Fifth grade girl scores 14 points in basketball game
CNI Newspapers, South Milwaukee
Saturday, February 21, 2009

Mackenzie Meyers, a fifth grade student at Rawson Elementary School, was the lead scorer during Saturday morning’s game. During her team’s final basketball game of the season “Meyers scored a game high 14 points,” said her coach.

The Rawson Rockets defeated the Hornets 18-14 leaving the two teams tied for first place in the South Milwaukee 5th/6th grade recreation league.

At the end of the first quarter, the teams were tied 6-6. In the final seconds of the first half, Isabel Rodriguez sunk a shot to put the Rockets ahead by two, 10-8.

The lead bounced back and forth the majority of the game.

Both teams experienced minor injuries. Game officials, spectators, and coaches witnessed Rockets player Samantha Smith receive a poke in the eye, and Emily Johnson of the Hornets suffered a scraped knee during a jump ball scramble. Officials called time-outs and both players missed only minutes.

The fourth quarter sparked nothing but net for Rockets’ Mackenzie Meyers. Meyers scored 8 of her 14 points in the final quarter.

According to Rockets’ Coach Brian Stueck, he was proud of all his players. Instead of a Gator-Aid bath in the final seconds, spectators witnessed Coach Stueck’s enthusiastic reception of cheers and a thank you chant by all team members.

Both coaches praised their players sportsmanship.

Will South Milwaukee see this team of girls bring them to the State Tournament in another six years? Time will tell.