{"id":2538,"date":"2025-03-10T14:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:12:02","slug":"panthers-hold-off-trojan-girls-in-game-of-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/2025\/03\/10\/panthers-hold-off-trojan-girls-in-game-of-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers Hold off Trojan Girls in Game of Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-275\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/west-central\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WestCentralTrojans-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The Dakota Valley Panthers held off the West Central Trojan girls in an emotional roller coaster of a game in the SoDak 16 on Thursday, March 6th.\u00a0 The Panthers advanced to the state tournament with a 53-52 win in Tea.<\/p>\n<p>After the Trojans had a 9-8 lead with 2:30 to go in the opening quarter, Dakota Valley finished the quarter on a 7-0 run for a 15-9 lead.\u00a0 Their run continued into the second quarter.\u00a0 The Panthers pushed the lead to 20-9 in the first minute.\u00a0 They ended the half with a 39-16 lead.<\/p>\n<p>West Central came out of halftime on fire.\u00a0 They went on a 16-2 run to take a 32-31 lead with 2:45 to play in the quarter.\u00a0 They ended the third quarter with a 43-36 lead.\u00a0 Dakota Valley then started the fourth quarter with a 13-0 run.\u00a0 The Panthers led 49-43 with 3:00 to play in the game.\u00a0 The Trojans got within a point, 51-49, but couldn&#8217;t overcome the early run by the Panthers.\u00a0 West Central hit a shot at the buzzer down by three points to make the final score 53-52.<\/p>\n<p>Ayla Kramer had 14 points, three rebounds, two assists, and two steals.\u00a0 Kacey Jaton finished with 11 points, seven rebounds, and three assists.\u00a0 Abbi Thornton had 10 points, three rebounds, and two steals.\u00a0 Ellie Knight ended with seven points, six rebounds, three assists, and three steals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dakota Valley Panthers held off the West Central Trojan girls in an emotional roller coaster of a game in the SoDak 16 on Thursday, March 6th.\u00a0 The Panthers advanced to the state tournament with a 53-52 win in Tea. 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