Kendra Little had a big role as sixth-ranked Sheldon solidified its hold on first place in the Southwest Conference girls basketball standings.
The Irish sharp-shooter scored 12 of her team's first 14 points in a 47-36 win over host and second-place North Medford Saturday.
"If she's not the player of the year in the conference, there's something wrong," Black Tornado coach Tim Karrick said of the 5-foot-11 wing. "She's very, very good."
Sheldon improved to 10-0 in the conference. Tenth-ranked North is 15-5 and 7-3.
Sheldon built a 26-15 first-half lead before the Tornado rallied in the third quarter, cutting its deficit to six points.
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"We just picked a bad night not to play well," said Karrick. "We struggled in a lot of areas, and Sheldon played well. Our girls never quit, but they're a good basketball team, there's no doubt about that. They're big and very good."
Little scored 22 points.
North was led by Erica Schultz with 15 and Megan Ross with 11.
SHELDON (47) — Ward 2, King 0, Gray 0, Steigleman 9, NeWilliams 0, Doe 8, Little 22, Ta. Brown 0, Th. Brown 6. Totals: 17 9-11 47.
NORTH MEDFORD (36) — Barry 0, Schultz 15, Satterfield 0, Dixon 0, Hodnett 5, Berger 3, Parker 2, Ross 11, Smith 0, Abeloe 0. Totals: 14 7-14 36.
Sheldon 14 12 15 6 -- 47
North Medford 7 8 10 11 -- 36
3-point goals — Sheldon 4 (Little 4), North Medford 1 (Ross 1).
JV result — Sheldon won.
Southern Cascade League
- LOST RIVER 59, ST. MARY'S 54 — At Lost River, Lost River overcame a seven-point, fourth-quarter deficit to trip up St. Mary's in a Southern Cascade League battle.
Melissa Lass drilled a 3-pointer with about 4:30 left to give the Crusaders a seven-point advantage, but Lost River came out of a timeout and put the clamps on defensively, forcing turnovers to grab a five-point lead.
Lost River made 8 of 16 attempts from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, as many attempts as the Crusaders (10-11, 4-4 SCL) had in the game.
Courtney Rieger and Bailey Johnson tossed in 14 points apiece for Lost River, which went 24-for-42 from the foul line overall.
Lass scored 15 points and freshman post Hannah Picknell registered 11 points and five rebounds for St. Mary's.
ST. MARY'S (54) — Lass 15, Picknell 11, Street 8, Gross 7, Valdez 6, Bates 5, Volk 2, Steinsiek 0, Williams 0. Totals: 22 8-16 54.
LOST RIVER (59) — Rieger 14, Johnson 14, Swingle 13, Hernandez 9, Thompson 4, Condon 3, Rajnus 2, Martinez 0, McCulley 0. Totals: 15 24-42 59.
St. Mary's 12 12 16 14 --54
Lost River 11 15 8 25 --59
3-point goals — St. Mary's 3 (Street 2, Lass 1), Lost River 3 (Johnson 2, Swingle 1). Fouled out — Valdez, Gross, Rieger.
JV score — Lost River 43, St. Mary's 37.
- LAKEVIEW 54, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 50, OT — At Lakeview, Cascade Christian made some costly mistakes toward the end of regulation, opening the door for Lakeview to steal the Southern Cascade League victory in overtime.
The Challengers clinged to a 44-40 lead with a minute to go, but Lakeview capitalized on transition baskets off a pair of turnovers to tie the game at 44-all.
Cascade Christian (8-14, 3-5 SCL) had opportunities to ice it with free throws in the extra frame, but squandered its chances by going 4 of 15 from the charity stripe.
Keli Hall tossed in a game-high 20 points for the Honkers, who received 14 more from Kelsey Flynn.
Melissa Gmur anchored the Challengers with 14 points and an all-around solid defensive effort, while Chelsea Cason added 12 points and freshman post Andi Vondra pulled down 11 rebounds.
CASCADE CHRISTIAN (50) — Gmur 14, Cason 12, Brown 7, Hallmark 2, Vondra 7, Barlow 2, Buck 4, Gomez 2, Sha 0, Case 0, Williams 0, Teterud 0. Totals: 21 4-15 50.
LAKEVIEW (54) — Hall 20, Flynn 14, Wiebelhaus 7, Hansen 9, Corona 4, Schauffer 0, Taylor 0, Ponintere 0, Elder 0. Totals: 21 10-23 54.
Cascade Christian 8 16 11 9 6 --50
Lakeview 13 11 12 8 10 --54
3-point goals — Cascade Christian 4 (Cason 2, Brown 1, Gmur 1), Lakeview 2 (Flynn 2). Fouled out — Gmur, Hall, Flynn.
JV result — Cascade Christian won.
Mountain Valley League
- TRIAD 69, BUTTE FALLS 57 — At Klamath Falls, Rachel Estabrook poured in a game-high 25 points to help Triad rally from a halftime deficit in Mountain Valley League play.
The Loggers (13-7, 4-4 MVL) nursed a 29-26 lead at the break, but were outscored 43-28 the rest of the way.
Butte Falls was only 2-for-3 from the free-throw line as opposed to Triad's 17 of 31.
Estabrook was 10-for-15 from the field and teammate Jenny Bruzda logged 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Kyndi Sutfin registered team-highs of 21 points and five steals for Butte Falls, which received nine assists, six points and four steals from Karlee Stephenson and 11 points from Felicia Ferguson.
BUTTE FALL (57) — Stephenson 6, A. Ferguson 0, Kirkpatrick 0, J. Burg 6, Wright 9, F. Ferguson 11, Ellis 4, Sutfin 21, Garote 0. Totals: 26 2-3 57.
TRIAD (69) — T. Parsons 12, M. Parsons 4, Weidman 2, Bruzda 17, Estabrook 25, Hess 2, K. Roeker 7. Totals: 25 17-31 69.
Butte Falls 15 14 11 17 -- 57
Triad 18 8 19 24 -- 69
3-point goals — Butte Falls 3 (Stephenson 2, Wright 1), Triad 2 (Estabrook 2). Fouled out — Sutfin.
JV score — Butte Falls 44, Triad 37.
- PROSPECT 28, HOSANNA CHRISTIAN 27 — At Prospect, Hosanna Christian's Sarah Matchett missed the second free throw of a two-shot opportunity with less than one second remaining as Prospect held on.
Sophomore point guard Catherine Anderson tallied 13 points for Prospect (8-11, 2-7 MVL).
Maeghan Scriven accounted for six of Prospect's eight points in the third quarter as the Lions were held scoreless in the period.
HOSANNA (27) — L. Matchett 11, S. Matchett 7, Shaw 7, Barnes 2, K. Anderson 0, Griggs 0, Justman 0. Totals: 10 4-16 27.
PROSPECT (28) — C. Anderson 13, Scriven 10, McCollum 2, Musard 2, Candi Lewis 1, King 0, Cai. Lewis 0, Verret 0, Horton 0, Gallagher 0, Shallenberger 0. Totals: 12 4-6 28.
Hosanna Christian 6 12 0 9 --27
Prospect 8 7 8 5 --28
3-point goals — Hosanna 3 (S. Matchett 2, L. Matchett 1). Fouled out — K. Anderson, C. Anderson.
JV result — Hosanna won.
