The Warren County Lady Devils continued their march towards the subregion basketball title with a win over the Fighting Irish of Aquinas. Warren County played host to Aquinas Tuesday night in Warrenton.The Lady Devils brought a 15-8 overall record into the night's contest with the 
Fighting Irish. The Devils were comining off a defeat Saturday night at the hands of Hancock Central. Hancock is the only Region 4 team to hand the Lady Devils a loss this season.
Fighting Irish. The Devils were comining off a defeat Saturday night at the hands of Hancock Central. Hancock is the only Region 4 team to hand the Lady Devils a loss this season. Warren County entered the game against Aquinas hoping to keep their perfect subregion record intact and the Lady Devils quickly set out to do just that.
Junior point guard, Candice Warthen, quickly took charge of the game for the Screaming Devils. Warthen scored 17 of the first 19 points for the Devils. Aquinas managed to keep the game close as the Lady Devils went to the locker room with a 5 point lead, 22-17.
Warren County managed to stretch their lead to 12 in the third quarter. The game would end by the same margin with the Devils leading, 55-43. Candice Warthen led the charge for the Devils with 39 points.
Warthen's performance impressed more than the usual crowd in attendance for a high school game. University of Arizona women's head basketball coach, Niya Butts, was in attendance to see Warthen play. Coach Rhodes sent Coach Butts film on Warthen and Butts stated, "I had to see her play for myself." Butts flew into Augusta Tuesday afternoon and made the drive over shortly before game time. She left shortly after the game to catch a morning flight back to Arizona.
Warren County's boys team took the court following the girl's game. The Devils were looking to avenge a 3 point loss to the Irish in Augusta earlier in the season. The Devils kept the game close throughout much of the first quarter as Aquinas held a slim 4 point lead going into the 2nd period.
Aquinas stretched their lead to 11 in the closing minutes of the 2nd period. The Irish led at half-time by a score of 35-24.
The Devils came out of the locker room determined not to go down without a 
fight. They narrowed the Irish lead to 7 at the end of the 3rd and to within two scores for a time during during the 4th period. Aquanis was able to hold on to their lead, however, and won by a score of 66-57.
fight. They narrowed the Irish lead to 7 at the end of the 3rd and to within two scores for a time during during the 4th period. Aquanis was able to hold on to their lead, however, and won by a score of 66-57.Leading scorer for the Devils was Darius Jenkins with 15, followed by Jacquez Moss with 14.
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