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Kayla Smith hit 13 points against Richardson Pearce and nine versus McKinney North in Rockwall games over the last week. Terry Cookston / Herald-Banner

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February 12, 2012

BY TERRY COOKSTON Herald-Banner Staff The Zope Gazette Sun Feb 12, 2012, 01:55 PM CST

ROCKWALL —

Rockwall’s district-champion Lady Jackets closed out regular season play with a 52-29 win over Richardson Pearce on Tuesday and will open post season against District 9-4A fourth seed Frisco Centennial on either Monday or Tuesday.

Centennial lost its final game to Frisco Heritage 47-46 on Tuesday to set up the matchup. According to RHS head coach Jill McDill, she is attempting to schedule the bi-district opener for Monday at either Sachse or Naaman Forest. No other information was available at press time.

Against Pearce, Rockwall opened a 17-9 first quarter lead, but then put up only two points in the second period before finishing off the game with 33 second half points.

Alyssa Lang knocked down a game-high 17 points, Kayla Smith drained 13, Paige Turner hit 10 and Sara Williamson added nine in the final regular-season win.

The ladies lost only their second district game of the season last Friday in a last-minute heartbreaker to McKinney North on Senior Night.

North entered the contest needing a win to stay in the playoff picture and brought an extremely aggressive up-tempo game to RHS gymnasium.

The Lady Bulldogs built a 21-19 halftime edge before Rockwall took a 32-31 lead after three periods and held a 40-39 advantage with only 6.2 seconds left. But, North then dropped in a 2-point put-back to hand RHS the tough 1-point loss.

Lang led Rockwall with 12 points, Smith fired up nine and Williamson chipped in eight in the loss.

Heath’s Lady Hawks (3-11) closed out their season on a high note, knocking off Wylie East 54-53 at RHHS gymnasium.

Jordan Mitchell, Alexis Fisher and Katie Webster posted double-digit scoring, with Mitchell gunning in 12 points, Fisher 11 and Webster 10.

The ladies lost at Highland Park 71-27 on Friday after falling behind 35-10 at halftime.

The Lady Scots held RHHS to single-digit scoring, with Mitchell and Webster leading the way with nine points each.

District 10-4A Games

McKinney North 11 10 10 10 - 41

Rockwall 6 13 13 8 - 40

MCK: Mason 16, Connor 15, Jackson 4, Kleynhans

4, Vraniqi 2.

ROCK: Alyssa Lang 12, Kayla Smith 9, Sara Will-

iamson 8, Morghen Day 4, Paige Turner 4, Ellen Ba-

ker 3.

Highland Park 9 26 21 15 - 71

Rockwall-Heath 0 10 12 5 - 27

HP: Ethington 12, Goodwin 11, Klingaman 11, Read

11, Reynolds 7, McDaniel 5, Taylor 5, Johnson 3, Ed-

wards 2, Lacour 2, Werner 2.

RHHS: Jordan Mitchell 9, Katie Webster 9, April Brown

5, Shelby Hobbs 2, Avery McFadin 2.

Rockwall 17 2 22 11 - 52

J.J. Pearce 9 5 8 7 - 29

ROCK: Alyssa Lang 17, Kayla Smith 13, Paige Turner

10, Sara Williamson 9, Morghen Day 3

JJP: Tolmas 12, Smith 9, Jones 4, Tuttle 3, Henkes 1.

Rockwall-Heath 6 16 10 22 - 54

Wylie East 18 7 14 14 - 53

RHHS: Jordan Mitchell 12, Alexis Fisher 11, Katie Web-

ster 10, April Brown 8, Kenzie Mammeli 5, Deandra Max-

well 4, Jillian Granstaff 2, Rylee Maldonado 2.

WE: Hartegan 26, Shields 10, Roper 5, Jones 2, Sut-

ton 2.

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