WELLSTON — There’s a reason the Waterford Lady Wildcats were the Southeast District No.1-seed and a favorite to reach the Final Four.
They’re good.
The Lady Wildcats downed the Symmes Valley Lady Vikings 57-24 in the Division 4 district finals on Wednesday to advance to the regional tournament.
Waterford (21-3) had 3 players in double figures led by Kendall Sury with 23 points. Lakyn Jones scored 14 and 6-foot-4 Avery Wagner 12.
Symmes Valley (16-7) was paced by Jordi Ellison with 10 points.
Waterford took a 19-6 first quarter lead as Sury scored 10 points and Wagner had 6.
Ellison had 4 points for the Lady Vikings.
Sury scored 11 points in the second quarter and Wagner added 4 more as the lead went to 36-10 at the half.
Ellison was 2-of-4 at the foul line and Desiree Simpson had a basket to account for the Lady Vikings’ offense.
The Lady Wildcats extended the lead to 54-19 after 3 quarters as Jones hit a trio of 3-pointers and scored all 14 of her points.
Brenna Tibbs knocked down a 3-pointer and Simpson got 4 points for the Lady Vikings in the quarter.
The backups finished up in the fourth quarter as Symmes Valley outscored Waterford 5-3.
The Lady Vikings were making their first district championship game appearance in 30 seasons.
Sym. Valley 6 4 9 5 = 24
Waterford 19 17 18 3 = 57
SYMMES VALLEY (16-7): Lydia Saunders 0 0 0-0 0, Kailee Maynard 1 0 0-0 2, Hailee Beckett 1 0 1-2 3, Jordi Ellison 4 0 2-4 10, Brenna Tibbs 0 1 0-0 3, Desiree Simpson 3 0 0-0 6, Kaycee Thompson 0 0 0-0 0, Kaitlin Maynard 0 0 0-0 0, Natalie Simpson 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 1 3-6 24. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: None.
WATERFORD (21-3): Cira Ponchak 0 0 0-0 0, Elsie Malee 0 0 0-2 0, Ali Franchino 1 0 0-0 2, Lakyn Heiss 0 0 0-0 0, Kendall Sury 10 0 3-4 23, Laykyn Jones 2 3 1-1 14, Gracie Hartline 0 0 0-0 0, Sydnee Cline 0 0 0-0 0, Avery Smithberger 1 0 1-2 3, Avery Wagner 5 0 2-2 12, Ava Hurley 0 1 0-0 3, Sophie Huffman 0 0 0-0 0, Ella Schweikart 0 0 0-0 0, Leah Ryan 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 4 7-9 57. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.
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