DC-S Tigers take turns downing No. 2 Falcons

Dundy County-Stratton freshman Kimberly Escobar (3) scored all seven of her points in the fourth quarter to down Hitchcock County with soph Ryley Hagan (5).

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Dundy-County Stratton lierally took turns quarter by quarter while scoring a 50-36 D2-9 subdistrict semifinal win over Hitchcock County Tuesday night.

Senior Alyssa Schneider’s eight points doubled Hitchcock through the first period where those Falcons only made four free throws.

Junior Laynee Lutz lit up Cambridge High with six points in the second to keep a 19-11 halftime lead over those No. 2-seed Falcons.

Freshman Kimberly Escobar’s seven-point fourth finished the DC-S playoff win.

TIGERS (13-11) — Alyssa Schneider 13 points, Clara Spargo 10, Laynee Lutz 9, Kimberly Escobar 7, Stephanie Escobar 5, Kennedy Bailey 3, Lexie Yrkoski 3. Three-pointers: Schneider, Lutz, S. Escobar.

FALCONS (9-14) — Byanka Tyan 13 points, Katie Jarecke 9, Ryley Hagan 5, Madysen Carlson 5, Raegan Hagan 4. Three-pointers: Tyan 4, Jarecke 2, Ryley Hagan.