The Cascade Lady Champions won the second edition of the "Battle of Bedford" over the Community Viqueens, 48-39, on Friday night.
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The Cascade Lady Champions returned home on Friday night to defeat the Community Viqueens, 48-39, in a game that saw only three individuals reach double figures scoring.
Looking to exact revenge from January 5th’s first act in the “Battle of Bedford” in Unionville where Cascade let the result slip away late, Janie Demonbreum’s squad put together one of their best defensive performances of the season in holding the visitors to under 40 points for the entire 32 minutes.
To adjust to Alyssa White’s 13 points three weeks before, Coach Demonbreum decided to put Kaydence Miller on White instead of Suzanna Crews in hopes of keeping Crews out of unlucky foul trouble, and the move worked like a charm. Miller was incredible in repeatedly knocking White off of her spots, and she held the freshman to six points total.
Kaegan Young led Cascade with a team-high 17 points with 9/13 shooting from the free-throw line, including 13 in the second half, and Sophie Ray was the other Lady Champion to reach double-digits as she chipped in with 13 points of her own.
Anna Haskins scored a game-high 21 points for the Viqueens.
It was Haskins that started the game hot for Community as well, leading her team to an early 9-2 lead after she hit three of her first four three-point attempts. After switching from zone to man to limit easy catches on the perimeter however, Cascade rallied to close on a strong 9-2 run of their own to end the first quarter tied at 11.
The Lady Champs aggressive man-to-man defense threw Community for a loop in the second quarter as well because the Viqueens would only score four points in the entire eight minute period. To counter, Cascade would methodically put up 11 points of their own, going into the break up 22-15.
Coming out of the locker room, the Viqueens began to find a pulse offensively as they scored 11 points in the quarter, but Cascade countered with 15 of their own to take a 37-25 lead into the final frame.
Kaegan Young would take over in the second half, continuing to find a way to get to the charity stripe and convert to keep Community at bay. The Viqueens would make a run late and actually slightly outscore the Lady Champs in the fourth, but ultimately it was too little too late as Cascade held on to give the visitors their first district loss of the season.
The Community Viqueens fall to 6-14 (2-1) on the season, and are scheduled to host Harpeth Tuesday night on the first night of a back-to-back followed by hosting Cannon County on Wednesday streaming LIVE and ON-DEMAND through the NFHS Network..
The Cascade Lady Champions improve to 8-13 (2-3) and will travel to Chapel Hill to continue district play on Tuesday night, LIVE on WZNG The Zinger 100.9 and AM 1400 at 5:45 p.m.
