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Cape girls’ basketball defeats Central 50-7

Cape junior Ja'Onna Lee, right, looks to put a move on Sussex Central’s Bayleigh Perdue. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
February 10, 2022

The Cape girls’ basketball team moved to 12-3 on the season with a dominating 50-7 victory over host Sussex Central Feb. 8. Central is now 3-11.

Cape senior Morgan Mahoney scored 20 points in the game, adding three rebounds, four steals and three blocks.

“We came out kind of sloppy,” said Mahoney. “We were just working on executing plays and being disciplined in half-court defense.”

Senior Mehkia Applewhite scored four points, ripped six rebounds and made three steals, while senior Kelly Bragg tallied four points, eight rebounds and three steals. Ja’Onna Lee started at point guard and scored four points with four steals. Lauryn Head and Ella Rishko combined to score two points, five rebounds and four steals.

Freshman Faith Re hit for seven points, including one from behind the three-point line. Re, a swing player between JV and varsity, has made 27 three-pointers this season.

Diana Nauman, Grace Totten, Hayden Hudson and Mya Maull came off the bench to garner nine points and nine rebounds.

McKenna Boyle, Blair Darmstadter, Mykiera Smith-Boyer and Jadyn Polk combined for the Knights’ points.

The Vikings travel to Sanford Friday, Feb. 11, to face the No. 1-ranked Warriors.

 

Senior Mehkia Applewhite hits a three.
Senior Lauryn Head speeds the ball upcourt after a rebound.
Senior Kelly Bragg hits a put-back for the Lady Vikings.
Junior guard Ja'Onna Lee makes a shot for Cape.
Senior Kelly Bragg looks to go to the bucket with Central’s McKenna Boyle defending.
Central’s Jadyn Polk, left, battles for possession with Cape’s Morgan Mahoney.
Cape senior Mehkia Applewhite goes up for a shot over Central’s Diamond Sample.
Cape senior forward Morgan Mahoney is fouled.
Cape senior guard Ella Rishko speeds the ball upcourt on a fast break.
Central guard McKenna Boyle dribbles upcourt defended by Cape senior Ella Rishko.
Cape junior Grace Totten gets up for a shot over Central’s Bayleigh Perdue.
Cape freshman Hayden Hudson snags a rebound in the fourth quarter.
Freshman Faith Re hits a three for the Vikings.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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