The Wethersfield Lady Geese won their last two games and ended the regular season with an impressive 25-4 record.
In their final game of the season Thursday night, Wethersfield handily defeated Farmington by a score of 65-31 and they beat Galva, 39-16, on Wednesday.
The Lady Geese have played three games in four days (all wins) and the game against Farmington marked Wethersfield’s seventh straight victory.
In addition, they made a good run at the LTC title with a runner-up effort of 9-2. West Central won the hard-fought conference title with an unblemished record of 11-0 and Annawan finished in a tie for second at 9-2.
As a reward, the Lady Geese were mentioned in the final AP Class 1A poll (receiving one vote). In all, four LTC teams were listed in the final poll and two of them — Annawan (No. 3) and West Central (No. 8) — were ranked in the Top 10. Abingdon-Avon received three votes.
WHS 39, Galva 16
Prior to the start of the game, Wethersfield’s four senior players, Kennady Anderson, Paige Huffman, Cora Hodge and Elle Eastman, were recognized for their dedication to the WHS girls basketball program.
As for the game, the Lady Geese had a lead of 17-8 at the half and 29-9 by the end of the third quarter.
Kennady Anderson led Wethersfield with nine points on the night and three players scored seven each (Lana Scott, Lajaya Angel and Elle Eastman).
Addison Yepsen and Ava Strom scored four apiece for the Wildcats. Galva closes out the regular season with a record of 4-19 and 0-10 in LTC play.
WHS 65, Farmington 31
The Lady Geese came ready to play Thursday night as they blitzed Farmington 18-4 in the first quarter and 17-5 in the second quarter for a 35-9 bulge at halftime.
Three Wethersfield players scored six points in the first quarter (Paige Huffman, Kennady Anderson and Lajaya Angel) and senior Elle Eastman cashed in a 3-pointer.
Huffman made two treys in the first quarter and she zeroed in on two more in the second quarter to finish the half with 12 points. Angel followed with eight points in the first half.
Huffman made her final two threes in the third quarter as Wethersfield’s lead grew to 56-21. The Lady Geese made seven 3-pointers in the game and Huffman made six of them for a game-high 18 points.
Mariah Hayden scored eight points for Farmington (4-20) in the third quarter and she led the Farmers with 11 points on the night. Sophomore Megan Oliver scored six points in the second half for Wethersfield.
Angel finished the game with 12 points and Anderson scored 11 in the win.
Frosh-soph
The Wethersfield frosh-soph team put a 61-8 hurt on Farmington during the junior varsity prelim Thursday night. The Lady Geese ended their successful season with a 20-1 record.
With such a talented group of underlings, it’s safe to say that Wethersfield will be in more of a reloading mode next season rather than rebuilding.
Lana Scott led the Lady Geese with 17 points in the win over Farmington. Camryn Anderson followed with 16 points and Emilia Escareno had nine.
