{"id":30803,"date":"2025-11-19T08:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=30803"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:27:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:27:28","slug":"saints-have-no-answer-for-kitson-as-braves-roll-to-blowout-win-3-0-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/19\/saints-have-no-answer-for-kitson-as-braves-roll-to-blowout-win-3-0-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints have no answer for Kitson as Braves roll to blowout win, 3-0 record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kate Kitson drained four first-half threes and staked the Bellmont Braves to a big lead in the first half, then led the team to an astonishing 30-0 run as the visitors initiated the running clock in the fourth quarter in a 68-30 victory Tuesday night in a game heard live on WZBD, 92.7 FM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/18novBell68Dwenger30Wrap.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Mike Macke and Lou Koning give the recap of Bellmont&#8217;s Tuesday road win at Dwenger. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/SodaHouseLLC-61576192965450\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"471\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SodaHouse_FullColor_Logosmallname.jpg?resize=471%2C508&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SodaHouse_FullColor_Logosmallname.jpg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SodaHouse_FullColor_Logosmallname.jpg?resize=278%2C300&amp;ssl=1 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>New storefront opening in Decatur on Black Friday!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kitson finished the night with 23 points, all of them in the opening three quarters of the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/18novBellSpeedsYouUpAndKitsonHits3.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kate Kitson drains a three for the Braves. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Kate Kitson is shown working around a screen last year against Jay County. After Kitson scored 23 Tuesday night against Dwenger, she will draw plenty of attention when the Patriots visit Bellmont for the Braves&#8217; home opener. (Archive Photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dwenger hit a three to kick off the second half, then went ice cold as Bellmont&#8217;s halftime lead of 18 points got all the way up to 45 at one point in the final stanza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrubletrucks.net\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo.jpg?resize=640%2C493&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C788&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1183&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1577&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/J.Ruble-Logo-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Braves knocked down nine shots from behind the arc on a big shooting night. Ashley Bleke nailed two in the fourth quarter to give herself a double-digit-scoring night of ten points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/18novBellBDStats.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Z Team breaks down the Bellmont win over the Saints. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Marianne Bleke dominated down low and finished with twelve points for the Braves in the win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/18novAshleyBlekeGoesToTheRight.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ashley Bleke scores for the Braves. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellmont will take on Jay County in their home opener Friday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Kitson drained four first-half threes and staked the Bellmont Braves to a big lead in the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[41,13,15,26],"class_list":["post-30803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-basketball","tag-bellmont","tag-featured","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3517-1-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30810,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30803\/revisions\/30810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}