WOODSFIELD — The Monroe Central Seminoles’ girls basketball squad built an early lead and rode it to a hard-fought 50-45 victory over Caldwell on Wednesday on Junior Winland Court.

Monroe Central had four hoopsters reach double-figures. Mayzie Emery and Brylee McFredrick each scored 12, while Jadyn Miller and Jacey English each scored 11. English grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double, along with six assists. McFrederick had eight rebounds and three steals of her own.

The Seminoles got out to a 17-10 lead after the first quarter, and a 30-24 lead at halftime. Caldwell cut it to 40-38 going into the fourth quarter, but couldn’t complete a comeback.

Monroe Central’s next outing will be against Wheeling Central Catholic at home on Jan. 18.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Weir 85, Madonna 50

WEIRTON — Anthony Santagelo finally got to see what his team can look like when it puts four quarters together.

His Red Riders did exactly that on Wednesday night, putting up a new season-high point total to pull away from city rival Madonna on the road Wednesday night, 85-50, inside a packed Dube Dome.

The Red Riders (3-6) scored 23 and 25 in the first two quarters and more than 18 in all four, putting six players into double figures in the process. It is the first time they have scored more than 70 since the third game of the season, and came as a big bounce back from a tough loss to Linsly the night prior.

Ryant Lyons knocked down three of the Red Riders’ eight triples and finished tied for a game-high with 17 points, Anthony Jefferson also netted 17, while Justin Kaczmarek tallied 15 off the bench with a pair of 3s, Sincere Stevenson also reached double digits off the bench with 10 and two 3s, Damir Mowder tallied 12 and Jonathan Horstman also netted 10.

For Madonna, the Red Riders’ pressure was just too much to handle. The Dons (2-6) were able to hang within striking distance through one, trailing 23-16, but the Red Riders opened a 48-24 lead at halftime and Madonna was not able to claw back into it.

Madonna got 13 and a pair of treys from Koleton Grishkevich and 11 from Andre Crossland.

(Late Tuesday)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Linsly 53, Cameron 38

CAMERON — The Cadets got 20 points from Haylen Cook on their way to a road victory over the Dragons on Tuesday.

Jade Purpura followed with 12 for Linsly, who led 15-8 after the first quarter and 29-20 at halftime.

Maci Neely had eight points and seven rebounds for the Dragons. Kendra Thomas matched her point total.