Wallace ranks 2nd among Nitro scorers

Junior All-Stater Kendra Wallace scored 22 points to lead Nitro toa 55-42 win at Parkersburg in girls high school basketball action onWednesday evening.

With her performance, Wallace moved into second place behind MeganWithrow on the Wildcats' career scoring list with 1,465 points.

Withrow finished with a seemingly untouchable 2,685 career points.

Olivia McCuskey added 12 points for Nitro (9-8).

For Parkersburg (6-10), Kim Dent led the way with 15 points.

In other girls basketball action Wednesday:

Winfield 77, Point Pleasant 28 - The third-ranked Generalsimproved to 12-3 with the easy road win.

Kelsey Griffith led Winfield with 14 points, while Brittany Leeand Ali Young added 12 points apiece.

Katie Cloxton had 10 points and 10 assists for the Generals.

For Point Pleasant (7-8), Liz Sommerville scored seven points.

Charleston Catholic 72, Fayetteville 56 - Mackenzie Maier scored31 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and collected fives steals and fourblocks in leading the Class A top-ranked Irish to the road win.

It was the Irish's second win over the Pirates this season.

Kim Abcouwer added 15 points, eight assists and five boards forCatholic (14-2).

For Fayetteville, Kayla Rhodes netted a team-high 20 points.

Capital 69, Cabell Midland 36 - Shawnita Garland's 23 points ledthe Class AAA No. 2 Cougars to the easy home win.

Jessie Adams led Midland with 13 points.

Sherman 31, Valley 21 - The Tide pulled away for the road win byoutscoring Valley 17-7 in the second half.

Sherman blanked the Greyhounds 8-0 in the decisive fourth quarter.

Megan Williams led Sherman with eight points.

Spring Valley 49, St. Albans 28 - Alix Pulley scored 25 points tolead the Timberwolves at home.

Sarah Adkins added 11 points for Spring Valley (11-5).

For St. Albans (6-11), Rachel Viglianco netted 14 points.

In boys basketball action Wednesday:

Herbert Hoover 43, Roane County 33 - The Huskies, ranked No. 8 inClass AA, trailed at the half, but rallied for the road win.

Josh Stricker and Travis Cunningham led Hoover with 12 pointsapiece.

The Huskies were playing without the team's second-leading scorer,Ben Shannon (16.8 points per game), who's out with a foot injury.

Channing Benson led Roane County with 11 points.