8th grader was nervous for high school tournament debut. Maybe other teams should be scared of her.

8th grader was nervous for high school tournament debut. Maybe other teams should be scared of her.

McKenna Ireland said playing in her first Class D North schoolgirl basketball tournament game on Monday afternoon was “scary, at first.” That would make perfect sense. To be playing for the defending state Class C champion Howlers of Penobscot Valley High in Howland as an eighth-grader can be daunting. But you wouldn’t have known it by watching her. The 5-foot-3 Ireland came off the bench and scored 15 points. She also dished out three assists a…