Lady Warriors tip off 2021-22 season with 43-32 win at Cortland-Lakeview

Nov. 23—Coach Ken Forsythe's Brookfield High Lady Warriors basketball team opened the season on Monday with a 43-32 win at Lakeview High in Cortland.

Brookfield led 23-11 at halftime. Lakeview cut the lead to 29-26 after three quarters of play, but the Warriors outscored the Bulldogs 14-6 in the fourth quarter to earn the non-conference win.

Junior Sophia Hook, the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) co-player of the year last season, led Brookfield with 19 points and four steals. Cailey Wellman posted an 11-point, 11-rebound double-double for Brookfield and Katie Gibson dished out four assists.

Cortland-Lakeview was led by Maggie Pavlansky with 12 points. Pavlansky is also a volleyball standout at Lakeview. She reached 1,000 career assists this past season.

Brookfield returns to action on Dec. 2 at Jackson Milton High School in North Jackson.

The Lady Warriors home-opener is Dec. 4 against Mineral Ridge. The MVAC opener is Dec. 9 against Campbell Memorial.

Note: The Brookfield girls preview was published in Monday's edition of The Herald. A corrected schedule is below. The schedule in Monday's edition was incorrect.

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BROOKFIELD 14 9 6 14 43

CORTLAND-LAKEVIEW 7 4 15 6 32

BROOKFIELD — Wellman 4-3-7-11, Reardon 1-2-4-4, Hook 8-1-1-19, Gibson 1-2-2-4, Reichart 1-1-2-3, Nale 1-0-0-2, DeJoy 0-0-0-0, Jumper 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goals: Hook 2. Totals: 16-9-16-43.

CORTLAND-LAKEVIEW — Pierce 2-1-3-5, Scheider 0-0-0-0, Caruso 1-1-3-3, Sanders 2-0-0-4, Pavlansky 3-5-8-12, Schwartz 1-1-2-4, Werner 2-0-0-4, Haines 0-0-0-0. 3-pt. goals: Pavlansky 1, Schwartz 1. Totals: 11-8-16-32.

JV: No score reported.

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CORRECTED BROOKFIELD SCHEDULE

Dec. 2 — at Jackson Milton; 4 — Mineral Ridge; 6 — at Springfield Local; 9 — Campbell Memorial*; Dec. 11 — vs. Crestview at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse*; 13 — at Liberty*; 20 — LaBrae*; 23 — Py Valley; 28-29 — Brookfield Lady Warrior Holiday Tourney; Jan. 3 — at Champion*; 6 — Newton Falls*; 10 — at Garfield*; 13 — at Campbell Memorial*; 20 — Liberty*; 24 — at Crestview*; 27 — at LaBrae*; 31 — Champion*; Feb. 3 — at Newton Falls*; 7 — Garfield*; 10 — at South Range. (*Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Grey Division game).