Cougars wait out switch in schedule, North Butler

ACKLEY – Class 1A No. 10-ranked AGWSR adjusted to both a switch in schedule and a North Butler girls’ basketball team that had its best opening quarter of the season.

It did well in both categories as the Cougars went on to defeat the Bearcats 74-33 to start the new year with a non-conference victory.

“It was a tale of two halves,” AGWSR head coach Laurie Gann said. “The first half, we allowed too many transition lay-ups, wasn’t getting back on defense. We talked about that at half, said, ‘that’s just not us. We have to change that.’ So, we finished with a defensive effort. We came back in the second half and that made a big difference.”

Read more on this story in the Jan. 8 print edition of the Butler County Tribune-Journal.