As the regular season wound down, Jefferson High’s basketball squads had a packed week, with three games each.
The Lady Panthers continued their torrid play, defeating East Helena on Jan. 23, 79-51, and then conference rivals Lone Peak, 68-24, and Manhattan, 64-44. Since losing to Columbus in their season opener, the ladies have won 11 straight and are undefeated in conference play.
In the East Helena game MacKenzie Layng led the scoring with 21 points. Cameron Toney had 16, Arena Faler 12, Ryian Eveland and Broolyn Miller 10 each, KK Morris 5, Hannah Stevens 4, and Melanie Zitnick 1. Against Lone Peak, it was Toney and Eveland with 13 each, Layng with 11, Miller and Jaida Jurenka with 7, Zitnick with 6, Faler with 4, Meredith Reider with 3, and Morris and Stevens with 23. Eveland led the scoring against Manhattan with 25 points; Jurenka had 9, Layng and Miller 7, Toney and Stevens 6, and Faler 5.
