Dolphins earn split with Warriors
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Battery Creek’s girls snapped a three-game losing streak with a hard-fought 36-31 win at Whale Branch on Tuesday to avenge a 29-22 loss to the Warriors at home last week.
The Dolphins also suffered a tough 35-32 loss at Ridgeland-Hardeeville on Friday, but they got guard Amari Daise back from injury for the rematch with the Warriors, and she helped Battery Creek rally in the fourth quarter.
Whale Branch led 30-25 early in the final period, but the Dolphins rattled off a 7-0 run to take the lead and held the Warriors without a field goal for the final five minutes.
Tough loss ends JPII streak
After running its win streak to five games with a 58-32 rout of Andrew Jackson Academy on the road Wednesday, John Paul II met its match in a tough 45-42 loss to SCHSL 1A power St. Joseph’s Catholic on Friday.
Brady Mahoney continued her stellar season with 15 points and 13 rebounds against AJA, while Cayce Graves added 11 points and five steals and Lily Termini had nine points and 10 boards.
Gracie Henderson poured in 16 points to keep JPII in it with the Knights throughout the night, and Mahoney had 10 points and eight rebounds, but the Golden Warriors couldn’t get over the hump in the fourth quarter.
