Alpena High School
Home of the Wildcats
Girls Varsity Basketball
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5.0 years ago by Tom Berriman
GAYLORD, MI - The Alpena Wildcats Girls Basketball team stormed back from a fourteen-point halftime deficit to earn a 48-45 victory over Gaylord on Thursday night. Gaylord blew open a close game with a 16-3 run in the 2nd quarter to take a 34-20 halftime lead. After the break the Wildcats turned up the defensive pressure and limited the Blue Devils to four points in the 3rd quarter. Offensively, Allison DeRocher took over the game scoring 12 of her 15 points in the 2nd half. Alpena trailed 38-32 entering the 4th quarter and got six points from Abbie Funk in the final eight minutes to earn the hard-fought victory. DeRocher led the Wildcats with 15 points, while Funk added 12 and Maddie Voltz had 11. Alpena (1-1, 1-0 BNC) will host Grayling on Friday night.