.
After posting 14 points and seven rebounds against Cathedral, Brady Mahoney collected 18 points and eight boards against Charleston Collegiate and continued her outstanding play in two more wins. Mahoney had 27 points and nine rebounds in a 58-30 win at Battery Creek on Saturday and racked up 21 points, 15 boards, five assists, and three blocks to power JPII to a 57-40 win over Palmetto Christian on Monday.
JPII (5-2) plays at Andrew Jackson Academy on Wednesday and hosts St. Joseph’s Catholic on Friday.
Dolphins earn first win
Audrey Jefferson made a pair of free throws with two seconds left after Battery Creek denied Ridgeland-Hardeeville’s effort to tie the game, lifting the Dolphins to a 45-41 win Friday night.
The win evened Battery Creek’s record at 1-1 before it fell, 56-30 to John Paul II on Saturday and 29-22 at home against Whale Branch on Tuesday.
Mighty Lions fall at home
Holy Trinity was no match for an up-and-coming SCISA 1A power in Cross Schools, which routed the Mighty Lions 66-21 at home Friday.
Ryan Mayers had 16 points, five rebounds, and seven steals, while PJ Benson added 13 points, four assists, and four steals, Savannah Hollings scored 13, and Genesis Wilson had 10 points and four steals.
