Lady Hornets shut down LeBlond in Savannah Tournament victory

High School Basketball

The combination of lock down defense and bulls eye outside shooting led the Chillicothe Lady Hornets to their second victory of the season, 67-13 over Bishop LeBlond on Monday night in pool play action from the Savannah Tournament.

Future Fort Hays Tiger Whitney Clampitt and fellow senior Hannah Jones combined to hit seven 3 point shots for CHS, who as the team hit 11 shots from “beyond the arc”.  Clampitt had 18 points and Jones 15.

In other Monday action from Savannah, the Staley Lady Falcons took a victory against the St. Joseph Central JV, while the Maryville boys downed rival Savannah, 44-27 and the Staley boys hammered LeBlond 74-31.

In Tuesday night action, the Savannah boys play Platte County at 4 o’clock, followed by the Maryville girls challenging the Central JV at 5:30.  The Chillicothe boys battle LeBlond at 7 o’clock, followed by the LeBlond girls against Savannah at 8:30.  Next action for the Chillicothe girls is Thursday night at 8:30, when the Lady Hornets play Savannah at 8:30.  The Chillicothe boys play Staley on Thursday night at 7 o’clock.