![Kennedy's Courtney Strait (green) pulls up for a shot over Jefferson's Maddie Koolbeck (40) and Madison Blietz (12) during Friday night's game at Jefferson. Strait scored 24 points and the Cougars raced past the J-Hawks, 70-35.](/images/resized/images/photos/kennedy/girlsbasketball/2_200_154.jpg)
Strait, Cougars shoot down J-Hawks
Senior Courtney Strait, second in scoring in Class 4A, was at it again Friday as seventh ranked Kennedy whipped Jefferson, 70-35, in the opener of an intra-city girl/boy basketball doubleheader.
Strait led all scorers with 24 points in just over three quarters of play. She sat out all but a minute of the final quarter.
“She is a great shooter and we left her wide open,” Jefferson Coach Larry Niemeyer said. “If you leave her open she is going to hit shots.”
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