Wayne Christian girls slip past Wayne Country Day

By Andrew Stevens
Published in Sports on November 14, 2007 2:59 PM

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Behind a game-high 17 points from Brittany Sullivan, Wayne Christian slipped past Wayne Country Day 48-44 on Tuesday night.

The Eagles overcame a 9-6 deficit to begin the second quarter, and outscored the Chargers 42-35 the rest of the way.

Jennifer Price added nine points for Wayne Christian and Logan Dawson finished with seven.

Bridgette Briggs led the Chargers with 16 points and Brooke Norris chipped in 11.

Wayne Country Day hosts Terra Ceia on Monday, and Wayne Christian hosts Faith Christian of Rocky Mount on Tuesday.

Wayne Country Day 9 9 13 13 -- 44

Wayne Christian 6 16 15 11 -- 48

WAYNE COUNTRY DAY (0-1)

Catherine Ford 1 1 3-4 8, Brooke Norris 2 2 1-6 11, Shelly Anderson 1 0 0-1 2, Jessica Lewis 3 0 0-0 6, Bridgette Briggs 7 0 2-3 16, Amber McEachern 0 0 1-2 1. TOTALS -- 14 3 7-15 44.

WAYNE CHRISTIAN (1-0)

Brittany Sullivan 2 3 4-9 17, Logan Dawson 4 0-0 8, Jennifer Price 1 2 1-2 9, Hanna Kales 3 0 0-5 6, Hope Wright 0 0 4-8 4, Kayla Kosuda 1 0 2-4 4 . TOTALS 11 5 11-28 48.

Three-point goals -- Wayne Country Day 3 (Norris 2, Ford), Wayne Christian 5 (Sullivan 3, Price 2).

Middle schools

* Basketball -- Wayne Christian picked up a season-opening, 36-27 win over Wayne Country Day on Tuesday night. Chase Darden led the Eagles (1-0 overall) with 14 points, and Josiah Davis added 11. Cody Neal finished with nine points for the Chargers (0-1) and Trent Proimos had six.