Northern Heights girls easily beat Solomon, improve to 14-2
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
The Northern Heights girls used 24 points in the first quarter to cruise to a 60-39 victory over Solomon on the road Friday.
The Ladycats held their opponent to only 19 points in the first half as they built a 17-point halftime edge. Heights also won the rebounding battle, pulling down 28 boards to SHS’s 24.
“I thought we played very well tonight,” coach Tim Riemann said. “It was a long bus ride for us, but the girls came out ready to play. We shot the ball extremely well the first quarter and jumped out to an early lead. The rest of the game, we did a good job of executing and did a good job of finding the open man.”
The Ladycats (14-2) jumped out of the break with a 17-7 third quarter to put the game away for good. They were led by Andrea Miller, who finished with 19 points, four rebounds and six assists. She was joined in double figures by Amy Lee with 16 points and Sarah Boline who added 11. Amy Boline and Tess Hobson led the way on the boards with five rebounds apiece.
“I thought defensively we played pretty well and did a good job of forcing them to shoot some tough shots,” Riemann said. “I was very proud of our effort out there tonight.”
Northern Heights girls 60, Solomon 39
Northern Heights 24 9 17 7 — 60
Solomon 9 10 7 13 — 39
Northern Heights (14-2) — Hobson 8, Linsey 2, Lee 16, Miller 19, A. Boline 2, Zumbrum 2, S. Boline 11.
Solomon — Hood 2, Rangel 2, Casanova 2, Jantz 14, Hemmy 19.
Lyndon girls 57,
Hartford 53
Hartford scored 18 points in the final quarter and held the Lyndon Tigers to nine points, but could not overcome a poor third quarter in a road loss. The game started out with both teams shooting the ball well, and Lyndon led only 31-29 at half.
Paige Hamman led the way for the Jaguars with eight points in the first half. In the second half, the Tigers outscored Hartford 17-6 to forge a 13-point lead. Lyndon got eight points from Kylee Fine in the quarter while Ashley Preeo added four points for HHS. The Jaguars were led in the fourth by Kellie Farr’s six points, but could not pull out the victory. Preeo led the way with 13 points and was joined in double figures by Hamman, who added 11 on the night.
Lyndon girls 57, Hartford 53
Hartford 11 18 6 18 — 53
Lyndon 14 12 17 9 — 57
Hartford — Wilson 2, Farr 8, Williams 2, Wilkerson 9, Hamman 11, Lee 2, Veatch 6, Preeo 13.
Lyndon — Wigger 2, Schmidt 1, Bitts 3, Gales 15, Fine 14, Bronson 11, Burkett 11.
SCC girls 61, Madison 53
Southern Coffey County jumped out early and held on late for a win at Madison on Friday. The Titans got four points from three players as they jumped out to a 17-13 edge in the first quarter. The Bulldogs got nine of those 13 points from Morgan Stout. Madison outscored SCC 10-8 in the second quarter to keep it close at the half at 25-23. Madison would remain two points down heading into the fourth quarter when Shelby Birk of SCC went 11-of-12 at the line to seal the deal. Stout led all scorers with 21 points and was joined in double figures by Shelby Buster, who added 16 points. Birk led the way for the Titans with 17 points.
SCC girls 61, Madison 53
SCC 17 8 14 22 — 61
MHS 13 10 14 16 — 53
Southern Coffey County — Garland 12, Gudenkauf 3, Birk 17, Jacob 2, Ohl 14, Stephens 4, Meyer 9.
Madison — Schankie 4, Stout 21, Buster 16, Bybee 6, Titus 6.
SCC boys 52, Madison 49
The Madison Bulldogs could not overcome falling behind early as Southern Coffey County escaped Madison with a 52-49 victory. After SCC got out to a lead early, both teams played even in the second quarter and SCC took an 18-15 lead into the half. Michael Luthi led the way for Madison through the first half with seven points, while Dallas Craft had six for SCC.
Coming out of the break, Madison was outscored 15-13 in the third quarter. Caleb Hamilton added four points in the third quarter for the Bulldogs. SCC hit its free throws down the stretch to seal the win, and Luthi fouled out with 6:20 remaining.
“I think it really hurt us when Michael Luthi fouled out,” coach Alan Brown said. “I was really proud of how Wade Elwood came off the bench for us with a great effort.”
Elwood finished with ten points and was joined in double figures by Hamilton with 12 points and Luthi with 11.
“The theme of tonight was missed opportunities,” Brown said. “We missed some free throws and had a couple of defensive breakdowns. They did a good job of taking advantage of hitting free throws. For us, the opportunities were out there. We just didn’t take advantage.”
SCC boys 52, Madison 49
SCC 11 7 15 19 — 52
MHS 8 7 13 21 — 49
Southern Coffey County — Craft 13, Spencer 3, Meyer 12, Smith 3, Kraft 9, A. Ludolph 5, J. Ludolph 7.
Madison (9-7) — Hamilton 12, Luthi 11, Elwood 10, Schankie 8, Childers 3, Nowett 5.
Solomon boys 65,
Northern Heights 49
Northern Heights led 9-5 at the end of the first quarter before Solomon rebounded in a big way in the final three quarters to earn a win on its home floor.
Shooting from the floor was the biggest problem for the Wildcats, as they were outshot 51 percent to 32 percent. Solomon also dominated on the boards, outrebounding NHHS 35-19. Northern Heights was led on the night by Kenny Bronson, who had 13 points. Roman Murray added 11. Each also finished the game with five rebounds. Tyler Stark of Solomon led all scorers with 24 points.
“We struggled in every aspect of the game tonight and we need to get better,” Heights coach Lanny Massey said.
Solomon boys 65, Northern Heights 49
NHHS 9 13 12 14 — 49
SHS 5 19 19 22 — 65
Northern Heights — T. Tabares 4, Bronson 13, D. Swanson 6, Murray 11, Ardnt 2, R. Swanson 4, Campbell 1, Heins 2, N. Taberes 6.
Solomon — Whitaker 10, Swenson 4, Brown 6, Hood 10, Stark 24, Hochstatter 4, Alyward 7.