After getting into the area tournament dropping to Cyril in the regional final, the Velma-Alma Lady Comets fell to the Sentinel Lady Bulldogs 45-38 to end their season at 18-8 on the year.

Lyndei Mercer for the Lady Comets scored 29 of the Velma 38 points to lead the scoring for the team as Sentinel had the lead for most of the game and never had a double-digit lead.

Lady Comets Head Coach Kenny Bare knew it was going to be a tough match and thought his teams offensive output was low compared to the season totals his team had.

I thought we are better than that offensively and Lyndei Mercer had 29 of our 38 and she has been a force for all season, Bare said. I think we are a little better than that offensively we missed a lot of makeable shots. On the other hand Sentinel is a good team and we knew that.

Kyndel Brown had five points on the game with Shelby Byrd scored two and Taylor Norton also had two on the game to round out the Velma-Alma Lady Comets scoring.

Sentinel had two players in double figures with Chelsea Rodriguez scoring 18 and Lakyn Johnson scored 15 with both players having a combined 11 points in the third quarter.

Bare continued to give praise to the Lady Bulldogs and said he had to give credit where credit was due as the Lady Comets fell to Sentinels strong defense.

Next season the Lady Comets will replace four seniors and for Bare he knows it will be tough to replace those players, but is confident because of the five players he is returning next year.

As far as getting ready for next year we lose four seniors out of the nine players girls we have and four of them are seniors, Bare said. There is going to be a chance to be back in this spot again next year and really it depends on them how much they want to put into it and how they develop because we have to get better at a few spots.

Sentinel with the victory will now face the Central High Lady Bronchos for the consolation semi-finals at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Cache High School with the winner moving on the area consolation championship game on Saturday.

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Lady Comets season ends to Sentinel - Duncan Banner