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Forest Park downs Rockets

Girls basketball

RAPID RIVER — Forest Park relied on a big second quarter to defeat the Rapid River girls’ basketball team 55-43 Tuesday night.

The Trojans led 10-9 after one quarter and outscored the Rockets 19-10 in the second period to take a 29-19 halftime lead. The Trojans stayed in control and sealed the win in the second half.

“The girls left it out there,” Rockets’ coach Mitch Hall said. “Kudos to Forest Park. We’d make some runs and they’d hit some buckets. We had too many turnovers in the first half. We shot ourselves in the foot.”

Rapid River committed 13 of its 15 turnovers in the first half.

Elizabeth Goodacre led the Rockets with 12 points, six steals and five rebounds. Shelby LaCosse chipped in with nine points and five rebounds and Kristin Goodacre added eight points and five rebounds.

Hall cited Jenna Rubick for some solid defense on Forest Park’s Mercedes Simmons, who made 7-of-18 shots for 14 points. Taylor Honkala led the Trojans with 16 points and Hannah Cross added 11 points.

Rapid River recorded 15 steals and shot 33 percent from the field. The Trojans had 17 turnovers and shot 44 percent.

“Coming down the stretch they controlled the ball well,” Hall said about the Trojans. “We fouled them with about four minutes to go and they didn’t leave much at the free throw line. I am glad we had a test coming into the last week before March Madness. We learned from this game and playing against their girls down low.”

The Rockets won the JV game 45-29 against Forest Park, which had only five players and one fouled out.

On Thursday, Rapid River travels to North Central and Forest Park hosts North Dickinson.

Forest Park 10 19 10 16 — 55

Rapid River 9 10 11 13 — 43

Forest Park — Simmons 14, Emmers 2, Honkala 16, Cross 11, Loehr 4, Nocerini 8; FT: 6-9; F: 13; 3-point field goals: Honkala 3, Nocerini 2.

Rapid River — Bintner 6, E. Goodacre 12, K. Goodacre 8, Rubick 6, LaCosse 9, Schwartz 2. FT: 11-16; F: 12; Fouled out: none; 3-point field goals: Bintner 2.

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