MHS - Women's Basketball / March 2, 2025 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane High School basketball team closed out their 2024-25 regular season last week with a home game against McPherson and an away game against Circle. The Cats traveled to Circle on Thursday for their final game of the season. The varsity girls were behind by 2 points after the first quarter, but a monster 2nd and 3rd quarter for the Cats propelled them to a large lead and the Cats finished with the 61-41 win. Brittani Peschel led the Cats with 24 points and Kierra Cain and Olivia Ellis both scored in double digits with 12 and 11 points respectively. Peschel also led the team in rebounds with 9 boards.
The JV team battled hard but fell 43-46. The Wildcats got down in the first half by 7, but had a great second half, but fell just short. Kaitlyn Paul and Jaryn Baker led the Ladycats with 10 points each in the game. The C-team had trouble breaking through the Circle defense all evening as they fell 19-31. Isabelle Colvin led the girls with 9 points on the evening.
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 8 19 18 16 61
CHS 10 3 10 18 41
* Brittani Peschel - 24 pts, 9 reb
* Kierra Cain - 12 pts, 2 reb
* Olivia Ellis - 11 pts, 4 reb
* Halle Ensley - 6 pts, 3 reb
* Reece Lazier - 5 pts, 6 reb
* Kylie Schwanke - 3 pts, 6 reb
* Rylee Dieker - 0 pts, 2 reb
JV 1 2 3 4 OT Final
MHS 5 5 8 16 9 43
CHS 10 7 6 11 12 46
* Kaitlyn Paul - 10 pts
* Jaryn Baker - 10 pts
* Juliana Holman - 7 pts
* Halle Ensley - 7 pts
* Kinley Kendrick - 6 pts
* Carlee Cole - 3 pts
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 4 8 3 4 19
CHS 3 11 5 12 31
* Isabelle Colvin - 9 pts
* Lucia Jal - 5 pts
* Kaitlyn Paul - 4 pts
* Maci Pfannenstiel - 1 pts
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Mulvane hosted McPherson for the final home game and celebrated senior night last Tuesday. The Wildcats honored the seniors Olivia Ellis, Kierra Cain, Rylee Dieker, Reece Lazier, Lucia Jal, and Sissi Gaffuri. The varsity girls had a very close game with McPherson and it ended up being a defensive battle, but the Wildcats fell just short 26-28. Brittani Peschel led the Cats with 10 points on the evening. Kylie Schwanke led the Cats on the boards with 8 rebounds. Olivia Ellis also set another school record when she hit a 3-point shot in the second quarter, passing the record of 79 3 pointers made. Olivia finished the regular season with 81. The JV team also had a very close game with the Bullpups but the Cats fell 39-43. Halle Ensley led the girls with 11 points in the game. There was no C-team game against McPherson.
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 8 8 6 4 26
MAC 5 1 8 14 28
* Brittani Peschel - 10 pts, 2 reb
* Kylie Schwanke - 6 pts, 8 reb
* Reece Lazier - 5 pts, 6 reb
* Olivia Ellis - 3 pts, 1 reb
* Halle Ensley - 2 pts, 2 reb
* Rylee Dieker - 0 pts, 1 reb
* Kierra Cain - 0 pts, 2 reb
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 10 7 13 8 39
MAC 7 13 14 4 43
* Halle Ensley - 11 pts
* Juliana Holman - 8 pts
* Jaryn Baker - 7 pts
* Kaitlyn Paul - 6 pts
* Kinley Kendrick - 5 pts
* Haylynn Jones - 2 pts
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The girls will host Hugoton in their first sub-state game on Wednesday, March 5th at 6:00 PM.
