A Near Miss For Skowhegan, A Sigh Of Relief For Cony

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A Near Miss For Skowhegan, A Sigh Of Relief For Cony

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Other than a loss to Class AA Oxford Hills and 2 losses to undefeated Lawrence.., no team has given the #2 Cony Rams much trouble this year.  However, that changed Friday afternoon on the Class A North Girls Quarterfinals at the Augusta Civic Center when the upstart #7 ranked Skowhegan River Hawks gave the Rams all they wanted and more before Cony managed to hang on and win by a final of 49-46.  And, if you had told Skowhegan Coach Mike LeBlanc before the game that his team would hold Cony star Abby Morrill to just 2 points.., that’s right 2 points.., he would’ve like his team’s chances.  Well.., the upset almost happened but it didn’t because Morgan Fichthorne wouldn’t allow it.  Fichthorne scored a game high 22 points including career point number 1000 in picking up the slack and keying the Rams win. 

Cony got the jump in this one as they scored the first 6 points before Skowhegan finally scored 5:10 into the 1st quarter on a free throw by Natalie Cook.  Cook would add 2 more free throws during the rest of the quarter but that was IT for Skowhegan in the opening stanza and Cony led 14-3 after 1.  The River Hawks leading scorer, Allie Frey finally scored her first points of the game nearly 3 minutes into the 2nd quarter but at least Skowhegan was able to nearly match the Rams and not let the game get out of hand and that was key to their 2nd half comeback.  

So, with the game at 29-17 Cony to begin the 3rd quarter.., the River Hawks came alive offensively in the 3rd quarter and outscored the Rams 19-10 with Lauren Moore scoring 7 and Natalie Cook adding 6 during the River Hawks 3rd quarter rally to cut the Rams lead to 39-36 after 3.  But.., the River Hawks could only cut the Rams lead to 2 and could get no closer despite a lunging, clutch 3 pointer by Allie Frey with 3.4 seconds to go that again cut the lead to 2 points, 48-46 and Cony survived to win it, 49-46.  After Fichthorne’s 22, the Rams also got 16 from freshman Kya Douin.  Cook finished with a game high 19 for Skowhegan, Frey had 10 and Lauren Moore hit 3 3 pointers and finished with 9.

Cony takes a big sigh of relief and moves on to the semis to play #3 Hampdend Academy on Wednesday at 3 at the Augusta Civic Center.