Dryden opens year with loss

DRYDEN — The Dryden varsity girls’ basketball team returned from Brown City with a 39-20 setback in a non-league meeting last Friday night.

With the outcome, Brown City raises their mark to 2-0 overall. Dryden slips to 0-1 this season.

In Friday’s meeting, Brown City jumped out to a 15-9 advantage after one quarter had ended.

The next quarter saw Brown City collect two points as did Dryden, leaving the former up 17-11 at the halftime break.

When the action resumed, Brown City struck with a 13-4 third quarter edge. That increased their cushion to 30-15 with 24 minutes gone.

Brown City then outscored Dryden 9-5 from that point on, assuring themselves of a favorable 39-20 outcome at night’s end.

Jessica Peters paced Dryden with eight points. The Cardinals also received points courtesy of Ava DeVlaminck (six), Lauren Abromaitis (three), Delaney Wolle (two) and Rilynn Lindsay (one).