AKRON - Valley's Holli Jackson was a late scratch Wednesday night against No.7 (1A) Triton with a bad back.Luckily for Viking head coach Gary Teel, the likes of Danielle Howard and Lela Rohrer, who started for Jackson, stepped up to break the back of the Trojans 57-33. Triton took its first and only lead in the opening seconds of Wednesday night's contest when Lindsay Stuzman hit a three-pointer at the top of the key to put the Trojans up 3-0. Valley's Kara Kramer, who signed her letter of intent for Eastern Illinois before the contest, quickly answered with a three of her own. The answer on how to stop Kramer was tough for Triton to find.The 5-foot-9 guard went 7 of 15 from the field for 19 points to go along with six steals and four rebounds to lead the Vikings. It was the contribution of Valley's role players, however, that carried Valley to the win. Rohrer stepped up in place of Jackson and came up big with four points, four steals and 10 rebounds.
DANIEL RIORDAN, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016