Zerger paces Hiland girls basketball in rout of Indian Valley

Lady Hawks dominate IVC matchup as Mullet, Mast and Mishler add balanced scoring; team also faced tough nonleague test against Laurel

Hiland point guard Macy Mullet recorded a pair of strong efforts in two games this past week.

Dave Mast

Published December 10, 2025 - 12:13 p.m.

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Zerger paces Hiland girls basketball in rout of Indian Valley

Hiland picked up a 61-20 win over Indian Valley in Inter-Valley Conference girls basketball action Dec. 6.

Reagan Zerger (15 points, eight rebounds), Macy Mullet (nine points, five rebounds, six assists, four steals), Evie Mast (10 points) and Perryn Mishler (eight points, three assists, three steals) led the Lady Hawks.

Laurel rolled to an 85-56 nonleague win over Hiland Dec. 3.

Mullet (14 points, four rebounds), Mishler (14 points) and Zerger (seven points, nine rebounds) led the Lady Hawks.

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