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By JUSTIN BURKHARDT

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The Class 4A No. 3-ranked Hayden Lady Wildcats entered Emporia rolling hot, getting off to a 9-0 start to the season and looked to continue that streak Friday against against the Lady Spartans.

Senior Millie Ramsey led undefeated Hayden in Friday's 56-16 Centennial League win over Emporia. [File photo/TSN]

Senior Brylee Meier scored 14 points in Friday's 56-16 Hayden win over Emporia. {File photo/TSN]

The Wildcats would get off to a big start led by their starting five, featuring four seniors and one freshman.

Hayden would take an 18-7 lead after the first quarter and went on to build a 37-7 halftime advantage over its Centennial League rival, led by seniors Milie Ramsey and Brylee Meier.

It would be all Wildcats from there on out as Hayden would roll to a 56-16 win over the Lady Spartans, which had three freshmen in its starting five.

“They are a very improving team, so it was nice that we came out and didn’t overlook them because we beat them big already this year and its natural for you to kind of take it easy,'' Hayden coach Carvel Reynoldson said. "But we didn’t and I was proud of our girls for that.”

The Wildcats got big nights again from both of their 6-foot seniors, with Ramsey leading all scorers with 17 points and Meier add another 14 points.

“It’s big, we’re a pretty balanced team and having them to go in the paint and their ability to shoot the ball is obviously big strengths for us,” Reynoldson said.

The Lady Spartans were led in scoring by 5-foot-3 freshman guard Jayde Aguirre with 8 points.

The 10-0 Wildcats are off to El Dorado,KS next week for the 32nd annual Lady Cat Classic.

“It is going to be a loaded field, there are some really good teams there, so it will be fun to go down there and see how we stack up,” Reynoldson said. "The field features two teams currently ranked in the Top 10 of their class, including the 5A runnerup from a year ago and current No. 5 Maize South.

HAYDEN GIRLS 56, EMPORIA 16

Hayden 18 19 12 7 -- 56

Emporia 7 0 4 5 -- 16

Hayden (10-0, 4-0) -- Ramsey 6-10 4-4 17, Meier 5-8 2-2 14, Schmidtlein 2-4 1-2 5, Greco 1-3 0-0 3, Reid 1-1 0-0 2, Foster 2-3 0-0 5, Walters 2-5 0-0 5, Huscher 1-1 1-2 3, Connell 1-2 0-0 2, Mitchell 0-1 0-1 0, Watts 0-0 0-0 0, Borjon 0-0 0-0 0, Wichman 0-0 0-0 0, Wrench 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-38 8-11 56.

Emporia (1-8 0-2) - - Aguirre 3-4 0-0 8, Wiltz 2-3 0-1 5, Davis 1-5 2-4 4, Heffner 1-2 0-0 2, B’Hymer 0-1 0-0 0, Cunningham 1-1 0-1 2, Howe 0-1 0-2 0, Hines 0-0 0-0 0, Farrell 0-0 0-0 0, Moreno 0-0 0-0 0, Scobee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 8-17 2-8 16.

3-point goals -- Hayden 6 (Meier 2, Ramsey, Greco, Foster, Walters) Emporia 2 (Aguirre 2). Total fouls -- Hayden 13, Emporia 15. Fouled out -- Wiltz