Darby Slips Away From Lady Eagles To Advance In 13C District

It was a familiar match up for the Valley Christian girls basketball program to open the 2019 13C District Tournament as the Lady Eagles would face Darby and fall 51-31 to the Lady Tigers.

It took a moment for the Lady Eagles to get into a rhythm as Darby came out suffocating Valley Christian on the defensive side of the ball while knocking down shots. Going into the second quarter Valley Christian started find success on the offensive end of the court as the Lady Eagles where able to find the open shot.

Coming out of the half time break both coaches had made adjustments and set their plan in motion with the Lady Tigers emerging as the team who was able to execute their second half game plan. Valley Christian made a run late in the third and d early in the forth quarters, but every time the Lady Eagles began to cut away the Darby lead the Lady Tigers set their press in motion and cruised a win.

Darby will play Clark Fork on Friday at 4:15 pm while Valley Christian will get a bye on Friday to play the loser of the Lincoln versus Seeley-Swan game Saturday morning at 11:45.