Centennial Tops Eagle To Take A-1 Girls Title

Senior Melissa Boyle scored 20 points and senior Joann Whittaker added 14 as Centennial defeated Eagle 58-41 Saturday for the Idaho A-1 girls high school basketball championship at the Idaho Center.

Eagle was led by senior guard Emily Gaythwaite with 14 points.

Centennial outscored Eagle in all but the second quarter, in which both teams scored 12 points. Centennial led 28-18 at halftime, and increased the lead in the third and fourth quarters, scoring 15 points in each one.

CENTENNIAL (58) - Birch 10, Mangum 2, Boyle 20, Jensen 1, Whittaker 14, Booth 9, Waldon 2.

EAGLE (41) - Tucker 2, Gaythwaite 14, Hansen 3, Anderson 2, Graham 8, Connors 3, Lewis 6, Peterson 2, Hallyburton 1.

Halftime-Centennial 28, Eagle 18.