The Lewis-Palmer Rangers won the last time they faced the Pueblo County Hornets, and things went their way on Thursday too. Lewis-Palmer enjoyed a cozy 34-20 win over Pueblo County. The win made it back-to-back wins for Lewis-Palmer.
Lewis-Palmer's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kendall Lane led the charge by scoring 9 points along with 15 rebounds and 4 blocks. That makes it two consecutive games in which Lane has scored at least 25% of Lewis-Palmer's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Edmondson, who scored 10 points along with 3 steals.
Several Hornets players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Zoey Stupnik, who scored 4 points along with 8 rebounds. Stupnik has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Charli Kirkland was another key contributor, scoring 6 points along with 4 steals.
Lewis-Palmer pushed their record up to 3-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. They've been dominating during the matches in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 19.33 points. As for Pueblo County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Lewis-Palmer's road trip will continue as they head out to face Durango at 5:00 p.m. on December 8th. Hopefully Durango focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 23 on Thursday. As for Pueblo County, they will square off against Cheyenne Mountain at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
