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The Noxon Lady Red Devils are young and inexperienced, but they get a little older and a little wiser every time they play.

Coach Ryan Weltz and his Lady Devils put two more games of living and learning under their belts last week, defeating the Lady Trojans 48-23 in Troy Thursday and losing to the Trotters 36-24 in Plains Friday.

The Devils have two games this week, versus Thompson Falls in Noxon Tuesday (results were not available at press time) and against Two Eagle River in Noxon Friday.

The Devils kept hanging around in Plains Friday before the Trotters finally managed to pull away late and win. Weltz liked his team's effort in Plains but felt like they didn't handle the Trotters' pressure defense very well.

"We definitely had some chances in that game, but we have to learn how to handle pressure defense better," he said. "Our success in games like that depends on our ability to beat the pressure defense and get into our offense more. And we just were not able to do that very well in Plains."

Kali Murray scored seven points to lead the Devils in Plains, Kristina Brown and Avery Burgess added five each, Chelsea Vohs four and, limited by foul problems, Dealney Weltz three.

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The Devils had a better time of it in Troy and moved to the easy win there.

Weltz poured in 25 points to lead the winners, Burgess added 12, Brown and Vohs four apiece, Emily Brown two and Murray one.

Annie Day and Ella Pierce led Troy with eight points each.