Just two weeks into the season, the Wright City girls basketball team has already surpassed its winning mark from the past three campaigns. The Wildcats improved to 2-4 on Thursday, defeating Elsberry 35-26. The victory broke a 10-game losing skid against the Eastern Missouri Conference foe dating back to 2005. “This is really exciting, especially because we haven’t been a winning team in three years,” said senior Kaelyn Randolph. “We came into this year with way more expectations and they are coming true.” In his first year as head coach, Fred Ross has already guided the Wildcats to as many wins as they amassed over the past two seasons combined. “The girls have been working so hard, so it’s nice to see them accomplish this,” said Ross. “We’ve still got a long way to go.” Wright City was able to control the game with its aggressiveness on defense and interior play on offense. The duo of Abby Dreyer and Danielle Greenemay bullied their way around down low, while Randolph took care of business outside. Greenemay provided a second half spark, scoring a career-high 10 points. “Danielle really did a good job on the offensive boards and cleaning up the putbacks,” said Ross. The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead in a low-scoring first quarter. Wright City held a 6-5 edge heading into the second period. The Wildcats were able to force enough turnovers to rally off six straight points and go ahead 16-9 late in the half. Elsberry responded with the final six points, cutting the Wright City advantage to 16-15 by the break. “We were going after every loose ball and playing tough,” said Ross. Each time Elsberry threatened, the Wildcats provided an answer. Randolph rattled off five consecutive points to close out the third quarter with Wright City in control 23-17. Randolph finished with eight points. “Kaelyn stepped up and hit a big three,” added Ross. “Everybody did their job tonight.” The Wildcats extended their lead to 12 on a several instances in the final period. Greenemay was particularly in that stretch, with Dreyer chipping in eight points. Ross says it was nice to see his team secure the lead. “We're not used to having the lead and needing to protect it,” said Ross. “I had to call a couple of timeouts to slow them, and they did a good job of controlling the last quarter.” “Our posts are really reliable this year,” said Randolph. “They make a very nice trio.” The Wildcats will host Bowling Green on Monday before traveling to Montgomery County next Monday.