The Wadsworth Lady Grizzlies will play for a Division One District basketball championship Thursday night at Medina High School.
In Monday’s District semi-final round, Wadsworth scored 33 straight points as they defeated the Brunswick Blue Devils 76-44.
The game started with Wadsworth’s Laurel Palitto and Brunswick’s Farrah Benner trading three-pointers in the first minute of the first quarter. Then, the Lady Grizzlies took over.
And boy did they ever.
Wadsworth scored the next 33 straight points. The next time Brunswick scored was with 2:26 remaining in the second period on a pair of free throws by freshman Angela Fink. That made the score 36-5 Wadsworth.
At halftime it was 40-6 in favor of the Lady Grizzlies.
The second half is what basketball followers call ‘garbage time’. Brunswick outscored Wadsworth 38-27 in the third and fourth quarters. But, the Wadsworth starters didn’t play the fourth quarter.
Jodi Johnson led the Lady Grizzlies in scoring with 22 points. Peyton Banks added 20. For Brunswick, Eileen Salisbury was the leading scorer with 17 points, all in the second half.
Brunswick ends their season with a record of 12-12. Wadsworth is at 23-1. The Lady Grizzlies will play Thursday night for the district championship against Berea-Midpark. In last night’s second game, Berea-Midpark defeated North Royalton 57-47.
Wadsworth is seeded number one in the District. Berea-Midpark is number three.
