Pioneer held to 5 points in first half in loss to Clinton Central

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Makenna Strycker

Clinton Central 57, Pioneer 27 (Tuesday): Makenna Strycker scored all eight of her points in the second half, but Clinton Central rolled to a win over Pioneer in the season-opener at The Cage Tuesday.

Mia McKaig added a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and had six. Freshman guard Lois Layer, who scored five points, was the only other Pioneer player who had multiple field goals.

The loss broke a streak of four consecutive openers won for Pioneer.

Clinton Central (5-0) led 35-5 at halftime.

CLINTON CENTRAL (57) (5-0)

Robbins 3 0-0 6, Parkinson 9 2-4 22, Surber 3 2-2 8, Whiteman 1 0-0 2, Davison 5 4-5 15, Long 0 0-2 0, Dellinger 1 0-2 2, Jacobs 0 0-0 0, Metzinger 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 23 8-15 57

PIONEER (27) (0-1)

Makenna Strycker 1 6-7 8, Mia McKaig 2 0-0 6, Kynzie Hathaway 1 0-0 2, Julia McGrew 0 0-2 0, Gracie Hopper 0 0-0 0, Casey Webb 0 0-0 0, Lois Layer 2 0-0 5, Jocelyn Kain 1 2-3 4, Hannah Zeigler 1 0-2 2

TEAM: 8 8-14 27

Three-point field goals:

Clinton Central 3 (Parkinson 2, Davison),

Pioneer 3 (McKaig 2, Layer)

Total fouls: Clinton Central 10, Pioneer 14

Turnovers: Clinton Central 7, Pioneer 21

Score by quarters

Clinton Central 22 13 13 9 – 57

Pioneer 2 3 10 12 – 27