J-Hawks drop opener to North Scott
The mantra from the coaches on the Jefferson bench Monday night was that the girls play with “hot hands” on defense against their visitors from North Scott.
It was on offense, however, that they had much more trouble holding onto the ball with a severe case of butter fingers.
In their season opener, the young J-Hawks committed 23 turnovers that finally led to a 57-42 loss to the Lady Lancers.
“I think it was a little bit of first-game jitters,” said Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards. “And we were playing a really good team.”
North Scott is ranked third in Class 4A, and the J-Hawks made it a much closer game than the end score would indicate.
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