Pioneer falls to Caston in Cass County Invite final

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Caston 45, Pioneer 32 (Dec. 3): Ashlynn Brooke scored a game-high 15 points, but the Pioneer girls basketball team fell to Caston in the Cass County Invitational final at

Logansport on Dec. 3.

Gracie Hopper added 10 points for the Lady Panthers.

Caston led 20-19 at halftime and 30-28 after three quarters before outscoring Pioneer 15-4 in the fourth quarter.

The loss snapped Pioneer’s 11-game winning streak against Caston and Pioneer’s run of four straight Cass County Invitational titles.

Brooke and Hopper were both named to the all-tournament team.

Pioneer’s Brooklyn Borges missed the game after suffering a knee injury against Logansport three days earlier. Pioneer coach Jeff Brooke told the Pharos-Tribune that Borges was able to walk but that it was a “question mark” whether Borges would miss the rest of the season.

Isabel Scales had 14 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for Caston and won tournament MVP honors. Caston won the tournament for the first time in school history.

CASTON (45) (9-0)

Isabel Scales 3 8-9 14, Addison Zimpleman 4 2-2 10, Macee Hinderlider 1 0-1 2, Kinzie Mollenkopf 1 1-1 3, Bailey Harness 4 1-3 10, Annie Harsh 1 4-4 7

TEAM: 14 15-18 45

PIONEER (32) (6-1)

Makenna Strycker 1 1-2 3, Ashlynn Brooke 5 3-4 15, Paula Collado Fernandez 1 0-0 2, Gracie Hopper 5 0-0 10, Kylie Attinger 0 2-2 2, Julia McGrew 0 0-0 0, Crystabelle Blickenstaff 0 0-0 0, Kynzie Hathaway 0 0-0 0, Mia McKaig 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 12 6-8 32

Three-point field goals:

Caston 2 (Harness, Harsh),

Pioneer 2 (Brooke 2)

Total fouls: Caston 11, Pioneer 19

Fouled out: Attinger (PIO)

Turnovers: Caston 11, Pioneer 11

Score by quarters

Caston 9 11 10 15 – 45

Pioneer 5 14 9 4 – 32