Lady Cats Win Conference Game Against Lady Rams

Kittanning Senior Britta Emberg shoots the ball at the net during last night’s Kittanning-Highland game.

by Tiffany Chaffee

The Kittanning Lady Wildcats improved their record to 8-4 overall with a win against the Highland Lady Golden Rams last night in a conference match-up.  With this win, the Lady Cats have now tied the Lady Golden Rams in the WIPAL Section 1 (AAA) conference; both teams hold the record of 3-2 in conference play. 

The Lady Cats scored twelve points in the first quarter, but the Lady Rams kept the scoring close by totaling nine points.  However, in the second quarter, the Lady Cats stepped up their offense and scored thirteen points.  The defense held the Lady Rams to a total of four points.

The Lady Rams committed eight fouls during the first half of the game, and the Lady Cats worked hard to try to convert those chances into points.

“We have been working hard on our foul shots in practice,” said Kittanning Head Coach Janelle Kotyk.  “We played a hard-nosed defense.  I was very happy with the performance tonight.”

The Lady Cats came out after half-time and got to work on the offense again.  During the third quarter, the Lady Cats scored another eleven points to give them a lead with a score of 36 going into the final quarter of play. 

The Lady Rams started to make up points and inch closer to the Lady Cats’ lead; however, their lack of discipline showed when the team took five fouls in the final quarter.  The Lady Cats took advantage of the opportunity and captured the game by winning with the score of 50-37. 

Kittanning Senior Britta Emberg led the Lady Cats in scoring for the night putting up sixteen of the fifty points.

“We did a nice job on offense,” said Kotyk.  “We normally are scoring in the mid-30s, so to put up 50 points is great.  I’m very pleased with that.  Things went our way tonight.”