Oakwood girls’ basketball season comes to an end in Regional Semifinals

By Fred Kroner

Top-seeded Watseka ousted Oakwood from the Bismarck-Henning Class 2A IHSA girls’ basketball regional on Monday (Feb.12), 48-26, in the semifinals.

The Comets were led by Jaydah Arrowsmith with 11 points. Nikita Taylor finished with eight points. Gracie Hanner hit three points. Contributing two points apiece were Bella Bradford and Luci Morris.

Oakwood finishes the season with an overall record of 13-20 and 6-6 in the Vermilion Valley Conference.

Arrowsmith led the team – or shared the lead – in scoring in 26 games. Taylor led in seven games and Hanner in three.

Arrowsmith (14.4 average) and Taylor (8.8) were the team’s top scorers.

Arrowsmith popped in a team-leading 49 three-pointers. She was followed by Hanner (12) and Taylor Smoot (eight).

The team’s most accurate free throw shooters were Arrowsmith (57.8 percent) and Bella Bradford (53.6 percent).

Arrowsmith (192 attempts) and Taylor (138 attempts) were most adept at getting to the free throw line.