The Meridian girls' basketball team lost its season opener 35-31 at home against South Whidbey on Thursday, Nov. 29.
"For the first game of the season we played really hard," Meridian coach Don McMains said in a phone interview. "We had a real dry spell in the second and didn't do a good job putting the ball in the hole. The girls played really hard and had a shot at the end of the game to tie it but it just didn't go in."
Taylor Lunde led the Trojans with seven points. Abbi Rautenberg had three.
"Abbi did a great job tonight running point," McMains said. "Even as the point guard she had 10 rebounds tonight and for a point guard, that's really impressive. It's a new position for her this year and she did a great job portraying the team attitude."
Meridian (0-1) hosts Coupeville on Saturday, Dec. 1.
SOUTH WHIDBEY 35, MERIDIAN 31
South Whidbey 9 8 10 8 - 35
Meridian 10 4 8 9 - 31
South Whidbey: K. Schuster 0, Longdon 4, Madsen 1, Boyd 0, Hodson 0, Greene 10, A. Schuster 6, Newman 14. Team totals: 14-55 4-23 35.
Meridian: Madison Holz 0, Kendall DeMerice 6, Kendra Holmes 3, Taylor Lunde 7, Abbi Rautenberg 3, Allie Mack 3, Sydney Swanson 3, Janessa Murphy 6, Haley Belanger 0, Grace Pyles 0, Allecia Galindo 0. Team totals: 10-46 9-18 31.
3-ptg: South Whidbey 1 (Newman 1), Meridian 2 (DeMerice 2).
