Ladies win tourney title
BY DAN PARKER SOUTH JETTY REPORTER
The P ort Aran sas Lady Marlins

Through the .grove' STAFF PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENIGSBERG Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins player Lia Phillips faces down an Orange Grove player as Sarah Pate (5) comes to help.

won the Ingleside Tourney Dec. 7-9,

beating three teams by wide margins,

and c oming fro m behind to beat a

fourth one.

Lady M arlin Whitney Wi l l i ams

took home the tournament's mostvaluab

le-player trophy. Tea mmates

Lia Phillips and Kathy Ashley nabbed

all-tourney honors.

Lady Marlins Coach Randy Henderson

said he wasn't surprised by

his team's performance.

“It's what we expect to do,” Henderson

said. “We're pleased, but we

expect to (win). It is the way it is.”

The toug hest foes i n the tournam

e nt w e r e t he S ki dm ore- Ty nan

LadyCats. Skidmore-Tynan is a Class

2A team (Port Aransas is 1A) that had

a record of 9-2 coming in.

Th e Lad y C a ts s t ar ted of f h ot

against the Marlins, sinking their first

five shots. Things still looked dicey

for the Lady Marlins in the fourth

quarter, when they fell as many as

three points behind before rallying

for a 35-29 win.

“The (Lady Marlins) didn't panic

and pulled out the win with a great

effort in the fourth quarter,” Henderson

said.

LADY     MARLINS               35
SKIDMORE-          TYNAN       LADYCATS             29
SCORING               QUARTERS:
            BY
PA         11         9       6       9     35
ST         14         8       7       0     29
SCORERS: KATHY ASHL EY, 3; LIA PHILLIP

S, 4; ELA I N E FR ANCO, 3; W H I T N EY

WILLIAMS, 25.

ASSISTS: LEAH MATTHEWS, 1; PHILLIPS,

2; MARY TELLER, 3; ELAINE FRANCO, 3;

WILLIAMS, 1.

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: ASHLEY, 2; TELLER,

2; FRANCO, 4; WILLIAMS, 7; KATIE COECKELENBERGH,

2; KATELIN DUPNIK, 3.

O F FENSIVE RE BO UNDS : MATTHE WS , 2 ; P H I L L IP S, 1 ; T ELLE R , 1; FRANC O, 3 ;

WIL LIAMS , 8; COECKEL EN BE RGH, 1; K.

DUPNIK, 1.

S TE A LS : MAT T H E W S , 1; P H I L L IP S, 3 ;

FRANCO, 2; WILLIAMS, 5.

The Lady Marlins opened the tournament

with a 49-34 thrashing of the

Yoakum Lady Bulldogs, who come

from a Class 3A school.

“We started the game a little sluggish,

but Lia Phillips gave us a good

spark in the first quarter,” Henderson

said.

“Whitney Williams was very active

defensively, and Mary Teller and

Elaine Franco dished out a combined

n i ne as sists – one of my fa vorite

stats,” Henderson said.

LADY       MARLINS               49
YOAKUM         LADY     BULLDOGS                 34
SCORING               QUARTER
            BY
PA         17       12         6     14         49
YK         11         7       8       8       34

S C O R ERS : MATT HEWS, 2; AS H LEY, 5 ;

SARAH PATE, 3; PHILLIPS, 8; FRANCO, 2;

WILLIAMS, 27; COECKELENBERGH, 2.

ASSI STS: ASHLEY, 1 ; PATE, 1; BERRY,

1; PH ILL IPS, 3; TE LLER, 5; FRANCO, 4;

COECKELENBERGH, 2.

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: ASHLEY, 1; BERRY,

1; PHILLIPS, 2; CRAWFORD, 1; TELLER, 1;

FRANC O, 1 ; WILLIAMS, 8; CO ECKELE NJUNIOR

BERGH, 1.

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS: ASHLEY, 1; PATE,

1 ; BERRY , 1; T ELL ER, 1 ; FRA N CO , 1;

WILL I AM S, 4; C OECK ELENB ERGH, 1; K.

DUPNIK, 1.

STEALS: ASHLEY, 2 PHILLIPS, 3; FRANCO,

4; WI LLIAMS, 9 (TWO BLOCKS ); COECK - ELENBERGH, 0 (1 BLOCK); K. DUPNIK, 0

(1 BLOCK).

The Lady Marlins steamrolled the

Three Rivers Lady Bulldogs, 64-29.

“ We played a stro ng firs t half,

sparked by our press defense in the

first quarter,” Henderson said.

Among other highlights: Whitney

Williams was 9 of 10 from the free

throw line.

LADY     MARLINS               64
THREE       RIVERS       LADY     BULLDOGS
29
SCORING               QUARTERS
            BY
PA           26       19       14         5       64
TR             4     10         8       7       29
SCORERS: ASHLEY, 3; PATE, 2; BERRY, 1;

PHILLIPS, 10; TELLER, 2; FRANCO, 2; WILLIAMS,

35; JONES, 2; COECKELENBERGH, 1;

K. DUPNIK, 4.

ASSISTS: MATTHEWS, 5; PATE, 1; PHILLIPS,

1; CRAWFORD, 1; TELLER, 2; FRANCO, 6;

WILLIAMS, 4; K. DUPNIK, 1.

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS: ASHLEY, 1; BERRY,

1; PHILLIPS, 1; TELLER, 2; FRANCO, 1; WILLIAMS,

8; JONES, 2; COECKELENBERGH, 1.

O FFE N SIVE R EBO U N DS: MAT THE WS , 2;

PHILLIPS, 2; CR AWFO RD, 3; FRANC O , 7;

WILLIAMS, 2; COECKELENBERGH,1.

STEALS: MATTHEWS, 2; PATE, 4; BERRY,

1; PHILLIPS, 1; CRAWFORD, 2; TELLER, 1;

FRANCO, 3; WILLIAMS, 5; K. DUPNIK, 1.

A f ull t eam e ff ort b y th e Lady

M arlins and poo r shootin g by t he

Ingleside Lady Mustangs, a 3A team,

led to a shellacking of the Ingleside

team, 49-14.

“Ev ery p laye r on our roster contributed

to this win,” Henderson said.

“It was nice o have the opportunity

to see all of our kids play hard and

contribute.

“We play Ingleside again on Dec.

1 8, a nd I exp ect th e y w i l l no t be

shooting as poorly as they did in this

game,” H enderson said. “We better

be ready.”

LADY     MARLINS               49
INGLESIDE             LADY     MUSTANGS               14
SCORING               QUARTERS
            BY
PA           10       17       12       10         49
IS             0       6       3       5       14
SCORERS: ASHLEY, 11 (INCLUDING THREE

3-POINTERS); PHILLIPS, 6 (ONE 3-POINTER);

FRANCO, 4; WILLIAMS, 23; JONES, 5.