Ladybirds plays clean game in 57-37 win over Wellsville-Middletown

The North Callaway girls didn't make many mistakes on Tuesday night at home.

The Ladybirds defeated Eastern Missouri Conference foe Wellsville-Middletown 57-37 and finished the game with less than  10 turnovers.

"We handled the ball a lot better tonight," head coach Andrew Klein said.

North Callaway (7-7, 2-2 EMO) had 18 turnovers just in the first half of the previous night's home 52-43 loss to Fayette. Natalie Shryock led that night with 12 points and led the Ladybirds against against Wellsville (2-10, 1-2 EMO) with 20 points and four 3-pointers.

Lakyn Hartley followed with nine points, Iceonna Tomlinson had eight points, and Kymorie Myers and Livia Hartley each had nine rebounds.

North Callaway plays at conference foe and Class 2 No. 3 Clopton (11-2, 4-0 EMO) at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Thunderbirds have five score in double figures of 76-33 win over Wellsville

The North Callaway boys made it two wins in as many days.

After beating Fayette at home 61-54, the Thunderbirds (6-7, 2-2 EMO) won 76-33 on Tuesday at home against Eastern Missouri Conference foe Wellsville-Middletown (3-10, 1-3 EMO). Five Thunderbirds scored in double figures, including 16 points from Dalton Brewer, 15 points from Jamario Glover, 12 points (and eight rebounds) from Clayton Moore, and 11 points each from Jake Blevins and Levi Drake.

Glover and Blevins were in double figures against Fayette with 14 points and 13 points, respectively, along with 12 rebounds for Glover. Head coach Matt Miller said the ball movement was particularly good against Wellsville.

"We did an excellent job of finding the open man, and they took care of the ball," Miller said of his players.

North Callaway plays at conference foe Clopton (9-5, 5-0 EMO) at 5:30 p.m. Friday.