Monroe Central

6/7th Grade: The 6th and 7th grade girls basketball team defeated the Blackford Bruins on Monday evening, winning 31-19 on the Bruins turf and improving their record to 9 wins and 2 losses. The Bears scored on the opening tip and never looked back, winning every quarter and cruising to victory with every girl seeing the court and contributing to the win. Mila Morris led the way for the Bears with 9 points to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Landry “The Glove” Taylor tormented the Bruins, collecting 11 steals to go with her 8 points and 3 rebounds. Izzy McGrath looked like a young Giannis on the boards, pulling down 9 rebounds to go with her 6 points. Lucy Huston had 4 points to go with 4 steals and Claire Cheesman rounded off the scoring with 4 points. The Lady Bears travel on Tuesday for a matchup with conference and county rivals, the Randolph Southern Rebels. Go Bears! 8th Grade: After a lackluster start to Monday nights game at Blackford, The Lady Bears came out of the Locker Room after halftime with a different outlook on their way to a 46-9 win. Brynlee Patterson got the Bears fired up with a go ahead 3 pointer to begin the half on her way to 9 pts and a game high 5 steals. Aberee Ervin continued to improve on her passing game as she led the team with 7 assists while getting 4 steals and 10 points of her own. Charlee Morris led all scorers with a season high 15 points. Oaklei Davis nearly had a triple-double with 9 Blocked shots, 8points and 15 rebounds. Aggressive play by Haidyn Dumpert led way to 4 jump ball tie ups and 6 rebounds, Brylie Tinsman and Abby Thomas each scored a bucket to round out the scorning and Kayleigh Epperhart added a couple steals. The 8th grade is now 14-0 with 2 games remaining in the regular season.