All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

JV Lady Bucs down East Fairmont, 37-26

FAIRMONT – Casadie Lahman tallied 15 points and Brooklyn Smith added 11 to lead the Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs to a 37-26 victory over the home-standing East Fairmont Bees Monday evening.

The JV Lady Bucs took an 8-5 lead after one quarter with Smith pouring in a pair of three-pointers for six points and Lahman adding a basket for two points.

B-U took the second quarter 11-5 with Rosie Shackleford and Lahman putting in four points each while Smith dropped in two and Regina Petrokovich one.

That treated the junior varsity Lady Bucs to a 19-10 lead at the intermission.

The JV Lady Bucs limited East Fairmont to just two points in the third stanza winning it by a 7-2 margin. Shackleford had four points and Lahman three in the third quarter as B-U took a 26-12 lead heading into the final quarter.

The last quarter was all even at 11-11 with Lahman scoring six points, Smith three and Olivia Shipley two.

Marissa Haymond led East Fairmont with seven points. The victory improved the Lady Bucs to 4-9 on the year. The JV Lady Bucs will be back in action Tuesday hosting Elkins at 5:45 p.m.

The boxscore:

Buckhannon-Upshur 8  11  7  11 – 37

East Fairmont 5  5  2  11 – 26

Buckhannon-Upshur 37

Casadie Lahman 7 0-1 15; Brooklyn Smith 4 0-0 11; Rosie Shackleford 4 0-2 8; Olivia Shipley 1 0-4 2; Regina Petrokovich 0 1-2 1; Grace Snider 0 0-0 0; Aubreyanna Mavety 0 0-0 0; Regan McVay 0 0-0 0; NinaMae Coberly 0 0-0 0; Shania McCartney 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 1-11 37.

East Fairmont 26

Marissa Haymond 1 5-6 7; Sophia DeMary 2 2-8 6; Gianna Gerrard 2 0-0 5; Sara Ramage 2 0-0 4; Kinsey Hardesty 0 1-2 1; Athalia Stuck 0 0-2 0; Kaitlyn Schimonsky 0 0-0 0; Amelia Smith 0 0-0 0; Sarah Simmons 0 0-0 0; Rayanna Capral 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 8-18 23.

Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Smith 3; Lahman 1. Totals 4; East Fairmont: Gerrard 1. Totals 1.

Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 20;  East Fairmont: 9.

Free throw percentage – Buckhannon-Upshur: 1-for-11 for 0.9 percent; East Fairmont: 8-for-18 for 44.4 percent.

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