KEVIN D. ROBERTS/Register Citizen

LITCHFIELD -- The Litchfield girls basketball team was able to hold off Housatonic 43-39 at home on Friday night for the first win of the season. The win was also the first for first-year Cowgirls head coach Jessica Sprague. 

Litchfield's Jenny and Kaylee Cappello combined to make 8 of 12 foul shots in the fourth quarter of the game. The Cowgirls may not have hit a high percentage (17 of 31 for the game), but they made them when they counted.

Sprague said Litchfield had trouble winning close games in the past. Friday night was a different story.

Housatonic put together a solid effort in its own right and will win its first game soon.

To read more about the game, click here.

- Kevin D. Roberts

BOX SCORE

Litchfield 43, Housatonic 39
At Litchfield
Housatonic 10-10-9-10—39
Litchfield 7-8-16-12—43 

HOUSATONIC (39): Hailey Nelson 3-0-6; Kiera Bisenius 0-0-0; Kayla Quinion 0-0-0; Heather Kearns 3-2-9; Brianna Ongley 0-0-0; Jaime Conklin 3-6-12; Katie Heacox 4-2-10; Brittany Pastre 1-0-2; Diana Piane 0-0-0; Autumn Classey 0-0-0; TOTALS: 14-10-39.
LITCHFIELD (43): Rebecca Columbie 0-0-0; Kaylee Cappello 1-2-4; Isabelle Binstadt 8-1-17; Sierra Markelon 0-0-0; Shelby Butwell 0-1-1; Jenny Cappello 0-9-9; TOTALS: 13-17-43.
3-point goals: H—Kearns.
Records: Housatonic 0-2; Litchfield 1-1.