Lady Eagles take second in Cabool

The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team did enter last week’s Cabool Invitational Tournament as the No. 1 seed.
Unfortunately, after winning their first two games, they lost in the championship game to rival Mansfield, 51-33. (Information from the championship game is included in Mansfield’s article.)
To reach the title game, the Lady Eagles dominated a pair of opponents by large margins.
In the semifinals, All-Tournament selections Kinley Cryer and Maddie Brown were too much for Plato in a 56-39 victory.
Cryer made two, 3-pointers and scored 10 points while Brown scored the other nine to give Hartville an early 19-11 edge.
Cryer added two more 3-pointers before halftime.
In the third quarter, Brown’s six points helped Hartville maintain their edge before cruising to the win.
Cryer scored 23 points; Brown had 21 points; Katia Todd added four points; while both Carlyn Cantrell and Sarah Palmer scored two points.
In the opening round, the Lady Eagles’ defense held Koshkonong to 10 points or less in all four quarters during a 64-26 victory.
Brown scored 14 points in the first quarter as Hartville opened the game on a 16-2 run.
Cryer added 13 points and Brown scored 11 in a 27-point second quarter for a 43-9 halftime edge.
The Lady Eagles made three, 3-pointers in the second half as they cruised to the big win.
Brown had a team-high 28 points; Cryer scored 22; Cantrell and Palmer both had six points; while Todd had two points.