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Lady Hounds fall to Wagner in district opener

Lady Hounds fall to Wagner in district opener
Boerne’s Jenna Ruede (1) brings the ball up the court while being guarded by Wagner and Utah Utes commit LA Sneed (2) in last Friday’s district opener. Star photo by Kerry Barboza

Boerne High drew a tough opponent last Friday to open district play. The Lady Hounds hosted one of the district favorites – Wagner and 5-star recruit and Utah commit LA Sneed.

BHS played the Thunderbirds tough and even held a 25-19 halftime lead, but Wagner rallied in the second half to overtake the Lady Hounds and pull out the 51-43 victory.

Boerne starts district at 0-1 and is 5-5 overall heading into Tuesday’s 26-5A contest at Kerrville Tivy. They host Veterans Memorial on Dec. 3 and then play in the Georgetown Tournament that weekend.

Sneed had a slow start in last Friday’s game and didn’t score in the first quarter, which allowed Boerne to take 13-8 lead.

Sneed started to heat up in the second and tallied 8 in the quarter, but the Lady Hound still outscored the T-Birds, 12-11, for the sixpoint advantage at halftime, 25-19.

Once the second half started, Wagner outscored Boerne in the third 15-6 and flipped the scoreboard in their favor, 34-31. The Thunderbirds closed out the game with a strong fourth quarter and knocked in 17 points to outscored the Lady Hounds in the period, 17-12.

Wagner outscored BHS in the second half, 32-18, and Sneed finished with 23 points in the game, while teammate Nia McBride, who had 7 at the break, dropped in 10 in the second half to finish with 17 in the game.

The Hounds knocked down six 3-pointers in the game and were good at the free-throw line after they went 8 for 8 in foul shots.

Chloe Donnell paced Boerne with 12 points, while Savannah Salinas added 11 points.

Meredith Mcleod netted 7, Addison Saur scored 6, Jenna Ruede chipped in with 4 points and Oleyvia Ramos finished with 3.

Ruede recorded 4 assists and 3 steals, while Mcleod dished out 3 assists and collected 9 rebounds.


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