Darnley Receives Gamer of the Week Honors
Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week’s Female Gamer of the Week to senior, Abby Darnley of the Buffalo high school basketball team.
The Buffalo girls’ basketball has started out the season strong. They have a young team this year but a senior four-year varsity player, Abby Darnley is leading the way. This season she is averaging 22 points and 9 rebounds per game and closing in on hitting a 1,000 career points. “Abby is overall a great athlete, a very good student, and most of all a great person. She is part of a group of four seniors who are the backbone of the team. Abby is the hardest worker of any athlete I have ever coached,” said Head Coach Mike Kelly.
The Buffalo girls opened with a win against Clay County 39-15 with Abby scoring 16 of these points and having 10 rebounds. Buffalo defeated Point Pleasant 46-20 later in the week, Abby scored 23 points and had 10 rebounds. Over the weekend, Abby scored 26 points and had 8 rebounds against St. Joseph Central.
Abby wants to continue to work hard to be an offensive threat and maintain her scoring average to help her team as much as she can. At this point in the season, the focus is on one game at a time but the long-term goal is to make it to states. Coach Kelly has played a big role in her success in basketball. “He (Coach Kelly) has always pushed me to be better and he has been my role model. He works really hard to make this team better and that makes me just want to be better and work harder,” said Abby.
Outside of basketball, Abby is also an All-State softball player and plays on the Beverly Bandits travel softball team. She is also involved in the National Honor Society and is a 4.0 student. She will be attending Marshall University in fall to play collegiate softball.
Please look for other local high school athletes to be named next week’s female Gamer of the Week Sponsored by Teays Physical Therapy Center, Inc. and The Putnam Herald.