Caston beats Frontier, will play Tri-County next

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Caston 49, Frontier 30 (Tuesday): Maddi Smith led a balanced Caston offense with 10 points in a win over Frontier in a Class 1A, Sectional 52 quarterfinal at North White Tuesday.

Bailey Harness and Addison Zimpleman had nine points each, Isabel Scales had eight, and Abby Williamson had six points and a team-high five rebounds.

Zimpleman had a team-high seven assists.

Caston led 17-8 after one quarter and extended the lead to 30-13 at halftime.

Caston improved to 17-6. Emma Blissett had 14 points for Frontier, who finished 9-13.

Frontier has not won a sectional game since 2016.

Caston will play Tri-County, who received a bye, in the semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

CASTON (49) (17-6)

Isabel Scales 3 2-2 8, Addison Zimpleman 3 2-2 9, Bailey Harness 4 1-2 9, Brianna Yarber 1 0-2 3, Maddi Smith 5 0-1 10, Alexa Finke 0 0-0 0, Macee Hinderlider 0 0-0 0, Abby Williamson 3 0-0 6, Kinzie Mollenkopf 2 0-2 4, Annie Harsh 0 0-0 0, Emma Kay 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 21 5-11 49

FRONTIER (30) (9-13)

Jay 2 0-0 4, Blissett 5 2-2 14, Sorensen 1 0-0 2, Anderson 1 2-2 4, Newcom 2 0-0 4, Altman 0 0-0 0, Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Mears 0 0-0 0, Tarr 0 2-2 2, Stout 0 0-0 0, Minnear 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 11 6-6 30

Three-point field goals:

Caston 2 (Zimpleman, Yarber),

Frontier 2 (Blissett 2)

Total fouls: Caston 11, Frontier 15

Turnovers: Caston 10, Frontier 15

Score by quarters

Caston 17 13 12 7 – 49

Frontier 8 5 10 7 – 30