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The Linn Lady Wildcats have shown they can win games with the 3-point shot. On Wednesday night, they won the game at the free-throw line. The Lady Wildcats shot 10-of-12 at the charity stripe in the fourth quarter, holding on for a 53-48 victory against the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons at Blair Oaks High School.
Down the stretch, the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons did the little things to get huge victory. “That was a big one,” Blair Oaks coach Brandon Moore said Tuesday night after the Lady Falcons defeated the Fatima Lady Comets 41-35. “We look forward to this game every year, it’s always fun to compete against them. We know how good of a basketball team Fatima is. It will help us down the road, for sure.”
The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons decided the best way to win a tightly contested game was to never give up hold of the lead. Blair Oaks led for the final 20 minutes Monday, and although the Camdenton Lakers cut a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter down to three points, the Lady Falcons held on for a 46-39 victory in their season opener.
A total of 22 players were selected to the all-state softball teams, which were released last weekend by the Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association.
It was a week of state-ranked softball for the Blair Oaks Lady Falcons. After winning against Class 3 No. 10 Southern Boone and falling to Class 3 No. 3 Chillicothe earlier last week, the Class 3 No. 5 Lady Falcons finished their regular season Saturday with a 9-1 victory against the Class 2 No. 9 Iberia Lady Rangers at the Falcon Athletic Complex.