MARLINGTON ENDS WARRIORS SEASON

MARLINGTON OH- Trailing 50-37 with under 6 minutes to play the West Branch Lady Warriors went on a 11-0 run and closed the gap to 6 points but could not get any closer as the Marlington Dukes hung on and defeated the Warriors 58-53 in Wednesday’s District semi-finals match up.

Both teams went to the 3 ball with the Dukes hitting 7 of them and West Branch nailing on 8 shots. The Warriors finished up their season with a 20-5 record.

Jillian Pidgeon was on fire as she canned 5 3-points to finish up with 19 points for the Warriors. The win moves Marlington to a Saturday night Division II district finals game against the Poland Bulldogs at Poland.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger