Eagles’ outside shooting foils Royals’ game plan Posted on January 13, 2026 0 Daily Chief-Union/Lonnie McMillan Nothing easy Wynford’s Megan Young (3) puts up a contested shot on a baseline drive Saturday against Colonel Crawford. Young had two points as the Royals fell out of first place with a 57-33 loss to the Eagles. By LONNIE McMILLAN Sports editor NORTH ROBINSON — The Northern 10 Athletic Conference’s second-leading scorer and top rebounder commands a lot of attention, and that gives opportunities for other players to step up. Wynford tried to take away Robin Ehmann, and Colonel Crawford knocked down nine 3-pointers as a result while running away with a 57-33 victory in a battle of N10 girls basketball co-leaders Saturday at Mac Morrison Gymnasium. The Eagles (11-2, 7-1 N10) made four shots from deep in the first quarter to build a 20-8 lead and added four more in the third quarter to put the game out of reach with a 48-24 lead going into the fourth quarter. “You have to pick your poison, and for us, the leading scorers and rebounders, we wanted to focus on that,” Wynford coach Amy Taylor-Sheldon said. “They hit some big 3s early. We tried not to get discouraged. We hung in there. That was good. Then tried to change the tempo a little bit, didn’t get much out of that. Their one through seven stepped up, hit some big shots, made some big defensive plays.” Saylor Holt opened the game with a 3-pointer, and Lexi Duré followed with one of her own. Another bucket by Duré made it 8-0 in the first three minutes. Daily Chief-Union/Lonnie McMillan Catalyst Wynford’s Caroline Sheldon gets to the basket for two points in the first half Saturday against Colonel Crawford. Sheldon scored 14 of her 16 points before halftime in the Royals’ 57-33 loss. It was a foreshadowing of what was to come. Reese Redmen hit a 3-pointer that made it 15-4, and after four straight points by Caroline Sheldon, Claire Smith connected from long range with a friendly bounce to put the Eagles up a dozen. “You’ve got to give Robin Ehmann a lot of credit,” Colonel Crawford coach Zac Bauer said. “Robin’s so magnetic offensively that when she is posting, there’s so much attention drawn to her that maybe they hold the midline a little bit longer than usual. That allows her to catch a post feed, and she was so unselfish in skipping the ball and finding girls that make 3s.” Sheldon kept the Royals (11-3, 6-2 N10) within striking distance for a while, scoring all eight of their first-quarter points. She had 14 points in the first half but finished with only 16 in the game. Back-to-back deep Sheldon 3-pointers got Wynford to within 24-18, and it trailed 28-20 at halftime. But like in the first quarter, Colonel Crawford’s shooting was too much in the third. It made four straight, one each by Lily Alberty and Redman and then two by Duré. That flurry of shot-making extended an already 14-point advantage to 24 points. “They made nine 3s, and they haven’t shot necessarily like that consistently all year,” Taylor-Sheldon said. “That was tough, so we tried to make some adjustments to make them go a little bit faster. We just weren’t very consistent, but we had a great effort. Our kids played hard. Coach Bauer had a great game plan, and their kids stepped up.” Emmi Powers led Colonel Crawford with 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Duré had 12 points and three steals. Ehmann had nine points and 10 rebounds. While the Eagles had players step up against the focus of the Royals defense, the Royals did not. No Wynford players besides Sheldon scored more than six points. With Sheldon shut down in the second half, the Royals scored just 13 points in the final two quarters. “In the first half, we left a little too early,” Bauer said. :She’s good enough that she seizes that opportunity and she can make those shots in half a second. We weren’t really ready for the first half. I thought we were better in the second half at staying longer.” Colonel Crawford went 18 of 41(43.9%) on field goals, including 9 of 23 (39.1%) on 3-pointers, while Wynford was 11 of 37 (29.7%) on all shots and 3 of 16 (18.8%) from long range. The Eagles had a 28-25 rebounding advantage and forced more turnovers, 16-9. “We always have a physical game with Crawford, and part of when you play Crawford is managing the physicality of it, and sometimes that got the best of us,” Taylor-Sheldon said. “We played super hard, just missed some shots. There’s still a lot of season to try to hang in there, execute as best as we can, defend as best as we can and get ready for the next game.” Colonel Crawford won the junior varsity game 37-31. Wynford hosts Seneca East at 6 p.m. Tuesday. WYNFORD (11-3, 6-2 N10): C. Sheldon 5-4-16, Engler 2-2-6, Liming 1-1-3, Filliater 1-0-3, Young 1-0-2, Ridge 1-0-2, P. Sheldon 0-1-1. Totals 11-37 8-15 33. COLONEL CRAWFORD (11-2, 7-1 N10): Powers 3-7-13, Duré 4-1-12, R. Ehmann 3-3-9, Redman 3-0-8, C. Smith 2-0-6, Holt 2-0-5, Alberty 1-0-3, Plesac 0-1-1. Totals 18-42 12-18 57. 3-point goals: Duré 3, C. Sheldon 2, C. Smith 2, Redman 2, Filliater, Holt, Alberty. Score by quarters Wynford 8 12 4 9 — 33 Colonel Crawford 20 8 20 9 — 57 Junior varsity: Colonel Crawford won 37-31.
