Strong start to season for Lady Trojans

It's so far, so good for the Whitehall High School girls basketball team.

The Lady Trojans opened up their 2017-18 season last Saturday with a 46-41 home victory over Manhattan Christian.

First-year head coach Kelly Nieksens said after several weeks of practice, the team was getting sick of playing against each other and was excited to play.

"It was good to go out and see where we were, what we can build on, and where we can go from here," he said.

Sophomore Asha Noyes had a huge night for Whitehall with a game high 26 points. Nieksens said his standout guard has had the ability to "turn it...