BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Girls basketball
Clinton Central 51, Pioneer 38 (Tuesday): Makenna Strycker scored 16 points, and Mia McKaig added 11 for the visiting Lady Panthers in a loss to Class 1A, No. 3 Clinton Central Tuesday.
Julia McGrew hit a 3-pointer and added five points.
Pioneer fell to 0-3.
Carly Davison hit three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 32 points before fouling out. Abby Harris hit three treys and added nine.
Clinton Central led 19-12 after one quarter and extended the lead to 30-18 at halftime.
PIONEER (38) (0-3)
Makenna Strycker 3 8-14 16, Mia McKaig 4 0-0 11, Julia McGrew 1 2-2 5, Kynzie Hathaway 1 0-0 2, Hannah Zeigler 1 0-0 2, Khloe Weaver 0 0-0 0, Rachel Harding 0 0-0 0, Avery Haselby 1 0-0 2, Michelle Harding 0 0-0 0, Brooklynn Dillman 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 11 10-16 38
CLINTON CENTRAL (51) (5-1)
Wallsmith 2 0-0 4, Davison 11 7-8 32, Metzinger 1 2-4 4, Jacobs 0 2-6 2, Dellinger 0 0-0 0, Harris 3 0-0 9, Mounts 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 17 11-18 51
Three-point field goals:
Pioneer 6 (McKaig 3, Strycker 2, McGrew),
Clinton Central 6 (Davison 3, Harris 3)
Total fouls: Pioneer 16, Clinton Central 15
Fouled out: Hathaway (PIO), Davison (CC)
Score by quarters
Pioneer 12 6 14 6 – 38
Clinton Central 19 11 11 10 – 51