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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Caston senior girls basketball players, from left, Macee Hinderlider, Alexa Finke, Annie Harsh, Isabel Scales and Addison Zimpleman display photos of their younger selves as part of a senior night ceremony following the team’s 45-31 loss to Carroll (Flora) Wednesday. (photo provided by Dee Brown)
Girls basketball
Carroll (Flora) 45, Caston 31 (Wednesday): Isabel Scales scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but the Class 1A, No. 4 Caston girls basketball team could not overcome 31 percent shooting in a home loss to Class 2A, No. 5 Carroll (Flora) Wednesday.
Caston also missed all eight of its 3-point tries.
Macee Hinderlider had five points and nine rebounds. Addison Zimpleman and Madi Douglass also had five points each.
Alli Harness, a 2,000-point scorer and Western Michigan recruit, scored a game-high 28 for the Lady Cougars.
Carroll improved to 19-3. Caston fell to 18-2 going into tonight’s regular season finale at Bremen.
The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday but postponed to Wednesday due to inclement weather.
Caston seniors Scales, Alexa Finke, Annie Harsh, Hinderlider and Zimpleman were honored in a postgame ceremony following their final regular season home game.
The team could play another game at home in the regional on Feb. 10 if they win their sectional and the IHSAA assigns that game to their home gym.
CARROLL (FLORA) (45) (19-3)
Salts 0 0-0 0, Harness 12 1-2 28, Justice 0 0-0 0, Wagner 2 2-2 7, Johnson 3 0-1 7, Tillman 0 1-2 1, O’Brien 1 0-1 2
TEAM: 18 4-8 45
CASTON (31) (18-2)
Macee Hinderlider 2 1-2 5, Madi Douglass 2 1-2 5, Addison Zimpleman 1 3-4 5, Isabel Scales 5 4-4 14, Alexa Finke 1 0-0 2, Kylee Logan 0 0-0 0, Grace Wright 0 0-0 0, Olivia Thomas 0 0-0 0, Kaitie Hutsell 0 0-0 0, Annie Harsh 0 0-2 0
TEAM: 11 9-14 31
Three-point field goals:
Carroll (Flora) 5 (Harness 3, Wagner, Johnson),
Caston 0
Total fouls: Carroll (Flora) 12, Caston 12
Turnovers: Carroll (Flora) 11, Caston 21
Score by quarters
Carroll 11 12 10 12 – 45
Caston 9 10 6 6 – 31
Left: Caston senior guard Macee Hinderlider drives to the basket during a 45-31 home loss to Class 2A, No. 5 Carroll (Flora) Wednesday. Hinderlider finished with five points and nine rebounds. (photo provided by Dee Brown)
Middle:Caston senior Isabel Scales shoots over Carroll (Flora)’s Mallory O’Brien during a 45-31 loss Wednesday. Scales had 14 points and 11 rebounds in her final regular season home game. Caston has lost two of three games since a 17-0 start. (photo provided by Dee Brown)
Right:Caston’s Addison Zimpleman (13) and Carroll (Flora)’s Alli Harness vie for a loose ball during Caston’s 45-31 loss Wednesday. (photo provided by Dee Brown)
