Douglass scores 23 in varsity debut, helps Caston beat Argos in opener

Redinger scores career-high 34 for Lady Dragons, but Lady Comets close on 17-2 run

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Caston 66, Argos 46 (Thursday): Freshman guard Madi Douglass came off the bench to score 23 points in her varsity debut to lead the Caston girls basketball team past host Argos in the season opener for both teams at Phil Weybright Gymnasium Thursday.

Addison Zimpleman added 19, and Isabel Scales added 12, all in the third quarter.

Caston trailed 30-26 at halftime but came back to take a 49-44 lead after three quarters. They then pulled away with a 17-2 run in the fourth quarter.

Douglass scored 11 points in the fourth quarter alone.

Samantha Redinger hit four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 34 points, but no other Argos player had more than five. Redinger had 10 of Argos’ 14 field goals.

Caston allowed only 33.5 points per game to opposing teams in 2022-23.

Caston beat Argos for the fourth straight year.

CASTON (66) (1-0)

Macee Hinderlider 1 0-0 2, Isabel Scales 3 5-5 12, Addison Zimpleman 5 9-14 19, Annie Harsh 2 0-0 5, Alexa Finke 2 1-2 5, Olivia Thomas 0 0-0 0, Madi Douglass 11 0-2 23

TEAM: 24 15-23 66

ARGOS (46) (0-1)

Morgyn Barcus 1 3-4 5, Alydia Leed 1 0-0 2, Samantha Redinger 10 10-13 34, Aleasia Sarver 1 0-0 2, Sophia Austin 0 0-0 0, Grace Thomas 1 0-2 2, Lexi Gibson 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 14 14-21 46

Three-point field goals:

Caston 3 (Scales, Douglass, Harsh),

Argos 4 (Redinger 4)

Total fouls: Caston 18, Argos 19

Fouled out: Sarver (ARG)

Turnovers: Caston 15, Argos 9

Score by quarters

Caston 8 18 23 17 – 66

Argos 11 19 14 2 – 46