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Monday, January 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM

RC Girls Kick Off Rock The Ribbon With 60-26 Win Over Celtics

In the opening game of the 11th annual Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout, the Rockbridge County High School girls basketball team cruised to a 60-26 home win over Roanoke Catholic on Friday afternoon in Lexington.

The game, which drew a large and energetic crowd that included students and teachers enjoying time out of class, kicked off the 12-game event, which raises funds for the American Cancer Society.

The Wildcats (7-8) had their largest margin of victory and their third-highest scoring total of the season. Their best scoring efforts had come in a 64-62 double-overtime win at Waynesboro on Dec. 6 and in a 61-53 overtime home win over Staunton on Dec. 20. Instead of running up the score on Friday, though, Rockbridge County head coach Darrell Plogger put in junior varsity players in the fourth quarter.

Led by a strong defense, fast breaks, a pair of 3-pointers from Emma Clark and a triple from Bella Dorey, the Wildcats raced to a 25-7 lead by the end of the first quarter.

Roanoke Catholic (3-8) cut the lead to 31-16  midway through the second quarter, thanks to a 3-pointer and a jump shot from Natalie Smith, but the Wildcats used their defensive press to keep the Celtics scoreless for the rest of the half. The Wildcats ended the first half on a 12-0 run to take a 43-16 lead into the break.

The Wildcats kept the momentum going into the second half and led 58-20 at the end of the third quarter. Playing with a running clock in the fourth quarter due to the large lead, the Wildcats got their JV players some valuable playing time.

Clark scored 14 points and grabbed three rebounds, hitting four 3-pointers, and she was named Most Valuable Player of the game. Ruby Goodhart also scored 14 points and led the Wildcats with eight rebounds and three blocks, while Dorey added 10 points, four assists and three rebounds. Des Butler had eight points and four steals, while Abby Bouchard chipped in six points, four boards, four assists and four steals.

Smith led the Celtics with 14 points, while Brinkley and Aubrey Aaron each chipped in three points.

The Wildcats hit five 3-pointers while holding Roanoke Catholic to one.

Rockbridge committed just seven turnovers while forcing 14. 

The Wildcats will return to Valley District action on Tuesday when they play host to Harrisonburg, with the varsity game only at 6 p.m.

For the full stories on this week’s action, with photos from Friday’s game and comments from Plogger, please see our Jan. 29 newspaper.


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