Strycker scores career-high 30, McKaig adds career-high 21 as Pioneer routs Frontier

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Makenna Strycker Mia McKaig

Girls basketball

Pioneer 63, Frontier 30 (Thursday): Makenna Strycker scored 30 points, and Mia McKaig added a career-high 21 as the Pioneer girls basketball team routed visiting Frontier at The Cage Thursday for their eighth straight win.

Strycker hit four 3-pointers, and McKaig made five. They also combined to make 12 of 15 free throws. Neither played in the fourth quarter.

Pioneer led 48-19 at halftime and extended the lead to 60-25 after three quarters. The fourth quarter was played with a running clock.

Frontier lost their sixth straight game and fell to 1-14.

Pioneer improved to 9-7. Pioneer beat Frontier for the ninth straight year.

FRONTIER (30) (1-14)

G. Kennedy 1 4-4 6, K. Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Bridwell 3 2-5 10, Mears 1 2-2 4, Minniear 5 0-0 10, Lear 0 0-0 0, Kruger 0 0-0 0, Govert 0 0-0 0, Stockment 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 8-11 30

PIONEER (63) (9-7)

Makenna Strycker 8 10-12 30, Mia McKaig 7 2-3 21, Julia McGrew 1 0-0 2, Kynzie Hathaway 0 0-0 0, Hannah Zeigler 1 0-0 2, Avery Haselby 2 0-0 4, Ava Ott 0 0-0 0, Madyson Shaffer 0 0-0 0, Michelle Harding 2 0-0 4, Leah Zeigler 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 21 12-15 63

Three-point field goals:

Frontier 2 (Bridwell 2),

Pioneer 9 (McKaig 5, Strycker 4)

Total fouls: Frontier 13, Pioneer 8

Score by quarters

Frontier 8 11 6 5 – 30

Pioneer 23 25 12 3 – 63