The Franklin County Lady Wildcats' basketball team had about as good a weekend as coach Kyle VanMeter could have asked for as his team starts the season 3-0. Franklin County's last 3-0 start came in 2017 when they started 5-0 before falling to Lawrenceburg.

Friday night FC dominated host Rising Sun with a 75-32 victory. Senior Kassidy Schell had a career night, scoring 35 points and tying the school record by hitting seven three-pointers; she tied Whitney Gillman and Amber Calihan. Schell nearly matched the single-game record of 40 points scored by Brandi Jolliff, a mark which has stood since 2007.

The Lady Cats went up 19-6 after the first frame with Schell hitting three of her long balls in the period.  Another solid quarter put FC up 41-12 at halftime. 

The third frame went to the Lady Cats, and they took a 30-point lead into the fourth quarter, 58-28. In the final frame the Lady Cats added 17 points and held the Lady Shiners to just four points to give them the 43-point blowout. Schell's 35 points led FC; junior Nicole Mears and sophomore Tiffany Billman each chipped in 10 points in the victory.

Saturday's matchup saw the Lady Cats face the Madison Lady Cubs in the home gymnasium. The Lady Cats played spoiler to the Lady Cubs' season opener with a 46-39 win. 

Senior Kiersten Schell was leading scorer for FC, dropping 16 points on Madison. 

FC jumped out to 13-8 lead after the first frame and went into halftime up 24-17. The second half began with Madison going on a run while holding the Lady Cats to just six points in the frame. FC escaped with a two-point lead through three stanzas. 

A 16-point fourth quarter from FC and great defense got the Lady Cats the 7-point victory. Ka. Schell was second in scoring for FC with 12 points. Cam Cahall scored a dozen for the Cubs and Breck Ralston had 10.

Friday night the Lady Cats are back in action facing off with Northeastern. FC will be celebrating youth night and introducing all the youth program players before the varsity game. Friday is also Veteran's Day. FCHS will be honoring all veterans at the game. If you are a veteran, you and your family will be admitted into the game for FREE that night. 

The North Decatur Lady Chargers traveled to take on Franklin County in the season opener last Tuesday evening. The two squads battled hard with seven lead changes by halftime and a tie ball game at the end of the third quarter. The final frame went to the Lady Cats despite a late comeback by North. Final was 61-57. Mears led all scorers with 29 points.

The first quarter started off with the Lady Cats jumping out to a 9-0 lead. North was able to get on the board with 4:15 to go in the frame with Ella Kunz hitting a jumper in the paint. Madelyn Bohman hit a three-pointer and another Kunz basket brought North within four points of the Lady Cats. Before the first frame ended, Mears added four more points and Billman hit two free throws to give FC a 19-13 lead after one. 

North pulled closer with Bohman putting up seven points and Kelsey Haley hit a two-pointer to tie the game at 22-22. The Lady Cats put up seven more points in the frame but Madi Allen matched FC with seven points herself to give the Lady Chargers a 33-30 lead at halftime.

The third frame saw several lead changes with Mears adding 10 points for FC and Kunz adding five for North. The frame ended with the score 43-43. 

The fourth quarter started the same as the previous frame until the Lady Cats took control and scored 10 unanswered points, taking a 57-46 lead with three minutes to go. Haley added a three-pointer to stop the FC run, then drained another long ball to bring the score to 57-54. Mears added another basket and Ka. Schell hit a free throw, giving FC 61; Clare Kinker went two-for-two from the charity stripe but with just 20 seconds left, that was the last score North put in.  

Unofficially, Billman added 13 points, Josie Rolfes 9, Ka. Schell 5, Bailey Kaiser 3 and Ki. Schell 2. Bohman paced ND with 16; Kunz popped 11, Haley 10 and Allen 9.