LIBERAL — Brenna Briggs scored a season-high 15 points, Valerie Ortiz added 12 points and Keasha Buckner scored 10, as the guard trio led the Dodge City High School girls’ basketball team to a 51-34 road victory over Liberal Tuesday night.
Buckner added eight rebounds, four assists and two steals for the Red Demons, who are unbeaten atop the Western Athletic Conference at 3-0 and 10-3 overall.
“She’s kind of a sparkplug for our team,” DCHS coach Justin Briggs said.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Western Athletic Conference
At Liberal
Tuesday
GIRLS
Dodge City 51, Liberal 34
DODGE CITY (10-3)
Ashley Stephenson 1-2 0-0 2, Jasmine Estrada 0-0 0-0 0, Valerie Ortiz 4-11 4-6, Brenna Briggs 5-12 2-2 15, Taylor Schinstock 0-2 0-0 0, Codi Ehrlich 1-7 0-2 2, Kesha Buckner 5-7 0-2 10, A'zlynn Thompson 3-6 2-2 8, Teghan Pencis 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 20-50 8-16 51.
LIBERAL (8-5)
Nahomi Hernandez 0-0 0-0 0, Megan Campbell 1-3 0-2 2, Kayla Varnes 1-2 0-2 2, Kristen Ross 0-0 0-0 0, Malyssa Williams 1-8 0-2 2, Destiny Holl 0-2 1-2 1, Kayla Payton 3-13 5-8 12, Justice Norah 4-10 6-10 15, Sherika Sanchez 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 10-40 12-22 34.
Dodge City 4 15 12 20 — 51
Liberal 9 5 9 11 — 34
Three-point goals — Liberal 2-15 (Campbell 0-2, Varnes 0-2, Kayla Payton 1-10, Justice Norah 1-1); Dodge 3-13 (Briggs 3-10, Ortiz 0-3). Total Fouls — Liberal 15, Dodge 17. Fouled out – Dodge 1 (A'zlynn Thompson); Liberal None. Rebounds — Liberl 24 (Varnes 3, Ross 2, Williams 3, Payton 4, Norah 4, Sanchez 4); Dodge 44 (Ortiz 7, Briggs 2, Schinstock 1, Ehrlich 7, Buckner 8, Thompson13, Pencis 4). Assists — Dodge 10 (Buckner 4, Thompson 3, Ehrlich 1, Briggs 1, Schinstock 1); Liberal 5 ( Campbell 4, Payton 1) Steals — Dodge 9 (Stphenson 1, Briggs 3, Ortiz 2, Buckner 2, Ehrlich 1). Turnovers — Dodge 17, Liberal 15. Blocked shots — Dodge 3, Ortiz 1, Briggs 1, Thompson 1); Liberal 3 ( Campbell 1, Williams 1, Sanchez 1).
