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It was junior cheer night at Landy James Gym last Friday.

And the La Conner High School girls’ basketball team gave both the youth cheerleaders and a large crowd plenty to applaud.

Maeve McCormick scored a game-high 26 points, Shaniquah Casey filled the stat sheet with 16 points, six rebounds, six steals and two assists, Nora McCormick added six points and a half dozen steals and Jackie Lam finished with six points and eight boards in drubbing 1B Oakville 56-35 to improve to 5-2.

Alyssa Forsythe and Laela Baker scored 10 points apiece for the visitors, who fell to 1-4. Andrea Mendez-Ca...