Junior guard Delanie Kieffer of the Chillicothe High School basketball Lady Hornets tallies an unfettered fast-break layup after receiving an “over-the-top” press-breaking pass from Jessica Reeter to temporarily blunt a 6-0 St. Joseph: Benton surge and give CHS a 22-15 lead with 1:33 left in the first half of last Wednesday’s Savannah Invitational tournament game. The Lady Hornets bounced back from a disappointing 47-38 loss to tourney champ Benton to dominate a young, inexperienced Savannah squad 44-11 last Friday, improving their record to 4-1 entering this Friday’s girls’/boys’ home-opener doubleheader with Trenton. That will be “Mitten Madness/ Glove Chuck Night,” as well, a replacement for the “Teddy Bear Toss” of the past decade. (JENNIFER SMITH/C-T FILE PHOTO)
Limit young Lady Savages to three baskets in 44-11 Friday stroll SAVANNAH — With nothing on the line, the Chillicothe High School basketball Lady Hornets…
