On Thursday, January 9, the EHS girls’ basketball teams faced the Pontiac Indians. The JV team started the night off with a very close game. In the last few seconds of regulation, Sophomore Kelsie Plattner knocked down a three pointer sending the game into overtime! During the fifth quarter, the teams were neck and neck. But in the last few seconds, Sophomore Emily Ausmus hit a key free throw making the score 58-57 and led them to a victory.
The varsity game was equally exciting. At the beginning of the game, the girls were down by 17 points but worked their way back in to make it a close game. The Hornets competed very well and definitely shook up the Indians. Going into the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, the girls came within just a few points of Pontiac. The varsity pushed but came up just 3 points short of a victory with the final score being 45-47. Coach Miller commented, “I thought the varsity played a really good team defense.” He also overheard the Indians’ coach compliment the varsity on how good of a defense they played.Congratulations to both teams on great games. Come out to support the girls at their next home game on Thursday, January 16 against Mahomet-Seymour.
By: Seniors Kylie Alwood and Darci Eastman, Journalism staff
