Capac’s Erica Yeashevich pulls down a rebound versus Brown City last Friday.
CAPAC — The Capac varsity girls’ basketball team fell four points short when the final scores were tallied, dropping a 30-26 verdict to visiting greater Thumb Conference rival Brown City in a Snowcoming matchup it hosted last Friday night.
In Friday’s matchup, Capac took an 8-6 edge after one quarter was over with.
The next quarter saw Brown City generate 11 points and Capac manage none, leaving them up 17-8 at the half.
When the action resumed, Capac bounced back with a 7-4 third quarter edge. That trimmed their deficit to 21-15 with 24 minutes gone.
Capac then put together a 11-9 fourth quarter rally, only to drop a 30-26 verdict.
Juliana Closurdo paced Capac with seven points. The Chiefs also had Erica Yeashevich (six points, including a trifecta), Julia Schaefer (six), Chloe Schocke (a trey) plus Jillian Bussone and Mikayla Phillips (two each) reach the scoring column.
Kevin Kissane
Kevin Kissane has been covering high school sports for the Tri-City Times since 1985. When not standing on a field or court with his camera and notepad, he enjoys golf, travel and family. Kevin is a 1980 graduate of Capac High School, and is also a grad of St. Clair Community College and earned a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.
