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Florence Falcons fly faster. At least right now at any rate.

The Florence Falcons flew past the Lady Hawks 78-48 in Western B action at TFHS Friday.

Now 0-4 in non-conference play, coach Doree Thilmony and the Lady Hawks host Plains in another non-conference tilt Thursday before opening District 7B play at Troy Friday. The Troy game will be the final game played in 2018.

Picked as one of the favorites to contend for Western B title, the Falcons flew out to a lead of 18-6 after one quarter and maintained that advantage the rest of the way.

John Hamilton

EYEING THE GOAL, Lady Hawk sophomore Jody Detlaff goes up for two of her team-high 14 points during Friday's game with Florence.

It didn't help the Lady Hawks that the Falcons were shooting so well either.

"They shot 47% from 3-point range, and several different players were shooting them up," Thilmony said. "They were definitely on fire from long range."

Danielle Zahn, the motor that makes the Falcons go, led Florence to the win with 17 points, Rilee Magnaum added 15 points to the visitors' balanced scoring total, Brooklyn Newbary chipped in with 12 and Makenna Liles and Jaidyn Larson 11 apiece.

Jody Detlaff knocked down 14 points to pace the Hawks, Megan Baxter scored 13, Sarah Detlaff five, Faith Frields four, Riley Wilson two and Trinity Godfrey one.

"We did some things well against Florence," Thilmony said. "Things like reducing our number of turnovers and being more aggressive on offense. We took away some good things from this game."