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Senior Kinsey Barton, launches another 3-pointer against East Carter adding to her 2,000 point career total. The Lady Eagles are the 5th ranked team in Class 1.
Senior Kinsey Barton battles a Black River League conference opponent during the 2025-2026 season.
Kara Barton powers her way to a bucket as Hailey Turnbough looks on in a recent Black River League game against Clearwater.
Coach Marcus Gorman understands his team’s mental toughness.
“If we can be tougher than our opponent, we will win,” Gorman said after the Lady Wildcats’ 51-26 victory over the Licking Lady Wildcats at the Bunker High School Gymnasium.
Keira Turnbough scored 17 points leading the Bunker Lady Eagles on Thursday night. With the win over Class 3, Licking, the Lady Eagles go to 17-2 with six regular season games to play. The state playoffs follow beginning on Feb. 23.
“We were mentally tough at St. James on Wednesday and tonight against Licking,” Coach Gorman continued his thoughts. “Keira performed well, we had a balance scoring night. There was great balance and each player made strong contributions.”
The leading season scorer for the Lady Wildcats, junior Keeley Gorman, tore her ACL Jan. 5 against Iberia in a Frisco League Conference game. She was averaging 18 points a game at the time of her knee injury.
Also scoring for the Lady Eagles were Kinsey Barton, 13; Hailey Turbough, 12; Kara Barton, 6; and Bella Sanders, 3. The Lady Eagles played great defense leading 21-9 at the intermission never looking back.
The Lady Eagles will be back in action on Monday, Feb. 9 against the Mountain View Liberty Lady Eagles. The South Central Association conference school will bring a record of 9-12 to Bunker Gymnasium on Monday.
Girls’ games remaining:
Feb. 9 – Mountain View –Liberty – 5 p.m.
Feb. 10 - @ Lesterville – 5 p.m.
Feb. 14 – St. Vincent – TBA (Peoples Community Bank Shootout @ Bunker)
Feb. 16 - @ Sparta – 6 p.m.
Feb. 17 - @ Valley – 5 p.m.
Feb. 20 – St. Pius – Festus – 5 p.m.
Feb. 23 – District / Playoffs begin
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John Hewkin has been a sports fan since he was a kid. He’s played, coached and been a fan of sports. I was a sports writer for 15 years before moving back to Missouri, but to this day you will still find me in my man cave a lot of nights and weekends watching something that requires a ball.
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