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Waynflete girls pull away late for win at NYA

Waynflete girls pull away late for win at NYA
Sophomore Rachel Sechi Mercer and her Waynflete teammates cheer during the Flyers' 33-25 victory at rival North Yarmouth Academy Wednesday. Photos courtesy Brian Beard.

YARMOUTH—Waynflete's girls' basketball team hadn't delivered the knockout blow and the host North Yarmouth Academy Panthers appeared poised to make the Flyers pay late in Wednesday evening's battle between the ancient rivals at Curtis Gymnasium.

But Waynflete turned it up a notch down the stretch, got some easy looks and managed to do something that no one on the roster had ever done.

Beat the Panthers.

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