Thunder girls stopped in basketball opener

The North Central Thunder girls basketball team lost their varsity opener to Sully Buttes 54-48 on December 8 in Onida.

But as you can see, the visiting team hung around within striking distance of the powerful Chargers.

The Thunder indeed trailed 19-11 after a quarter and the hosts couldn't really pull away to a more comfortable lead.

The Chargers did lead 33-18 at intermission, though and still led 44-31 with a quarter to play. But the Thunder would then outscore their hosts 17-10 down the stretch to make things interesting.

The Thunder were led by three double-figure scorers, paced by Ella...