Lady Broncos fall in tight game to Connell, bounce back against ACH

Jeremy Burnham, Reporter | Last updated Jan 02, 2020 9:48am0

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Lind-Ritzville/Sprague's Janaye Wilkie keeps her eyes on the basket in the Lady Broncos' 60-55 road loss to Connell on Dec. 28. LRS bounced back two days later to beat Almira/Coulee-Hartline 53-38 in another non-league road game.

The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague girls basketball split a pair of non-league games with a loss at Connell on Friday and a win at Almira-Coulee-Hartline on Monday.

LRS head coach Steve Wellsandt knew his player would have their work cut out for them when they traveled to play Connell–an undefeated 1A school– on Saturday. Despite losing 60-55, and despite playing with starting post Dakota Killian, Wellsandt liked the fight he saw out of his girls.

"I really felt the girls competed well tonight and played together well," Wellsandt said. "If we play like that, we are going to be fine."

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