WINONA LAKE – The Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball team opened its season with a 57-23 home loss to Northfield Tuesday night. Scoring just two points in the opening quarter, LCA was down 13-2 after one and 26-8 at the half. LCA’s top quarter was the fourth, when it scored 10, but it wasn’t near enough. Northfield’s Sydney Eltzroth led the way with 19 points and nine steals. Up next for LCA is another home game Saturday against Michigan City Marquette Catholic. NORTHFIELD 57, LAKELAND CHRISTIAN 23 N 13 13 16 15 – 57 L 2 6 5 10 – 23 Northfield – Cherish Leming 1-9 0-2 2, Marlee Stefamatos 0-1 0-0 0, Arie Kennedy 2-5 0-0 4, Sidney Reed 3-11 3-6 9, Hannah Cole 1-1 0-1 2, Payton Thomson 3-5 0-1 7, Sydney Eltzroth 8-16 0-0 19, Katie Stephan 6-14 0-5 12, Kylie Echard 1-9 0-4 2. Totals 25-71 3-19 57. Records: Northfield 1-0, LCA 0-1
