Scales scores game-high 15, leads Caston past Rossville

Lady Comets hold Lady Hornets to 19% shooting

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Caston 42, Rossville 18 (Tuesday): Isabel Scales had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds and led three players in double figures, and the Caston defense held visiting Rossville to 19 percent shooting from the field in getting a home win Tuesday.

Addison Zimpleman knocked down two 3-pointers and had 12 points, and Madi Douglass also made two treys and had 11.

Douglass also had four steals, and Scales had three steals.

Caston outscored Rossville 13-2 in the second quarter to build a 21-9 halftime lead.

The 18 points were the fewest Rossville has scored in a game since January 2022.

They were also held to just three points in the fourth quarter.

Class 1A, No. 4 Caston improved to 6-0. They will next play Lewis Cass at home Nov. 29 in the first round of the Cass County Tournament.

Rossville, who won their sectional last year, fell to 2-3.

ROSSVILLE (18) (2-3)

Huffman 1 0-0 3, Gorbett 1 1-2 3, Darnell 0 0-0 0, Burkle 4 3-4 12, McCullough 0 0-0 0, Ford 0 0-0 0, Layton 0 0-0 0, Spray 0 0-0 0, McDonald 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 6 4-6 18

CASTON (42) (6-0)

Macee Hinderlider 0 0-0 0, Addison Zimpleman 5 0-0 12, Madi Douglass 4 1-4 11, Isabel Scales 6 3-4 15, Alexa Finke 0 0-4 0, Olivia Thomas 2 0-0 4, Kaitie Hutsell 0 0-0 0, Annie Harsh 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 17 4-12 42

Three-point field goals:

Rossville 2 (Huffman, Burkle),

Caston 4 (Zimpleman 2, Douglass 2)

Total fouls: Rossville 13, Caston 11

Turnovers: Rossville 13, Caston 15

Score by quarters

Rossville 7 2 6 3 – 18

Caston 8 13 10 11 – 42