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Clearfield's Paige Rhine drives to the basket as Kerstyn Davis (L)
and Hannah Lundgren (12) defend during the first half.
Paige finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Courier Express photo by Rich Rhoades.
CLEARFIELD 52, BROOKVILLE 46                                                    by Chris Rossetti

BROOKVILLE, Pa. – Breaking a halftime tie, visiting Clearfield outscored Brookville 20-8 in the third quarter and pulled away for a 52-46
win in the season-opener for the Lady Bison.

Emma Hipps led Clearfield with 15 points while Paige Rhine turned in a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds
Cayleigh Walker came off the bench to score seven of her 11 points in the decisive third quarter.
Although not scoring, Alaina Fedder had 10 rebounds.

Clearfield led by as many as 16 points early in the fourth quarter before Brookville got to the final margin in the waning seconds.

Elizabeth Wonderling led Brookville, playing for the second time in as many days, with 15 points. Alayna Haight hit three 3-pointers
for nine points, Eden Wonderling scored six points but collected a game-high 15 rebounds. Kerstyn Davie came off the bench for seven
points and eight rebounds
By Rich Rhoades

BROOKVILLE * For openers, the Clearfield Lady Bison will take it. They finally got to play a basketball game.

On the road against a short-handed Brookville team that was playing its fourth game of the year and second in as many nights, it took a
strong third-quarter performance to allow head coach Joey Castagnolo*s team to pull away for a 52-46 win.

Breaking a 21-21 halftime tie, the Lady Bison outscored Brookville 20-8 in the third quarter and led as many as 16 points early in the fourth
quarter before the Lady Raiders cut it to the closest margin in the waning seconds.

*It*s really nice to come out here and compete.* Castagnolo said. *Like other teams, we haven*t played together in a game since last
February, no summer games, no nothing. It was a real joy. The atmosphere wasn*t too bad.*


Three Lady Bison found double figures in scoring with Emma Hipps score 15 points and Paige Rhine adding a double-double with 13
points and 13 rebounds. Cayleigh Walker came off the bench to score seven of her 11 points in the third quarter as Castagnolo got the
ball to her inside and she made advice pay off big.

*It was our first game of the year and their fourth, so yeah, you could tell the difference and then in the third quarter I saw the mismatch
with Cayleigh and we just exploited it,* Castagnolo said. *The girls listened and we fed her until they made adjustments.*

Hipps scored all nine of Clearfield*s points in the first quarter as Brookville led 15-9 going into the second quarter. The Lady Raiders led
by as many as seven at 21-14 in the second following Elisa Molnar*s basket at the 2:08 mark.

But Clearfield finished the half on a 7-0 run to knot things up. Megan Durandetta nailed a 3-pointer, one of her three for nine points,
and Walker started her scoring run with the tying basket with 13 seconds left before the half.

Brookville (0-4) played seven players and lost starting forward Ella Zimmerman for most of the second half with an injury. Elizabeth
Wonderling finished with 21 points while Alayna Haight hit three 3-pointers for nine points.

Two freshmen, Eden Wonderling and Kerstyn Davie, turned in solid games. The 5-foot-3 Wonderling scored six points with a game-high
15 rebounds while Davie came off the bench for seven points and eight rebounds.

Lady Raiders head coach Mark Powell had two starters, Haight and Elisa Molnar, play all 32 minutes.
*We feel better about the effort and we*re getting closer,* said Powell, whose team lost 63-21 to DuBois on Tuesday. *We have three
games next week against tough opponents, so it*s not going to be easy.*

The Lady Bison visit Penns Valley Friday. Brookville visits Karns City Monday.

Score By Quarters

Clearfield 9 12 20 11 - 52

Brookville 15 6 8 17 - 46

Clearfield *52

Alaina Fedder 0 0-0 0, Paige Rhine 6 1-2 13, Emma Hipps 7 1-2 15, Megan Durandetta 3 0-0 9, Riley Ryen 2 0-0 4, Lauryn Kitchen 0 0-0 0, Cayleigh Walker 5 1-1 11. Totals: 23 3-5 52.

Brookville *46

Alayna Haight 3 0-0 9, Elisa Molnar 2 1-2 5, Elizabeth Wonderling 5 4-4 15, Ella Zimmerman 2 0-0 4, Eden Wonderling 3 0-0 6, Hannah Lundgren 0 0-0 0, Kerstyn Davie 3 0-0 7. Totals: 18 5-6 46.

3-pointers: Clearfield 3 (Durandetta 3), Brookville 5 (Haight 3, Eliz. Wonderling, Davie)
Clearfield's Emma Hipps drives to the basket against Brookville's
Eden Wonderling. Emma scored a team-high 15 in the win.
Courier Express photo by Rich Rhoades.
Brookville's Elisa Molnar drives the baseline against
Clearfield's Cayleigh Walker. Clearfield won 52-46
with Cayleigh scoring 11 off the bench.
Courier Express photo by Rich Rhoades.
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