***Dillon Price is a participant of The Kewanee Voice Student Journalism Program, funded by the Harry Anderson Memorial Trust.
The Kewanee High School Boiler Girls were in action Wednesday night hosting the Ridgewood Spartans and were victorious by a score of 47-30.
The team got off to a fast start, taking a 15-9 lead into the second quarter, and Ridgewood failed to catch up to the Boiler Girls for the rest of the night.
Top scorers were:
Mya Dearing – 15
Damaris Diaz – 14
Tejhiana Amos – 12
The JV Boiler Girls were also victorious on Wednesday night, winning 28-18. The team was led by sophomore Addison Yepsen with 10 points and moved to 11-1 on the year.
On Thursday night the Boiler Girls hosted Mendota and picked up a 52-28 win. Tejhiana Amos led Kewanee with 11 points.
Kewanee has now won four games in a row and are 12-7 on the year. They will return to Brockman Gym on Saturday afternoon hosting St. Bede Bruins, with the tipoff at 12:30 p.m.
