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KALIDA — The Lincolnview Lady Lancers traveled to Kalida High School to take on the Lady Wildcats in high school girls basketball action Tuesday evening and escaped with a 45-38 victory.

Lincolnview struck early, winning the opening tip before Hannah McCleery properly drove the ball to the basket and got a layup for the first points of the game. Lincolnview got another layup from Claire Dye to push the score to 4-0. The Lady Wildcats got two baskets from Kylie Osterhage but the Lady Lancers countered with two from Kaitlyn Brant to make the score 8-6, Lincolnview. Kalida received two foul shots from Nicole Recker to end the first quarter with the score knotted up at eight.

The Lady Lancers started the second quarter with two layups - one from Katie Dye and one from Kaylee Thatcher - to jump out to a 12-8 lead. Midway through the second, the Lady Wildcats got a basket from Summer Holtkamp to tie the game at 14. The Lancers quickly struck back with three points, including two from Thatcher, before Kalida’s Elizabeth Turnwald put in two foul shots to make the score 17-16, Lady Lancers, at the break.