We really got going in the fourth quarter with our running game and getting the ball inside， Esterak said. Perhaps the happiest man after the win was Woodridge coach Chris Esterak. Going into the game， Esterak had concerns whether or not the girls would be ready to get back into playing. The 2011 new year got off to a nice start for the Woodridge girls basketball team. We worked real hard on those during the holiday break， but it keeps hurting us. We easily could be 7-1 if we hit our free throws， Esterak said. On Jan. 8， Woodridge was set to begin long homestand against Mogadore， but results werent available at press time. By Posting to this site， you agree to our Terms of Service Be polite. Inappropriate posts may be removed.Fallsnewspress.com doesnt necessarily condone the comments here， nor does it review every post. Sophomore center Lizzie Wilkinson continues to play well， scoring 17 points and grabbing 12 rebounds against the Rockets. The Bulldogs will be busy over the next 10 days and getting into the heart of divisional play with a scattering of non-league games. Lizzie does a nice job of running up and down the floor and taking care of the ewin job centernd zone， Esterak said. Shekiera is the engine that gets us going. She is a nightmare for other guards. We give her a lot of freedom on defense and sometimes she will get double digits in steals， Esterak said. With the victory， the Bulldogs improved to 5-3 overall and 3-3 in the County Division of the Portage Trail Conference. I was worried that the girls might not be ready because we had not played a game since Dec. 22， Esterak said. We started slowly (leading 8-7 after the first quarter)， but then we scored 19 points in the second quarter and really got going. Sophomore Brea Forney also is improving， scoring 12 points， while junior guard Shekiera Brooks assets herself all over the court. Brooks scored 11 points， 11 rebounds， eight assists and five steals. by Jim Isabella A 12-0 run early in the fourth quarter out the Bulldogs up by 15 for most of the quarter and ended up outscoring the Rockets 18-10. On Jan. 10， the Bulldogs host Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas and Jan. 12 Garrettsville comes to town. Phone: 330-688-0088 ext. 3113 However， the Achilles heel for the Bulldogs continues to be its free-throw shooting， which Esterak describes as horrible. Woodridge hit just 11-of-28 free throw or 39 percent. Fallsnewspress.comwin job cent，On Jan. 5， the Bulldogs continued their pattern of high and lows within the game and coFallsnewspress.comwin job centntinued their winning ways with a 53-42 win over winless Streetsboro. Leading at halftime 27-17， the Bulldogs staggered through the third quarter and scored just eight points and the host Rockets cut the lead to 35-32 by the end of the period. E-mail: stowsports@recordpub.com Then the Bulldogs got mean and took care of business. Correspondent (Editor：admin) |