Scoreboard: Madison Girls Basketball Wins Eighth Straight

In a fiercely contested Liberty District match-up, the Madison High School girls basketball team defeated the Fairfax Rebels 58-46 Tuesday night -- their eighth straight victory. 

The win puts the Warhawks in control of the Liberty District as they prepare to close out the first half of the regular season Friday against second place Stone Bridge (5-2).

Madison took an early lead Tuesday but the Rebels continued to battle back, leaving the outcome of the game in doubt until the waning minutes of the final whistle. The Warhawks led after the first period 13-7, and held onto a 27-18 lead entering the half. After taking an 8-point lead at the end of the third period, the Warhawks outscored the Rebels 19-15 in the fourth period to secure the win.

In its most complete team victory of the season the Warhawks were led by junior guard Megan Henshaw with 19 points and 5 rebounds. Freshman forward Kelly Koshuta had another stellar performance with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals.  Sophomore guard Katie Kerrigan scored 10 points and 5 rebounds.  Floor general and team leader Megan LeDuc scored 5 points, distributed 6 assists and collected 5 rebounds.

Senior guard Lindsey Joost had another outstanding all-around game, particularly on defense.  Joost held the Rebels’ leading scorer, Liz McNaughton, without a basket in the first half and to only 9 points for the game.  A UMBC recruit and First Team All-District and All-Northern Region selection last season, McNaughton was averaging 16.2 points per game prior to Tuesday’s contest.  Joost scored 6 points and pulled down 9 rebounds. 

Junior forward Kelsey Ross and freshman guard Jana Tremba also scored for the Warhawks.

The Fairfax Rebels were led by freshman center Jessica Daguilh with 12 points and 11 rebounds and sophomore guard Alysha Berry with 10 points.  Senior guard/forward Liz McNaughton had 14 rebounds to go along with her 9 points.

The Warhawks return home at 7:30 p.m. Friday for a critical game against second place Stone Bridge High School.

Marshall High School Wrestling Posts 3-4 Record In Cavalier Duals

The Marshall High School wrestling team earned some rare losses over the weekend, going 3-4 in the Cavalier Duals at Archbishop Spalding High School in
Severn, Md.

Sixteen schools participated in the weekend-long meet.

On Friday, the Statesmen went 2-1 in competition, posting a 34-31 victory over Hatboro Horsham (Penn.); a 50-12 loss to River Hill (Md.); and a 55-18 win over Lacky (Md.).

On Saturday, Marshall won just one of its four contests: a 36-31 victory over Old Mill (Md). It lost 56-12 to Archbishop Spalding; 42-26 to Arundel (Md) and 46-27 to Loyola-Blakefield (Md).

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Marshall still stands at 20-5 on the season. It faces McLean High School at 6 p.m. Wednesday and South Lakes at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

Other results:

• Madison Varsity Boys Basketball lost 50-45 Tuesday against Fairfax High School
• Marshall Varsity Girls Basketball won 57-42 Tuesday against Thomas Jefferson High School
• Madison Junior Varsity Boys Basketball won 51-42 Tuesday against Fairfax High School
• Madison Junior Varsity Girls Basketball lost 33-30 Tuesday against Fairfax High School
• Marshall Junior Varsity Girls Basketball won 47-26 Tuesday against Thomas Jefferson High School
• Madison Freshman Boys Basketball 40-31 Tuesday against Fairfax High School
• Madison Freshman Girls Basketball won 38-19 Tuesday against Fairfax High School
• Marshall Freshman Girls Basketball won 31-17 Tuesday against Thomas Jefferson High School
• Madison High School Boys Swimming won 225-80 Friday against McLean High School
• Madison High School Girls Swimming lost 165-40 Friday against McLean High School
• Marshall High School Co-ed Swimming won 285-205 Friday against Stone Bridge High School

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Albert Jacquez contributed reporting to this story.