By Brad Greer

Opponents of North Delta School used to worry mostly about stopping leading scorer Ally Alford, but lately they have another problem on their hands.

Junior guard Faith Bollinger scorched the nets for 23 points on 9-of-17 shooting as the Lady Wave returned to the hardwood after the holidays with a 71-34 pasting of Marshall Academy in a rare Friday afternoon contest.

The visiting Patriots avoided the sweep as the boys eased past North Delta 61-30 in the second game.

North Delta(11-6) set the tone early by jumping out to a 11-0 lead as Bollinger scored seven of her points.

Alford added 11 of her 20 points in the first quarter as the Lady Wave charged out to a 28-15 cushion after one quarter of play.

Marshall trimmed the deficit to 31-22 early in the second quarter but could not survive the early onslaught as North Delta maintained its double digit lead at halftime 43-28.

The Lady Wave poured it on as the second half got underway by holding Marshall to six points on one field goal and North Delta Harrison Nickle emptied his bench.

Sayle Stennett added a season-high seven points while Hannah Bollinger chipped in five. Shelby Grace Boone, Sydney Talley and Isabella Morrow contributed with four points each. Eliza Morris and Breck Brewer rounded out the scoring with two apiece .

Varsity Boys

Just as the girls game, the varsity boys game was one-sided as Marshall took control early and cruised the rest of the way.

North Delta,(2-12) who played without leading scorer Walt Miller, could not get anything going offensively as they trailed 43-10 at intermission.

Ryan Gibson paced the Wave with 12 points while Colin Hartman, Drake Barton, Ripkin Mitchell and Layton Wells all contributed with four points each. Nolan Long got into the scoring column with two points.

North Delta gets back into district play today as they host Lee Academy with four games tipping off at 4 p.m.

The Green Wave will visit Bayou Thursday before going to Magnolia Heights Friday with both tilts starting at 3:3 p.m.