Dunlap, Redinger combine for 32, but Argos falls to LaVille in Bi-County semi

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Samantha Redinger

LaVille 49, Argos 41 (Jan. 19): Emma Dunlap scored 17 points, and Samantha Redinger added 15, but the Lady Dragons lost to host LaVille in a Bi-County Tournament semifinal on Jan. 19 at Dale E. Cox Gymnasium.

Lucy Sherk scored 17, and Heaylyn Kwiatkowski scored nine of her 13 in the fourth quarter for LaVille.

LaVille won their third straight game to improve to 14-6. They have as many wins as their previous three seasons combined.

Argos fell to 10-10.

LaVille led 23-14 at halftime before Argos closed within 33-28 after three quarters.

Both Dunlap and Bella Stults fouled out.

Argos had won five of the previous six meetings against LaVille.

LaVille went on to defeat Bremen 43-40 on Jan. 21 for their first Bi-County title since 1993.

ARGOS (41) (10-10)

Samantha Redinger 4 5-5 15, Baleigh Binkley 0 1-3 1, Emma Dunlap 7 2-5 17, Ellie Bollenbacher 1 3-4 5, Bella Stults 1 0-0 2, Ava Stackhouse 0 0-0 0, Morgyn Barcus 0 1-2 1, Aleasia Sarver 0 0-0 0, Alydia Leed 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 13 12-19 41

LAVILLE (49) (14-6)

Smith 2 0-0 6, Kwiatkowski 4 5-9 13, Kuskye 1 5-7 7, L. Edison 0 0-0 0, Sherk 8 1-1 17, B. Edison 2 0-2 4, L. Kwiatkowski 1 0-0 2, Blodgett 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 18 11-19 49

Three-point field goals:

Argos 3 (Redinger 2, Dunlap),

LaVille 2 (Smith 2)

Total fouls: Argos 21, LaVille 18

Fouled out: Stults (ARG), Dunlap (ARG)

Score by quarters

Argos 7 7 14 13 – 41

LaVille 11 12 10 16 – 49