Girls hoops

turned those into 18 points in the half. The T-Birds led at the half 31-19.

Medford cleaned up the turnover problem in the second half, but an early by White and two from Curtis opened up a 42-27 Lakeland lead. Bryn Fronk hit two 3s, Brehm sank two free throws and Marissa Fronk got to the rack for a hoop and harm. She missed the free throw, but the Raiders got the rebound and were within striking distance at 47-39 with 4:48 to go. A 3-point shot was missed, Lakeland missed a 3, the Raiders turned it over and Valliere made them pay with a 3. After a Ouimette steal, Lakeland found Valliere on a skip pass and she hit another one for the dagger, making it 53-39 with just over 3:30 to go. Medford got it back to eight again at 54-46 on a Ruesch basket with 2:27 left, but the Raiders got no closer.

Finishing at the rim continued to be a struggle for Medford. The Raiders shot 30.2% from the field (19 of 63) overall and just five of 29 from 3-point range. They were 14 of 34 on twos.

“They play hard. They really do,” Klapatauskas said. “You can’t fault them for their effort. They’re taking the ball to the basket and attacking the rim, which is what I want them to do. That’s what we need. That’s what they are. They attack the rim. That’s what they’re good at. That’s what they’re used to. We need to keep doing that.”

Marissa Fronk led Medford with 13 points and added two rebounds, two steals and two assists. Ruesch, Brehm and Laurissa Klapatauskas all came close to double-doubles. Brehm had nine points and nine rebounds. Ruesch had nine points and seven boards. Klapatauskas had eight points and 10 rebounds. Bryn Fronk had six points, five steals, four rebounds and three assists. Krause had five points and two rebounds. Pernsteiner had four rebounds.