Ninth-grade girls rout Fort Smith Darby

n Siloam Springs freshmen were defeated in the boys game.

From Staff Reports

The Siloam Springs ninth-grade girls basketball team recorded its second straight lopsided win Thursday with a 36-18 victory over Fort Smith Darby at Panther Activity Center.

The Lady Panthers (4-2) took a 10-0 lead after the first quarter and led 16-1 at halftime. Siloam Springs extended that margin to 30-11 going into the fourth quarter.

Shelby Johnson led the Lady Panthers with eight points, while Madison Pharr had seven, Jael Harried six, Lexy Fortner four, Morgan Winesburg three and Turtle Shreve, Maddie Vaughan, Yose Zamora and Candy Dubon each with two.

Siloam Springs lost to Darby 43-25 in the ninth-grade boys game.

The Panthers led 5-4 after the first quarter, but Darby took a 14-7 lead at halftime and 33-14 going into the fourth quarter.

Drew Vachon and Gage Weaver each had six points for the Panthers (2-4), while Evan Sauer had five and Thad Wright and Jordan Stewart both with four.

Both ninth-grade teams host Bentonville on Monday at Panther Activity Center. The girls game will be at 5:30 p.m. followed by the boys game.

Sports on 12/04/2016