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20 | SPORTS Monday, January 21, 2013 • Richmond NewsORRICK Continued from page 19The Orioles relied on Hailee Langkrahr and Kayla Brackman to provide all the scoringthey would need. Langkrahr hit for a game-high 22 points – 11 of those coming inthe opening period as Concordia raced out to a 16-8 lead. Orrick had held a 6-2 leadto begin the afternoon, but the Orioles bounced back with an 11-0 run to take control.Breckman chipped in 19 points.The Concordia defense kept Orrick outside the paint throughout the afternoon andheld Madison Winters, who was selected to the all-tournament team, to 8 points. MadisonEndsley led the Lady Bearcat scoresheet with 14 points.Concordia continued to build its lead throughout the second quarter as Breckmanbegan to find the range. She hit for 6 points in the frame as the Orioles took a 32-14advantage into the intermission.Breckman hit a pair of 3-pointers in the third quarter to help Concordia put thegame away. After Sydnee McGlothlin’s bucket for Orrick with 6:03 remaining in theperiod, Concordia posted 16 unanswered points, including a Breckman’s treys.The final 8 minutes were played with the running clock.Marisa Swartz and McGlothlin ended the game with 4 points, with Shaina Cookadding 1. Winters grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds, with Endsley completing herdouble-double with 10 rebounds.Orrick Coach Mitch Comstock liked the intensity his team played with Thursdaynight in a 53-43 loss to top-seeded Wellington-Napoleon.Winters paced the Orrick attack with a double-double by scoring 14 points to goalong with a dozen rebounds – 11 of those coming on the defensive boards. KatieKropp, who recently scored her 1,000 th career point for Wellington-Napoleon, led theTigers with 16 points and 6 rebounds.“We had a couple of mental lapses on defense that hurt our chances,” Comstocksaid. “If we keep playing with this intensity the rest of the year, good things will happen.”The Lady Tigers held a 10-8 lead after one period and took a 28-23 cushion at thehalf. Wellington held a 12-10 scoring advantage in the third frame and closed out thegame with a 13-10 edge. Orrick managed just one field goal in the fourth quarter, buthit 8 of its 12 free throws.In addition to Kropp’s scoring, Kayla Thompson added 11 points. Sam Fulte had8 points for Orrick. Fulte was also selected to the all-tournament team. McGlothlinadded 6 points, with Makayla Easley and Cook adding 5 each, with Endsley scoring 4and Marissa Swartz adding a free throw.SPORTSOrrick’s Shaina Cook is stopped by Concordia’s HaileeLangkrahr (20) in Saturday’s third-place game of theWellington-Napoleon Invitational. The Lady Bearcats lostto the Orioles 57-30. (Photo by Russ Green/RichmondNews.)LADY SPARTANSContinued from page 19to draw up the final play at midcourt.The inbounds pass went toLong, who took one dribble andthen pulled the trigger. The buzzersounded just before the ball wentthrough to give the Lady Spartansthe win.Long’s bucket gave her 11points for the night.Richmond trailed early in thegame with Higginsville, now 2-1and 9-5, holding an 8-5 lead afterone period. Richmond erased a6-point deficit in the second quarterto hold a 15-14 lead at halftime.The Lady Huskers regainedthe lead early in the third frameand took a 29-24 lead into thefourth quarter and stretched thelead to 9 points early before Richmondbegan to claw its way back.Sam Davis led the Higginsvillescoring with 13 points, with Dyeradding 12. Also scoring for Richmondwas Madison Cole with 6,while Davis and Jenny Simpsonadded 2 apiece.The seventh-seeded Lady Spartanstake on top-seeded, and tournamenthosts, Hamilton this eveningat the Hamilton Invitational.The tip off is 7:30 p.m., and Richmondwill play third-seeded LathropTuesday at 4:30 p.m.