Burlington High School

Demon girls drop season opener to Hartford

By David Paulsen

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

The Burlington High School girls basketball team kicked off its season at Hartford Tuesday and were dealt a 49-40 loss.

“It was a decent start (to our season),” head coach Gordon Nikolic said.

The Demon girls led 11-7 in the first quarter, but Hartford scored the final five points of the quarter to take a 12-11 lead they would never relinquish.

Burlington trailed 24-19 at the half, and 33-25 after three quarters.

Although Burlington outscored Hartford from the floor, Hartford made 11 more free throws. Hartford was 17 of 28 from the foul line, while the Demons were just 6 of 15.

Senior guard Jennifer Stevens led Burlington with 11 points, and was the only Demon in double figures.

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