With good design and deployment, aided by its collective height and wingspan, the Lawson High School Lady Cardinals’ defense – seen her hemming in Chillicothe’s Essie Hicks near the right “elbow” of the lane in the first half – gave the top-seeded Lady Hornets lots of trouble trying to score inside in Thursday’s Lawson Invitational Tournament semifinal game. However, Chillicothe unleashed a torrent of 3-pointers in the second, including five by Jessica Reeter, to finally pull away and defeat the tourney hosts, 54-34. (PAUL STURM/C-T SPORTS)
BY PAUL STURM C-T Sports Editor Having seen enough of this season’s Lawson Lady Cardinals basketball team during their recent visit to Chillicothe and having…