Kaelyn Johnson News Today

The Capital City Lady Cavaliers just needed one more break to go their way Thursday night at Capital City High School. The Lady Cavaliers led for a majority of the night, but the Battle Spartans stormed back in the end to grab a 48-46 victory in Central Missouri Activities Conference action.

Coaches often use the refrain “don’t quit.” But those are just words. Thursday night’s edge of the seat 52-51 Bulldogs win at Battle is what that phrase looks like when it plays out for real. Mexico went into the halftime break down 32-23 – and it could have been worse, but for a 5-0 rally pieced together by Mya Miller and Riley Thurman that closed out the period. Throughout the third quarter, the Bulldogs gnawed into the Spartans advantage. However, they were still down by 6 as the c...