For a half, the Newton Girls Basketball Squad stayed with Carlisle and seemed to frustrate the Wildcats in a class 4A regional semifinal on Saturday live on kniakrls.com KRLS3, but Carlisle’s star player Macy Comito in the 2nd half and scored 29 of her 33 points in the final 16:00 to end Newton’s season 60-31. The Cardinals used just about every junk defense they could throw at Carlisle and it worked for a half, according to Coach Jake Bennett.

Bennett: ” Their flow we switched to a man to a 2 3 zone to a diamond and 1. The 2nd half #23 took over and it didn’t matter what defense we threw her way.”

Alex Garvis led a balanced Newton attack with eight points, and seven from Tori White. Newton ends the season at 11-12.