THE Wagga Blaze's quest to lock down top spot in their Waratah League division one pool remains on track after comfortable victories over Camden Valley and Coffs Harbour at Minto on Saturday.
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Missing regulars Maddison Clyne (illness), Abby Favell (ankle) and Amelia Hassett (representative commitments) the Blaze hammered Camden Valley 101-49.
The Wildfire unable to contain centre Hannah Ryan (22 points) in the paint, with Shakera Barnes and Stephanie Male both scoring 20 points.
In the Barnes (22 points) and Male (17) led the way in a 76-51 win over Coffs Harbour.
The wins improve the defending champion Blaze's record to 7-1, on the heels of Queanbeyan (8-1) in their pool with two regular season games remaining.
Two more wins would guarantee the Blaze top spot in the pool. They split their two games this year against the Yowies, but won their game by more to seal the season split.
"The Wildfire game was a shooting fest for us, and they struggled a bit," Blaze coach Peter O'Leary said.
"They didn't have a really good big that could guard Hannah that well, so we kept going inside to her all the time.
"She probably could have got 40 if she wanted to, but kept kicking it out every now and then to get others involved."
The Blaze next host the Shoalhaven Tigers at Bolton Park Stadium on Saturday, July 13, before finishing the regular season at home against Goulburn the following week.
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