Much like most local teams the past week, the Seneca Royals girls basketball team saw their schedule reward them last week with three games in five games.

First up for the Royal girls on Tuesday, Jan. 27 was a visit from the De Soto Pirates. The visiting Pirates took a 29-17 lead into intermission before holding off the Royals in the second half to claim a 49-34 win over the host squad.

The Royals were led in scoring by Lily Payne with nine points. She was followed by Dhyllan Kemp (six points), Grace Varo, Rita Sime and Aylah Baker (five points each) and Emma Manning and Camryn Lenzendorf (two points each). Manning also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds in the loss.

Seneca was back home two nights night to host the Richland Center Hornets and the Royal girls pulled out a close 44-41 win over the visitors from the SWC.

Sime led the Royals in scoring with 12 points, while Sophia Clark added 10 points to also reach double figures. Varo (nine points), Payne (seven points), Lenzendorf (four points) and Manning (two points) also scored for the Royals in the win. Manning once again was the Royals rebounder, this time collecting seven in the win.

Seneca was back on the road the next night when they traveled to Viola to take on the Kickapoo Panthers. Despite holding an 11-8 halftime lead, the Royals struggled offensively in the second and the Panthers took advantage as they defeated the Royals 32-21.

Stats from the Kickapoo game was not available as of press time as the Royals fell to 5-11 overall and 1-5 in the Ridge & Valley Conference with the loss.

The Royals started this week off with a home game this past Monday night, Feb. 2 against the Weston/Ithaca co-op before hosting North Crawford this Friday night at 7:15 p.m to conclude the week.