The Meridian girls' basketball team (1-4) lost 50-21 at La Conner on Friday, Dec. 7.

"It was what you would expect after four games in six nights; we were fatigued," Meridian coach Don McMains said in a phone interview. "We didn't shoot the ball well and we were sluggish all around. Not to take anything away from La Conner, they came out aggressive and took charge right off the bat."

Abbi Rautenberg led the Trojans with six points.

"Abbi worked extremely hard on offense and defense and really battled," McMains said. "We just didn't have the juice to pull back. We paid the consequence of playing a lot of games early."

Meridian will play at Mount Baker on Saturday, Dec. 8, in a non-conference game.

LA CONNER 50, MERIDIAN 21

Meridian 2 7 5 7 - 21

La Conner 13 10 13 14- 50

Meridian: Madison Holz 0, Kendall DeMerice 3, Allecia Galindo 6, Kendra Holmes 1, Sydney Swanson 0, Abbi Rautenberg 6, Taylor Lunde 4, Allie Mack 1, Janessa Murphy 0, Haley Belanger 0, Grace Pyles 0. Team totals: 7-50 6-12 21.

La Conner: Novak 11, Christianson 2, Mcclung 3, Adams 2, Reynolds 4, Bobb 5, Cook 4, McKnight 7, Stewart 2, James 2, McCormick 6, Anderson 2. Team totals: 19-63 7-13 50.

3-ptg: Meridian 1 (DeMerice), La Conner 5 (Novak 3). Rebounds: Meridian 25 (Lunde 7), La Conner 39 (n/a). Fouls: Meridian 15 (Rautenberg), La Conner 17 (none). Turnovers: Meridian 26, La Conner 13.