by Scott Sacry
The Darby girls played St. Ignatius, the top seed out of the 7B conference, in the first round of the Western B Divisionals and were defeated 35-79.
For Darby, Hadley Heiland led with 23. Georgia Fisher had 3, Natalie Anderson had 5, and Nyna Reasor had 4.
This loss sent them to the loser-out side of the bracket where they met Eureka on Friday morning. The Lady Tigers played a solid game and it was close throughout, and with 4 minutes left to play in the game Darby held a 36-35 lead. But from then on Darby got cold and the Lady Tigers were outscored 9-1 to end the game. They lost 37-44, which ended their season.
Darby sophomore Hadley Heiland (#5) drives around a defender at the Western B Divisional tournament in Hamilton. The Darby girls qualified for divisionals for the first time in eight years. Photo by Scott Sacry.
For Darby, Hadley Heiland led the scoring with 17 points. Georgia Fisher had 8, Natalie Anderson and Lilly Bennett each had 5, and Ella Bush added 2.
The Darby girls say goodbye to seniors Georgia Fisher and Lilly Bennett, but have a solid group coming back and will look to keep improving next season.