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Eads Lady Eagles Are Going To Regionals!Will Face Pritchett in State-Berth Contest on FridayMarch 5, 2004 The Eads Lady Eagles earned their third straight regional berth after District 2 competition at the Lamar Community Building last weekend. Eads ended Kit Carson’s season, 53-40, in the semifinals to qualify for the Regional tournament on Friday night. The girls will enter the Regional tournament as District Twos second-seed after losing in the district championships, 55-35, to McClave. Eads will take on Pritchett at 6:30 at the La Junta High School gymnasium with the winner of the contest qualifying for the state tournament next weekend. Senior Jessica Watts has led Eads all season and the do-or-die semifinal game with Kit Carson was no exception as Watts went somewhat out of her role as a post player and hit three triples in as many possessions late in the first quarter to pace Eads early. Watts and the Eagles would lead the contest 18-11 after one. However, the second was not a good one for Eads as the Wildcats outscored them by double, 10-5, behind balanced scoring from the KC starters. Watts went stone cold missing four-out-of four free throws and the only production came from point guard Alyssa Hadley’s lone triple and a gutsy bucket by Braylynn Peck. By halftime it was a ball game with Eads holding on to a slight 23-21 lead. The third quarter was concerning for Eads as Kit Carson would not go away. With Eads attacking with a balanced inside-outside attack the Cats would not back down managing unusual long-ball shooting with junior Casey Connelley nailing a triple and Sarah Wolff hitting for two more. After three the margin had not changed as both teams stayed even. Eads led going into one of the team’s last quarter of the year, 34-32. Early in the final stanza Wolff hit her third three of the contest and it looked bad for Eads. But it would be the Eagles Morrell Koch stepping up to hit two confident triples and the play of Hadley that pulled Eads away outscoring the Cats 19-8 and advancing into the District championship and the right to play another day. Watts led all scorers with 16 points despite going 3-for-10 from the charity line. She would earn a double-double in the contest pulling down 10 boards. Hadley would add 12 points and four steals while Koch added eight more points and nine boards. Sarah Wolff led the Cats with 11 points followed by sister Michele with eight in the losing effort.
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Eads took on the No. 1 ranked Lady Cardinals from McClave on Saturday night in the District 2 championship and struggled early against the intensity of their defensive pressure. Eads did not score a single point in the first quarter and ended up spotting the Cards by 13 points after the first. Spotting a dangerous team such as McClave thirteen points is a hard hill to climb. Eads would play virtually even with McClave for the next three quarters, but the first quarter jitters put them at a disadvantage they could not overcome. Watts would do a fine job in the third and fourth quarters until she would foul out on a technical foul. She would leave the contest with 11 points and seven boards. Jennie Richards stepped up big against the Cardinals helping to bring the ball down while Hadley rested and scoring 10 points including a triple. Eads now enters the Regional tournament and will play Pritchett for the right to advance to next week’s state tournament in Pueblo. Game time for the girls is 6:30 at La Junta High School.
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