In home-and-home matchup, girls b-ball sweeps Lawrence

Acton-Carlisle girls basketball took both ends of a home-and-home series with Lawrence, led by May Isenberg and senior captains Cam Bury and Nicole O’Reilly. Bury and Isenberg were named Dual County League all-stars. The Patriots closed out their season by scoring a season-high 66 points and narrowly missing the MIAA playoffs.

• Scores: CCHS 49, Lawrence 36; CCHS 66, Lawrence 49
• Team record: Overall 7-11
• Big game: On February 16 at home, Isenberg and Bury scored 11 points each; while Asha Whiteford added eight points and Nicole O’Reilly contributed seven. At Lawrence High on February 18, Isenberg scored a season-high 24 points, Paige Diperna posted a season-high 19 points, and Bury added 13 points.
• Turning points: In game one, the Patriots broke open a close contest in the first quarter to race to a 32-10 halftime lead. The defense forced 40-plus Lancers turnovers. Game two followed a different script as the talented senior-laden Lancers jumped out to a 12-2 lead early and led after one quarter. The Patriots rallied for a four-point lead at halftime, 28-24. The game stayed close into the fourth quarter, when the Patriots’ full-court pressure wore down the Lancers and the Pats used a 19-8 run to pull away. 
• Unsung heroes: Asha Whiteford, Finley Walsh, Lucy DeAngelis, and Annie Beal were crucial on defense. Whiteford added double-digit points in the two-game series. Walsh hit a big fourth-quarter three-pointer, and DeAngelis scored a career high three points.