With one exception, the seedings for the first round of the Ashtabula County Women’s Scholar-Athlete Association Freshman Girls Basketball Tournament ran true to form Tuesday at Geneva High School.
That exception was made in the tournament’s opening game as fifth-seeded Lakeside earned a 26-22 victory over fourth-seeded Jefferson. In other action, second-seeded Chardon defeated seventh-seeded Conneaut, 25-11, and third-seeded Riverside topped sixth-seeded Edgewood, 26-12.
n Lakeside 26, Jefferson 22 — Ten points from Shelby Smith and nine from Nicole Rock powered the Dragons (5-8) past the Falcons. Sarah Elizabeth Busch scored 11 points and Giulia Giancola had six for Jefferson (2-6).
n Riverside 26, Edgewood 12 — Danielle Protak had seven points and Natalie Pace added six to lead the Beavers (7-10) to the semifinals. Julie Rich led Edgewood (3-8) with five points.
n Chardon 25, Conneaut 11 — Hannah Tegel led the Hilltoppers (12-5) into the semifinals with seven points. Angie Zappitelli paced the Spartans (0-1) with eight points.
Lakeside will play top-seeded Geneva in the upper-bracket semifinal in the main gymnasium at Geneva at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Riverside and Chardon will meet in the lower-bracket semifinal at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the main gym.
Edgewood and Conneaut will play in the opening round of losers’-bracket action in Geneva’s auxiliary gymnasium at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Jefferson will meet the winner of that game at 1 p.m. Saturday in the auxiliary gym.
The tournament championship will be played at 2:15 p.m. Saturday in the main gym.
