Sports

February 19, 2014

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Third Time A Charm, Knights On To Second Round Game

BELLEVUE The North Cedar Knights knew that it would hard for Bellevue to beat them for a third time this season. North Cedar lost both contests with Bellevue in the regular season including their most recent one at Bellevue January 14 in a nine-point loss. However, the Knights pulled off a big win, 56-43 to advance to the second round of the class 2A district tournament. The first round win was the first, firstround win for the Knights since 2006 when the Knights won at Mt. Vernon. North Cedar improved to 10-12 overall while Bellevue finished off their season 13-10. The Comets end the season on a three-game losing streak. North Cedar got a big momentum rush in the first quarter, outscoring the Comets 12 to 4 in the first quarter. North Cedar then used a 21-13 run in the second quarter to take a 33-17 haftime lead. Bellevue trimmed the Knight lead by three in the third quarter, but still trailed 45-32 after three quarters. Each team scored 11 points in the final quarter of the game. The Knights shot 39-percent for the game and were 13-for23 from the free throw line. North Cedar had four players reach double figures in scoring in the game. That balance helped the Knights cause. In their two prior meetings Bellevue had only two in each game. Seniors Alison Malaby and Allison Jensen each had a team high 12 points followed by Jordan Bendixen and Cortlyn Kasik with 10 points each. Bellevue was led by the 1-2 punch of Ali Reeg with 21 and Carly Ruebel with 14. North Cedar will play at second ranked Cascade Tuesday, February 18. The Knights have lost both games to the Cou-

gars including a 46-40 loss at Cascade in the first game of this season. The Knights will have a tournament like game to play in and can be big-time spoilers if they can replicate their recent success they have showed on their current threegame winning streak. North Cedar last played Cascade in the postseason in 2007. That season, the Knights nearly upset the Cougars in Cascade during a 50-45 loss to Cascade who was ranked 8th at the time of the game. Cascade is ranked #2 and has a 22-0 record coming into the game.
Saturday, February 15 at Bellevue 1 2 3 4 Final North Cedar 12 21 12 11 56 Bellevue 4 13 15 11 43 NORTH CEDAR (56): Emily Flockhart (g) 1-2 0-0 2, Cortlyn Kasik (g) 4-7 2-4 10, Jordan Bendixen (g) 3-10 4-6 10, Alison Malaby (g) 6-12 0-1 12, Allison Jensen (f) 3-11 6-7 12, Emily Hay 2-2 0-1 5, Meranda Thimmes 1-4 0-0 2, Steph Jones 1-5 1-4 3. Totals: 21-53 13-23 56. BELLEVUE (43): Maci Reeg 0 0-0 0, Mariah Steines 0 0-0 0, Ali Reeg 7 3-4 21, Shaye Junk 0 0-0 0, Alicia Urbain 0 0-0 0, Jackie Kremer 2 2-2 6, Nicole Beckely 0 0-0 0, Carly Ruebel 4 6-7 14, Ali Bottoroff 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 11-13 43. 3-Pt. FG: North Cedar 1-1 (Hay 1-1). Rebounds: North Cedar 32 (Bendixen 9, Jensen 7, Malaby 5, Jones 4, Kasik 2, Thimmes 2). Assists: North Cedar 10 (Jensen 3, Malaby 2, Bendixen 2, Hay 2, Kasik 1). Steals: North Cedar 15 (Kasik 4, Jensen 3, Malaby 2, Hay 2, Flockhart 1, Bendixen 1). Blocked Shots: North Cedar 4 (Jensen 2, Jones 1, Kasik 1). Total Fouls: North Cedar 16. Fouled Out: North Cedar none.

Durants Shannon Telsrow (20) puts up a shot in a crowd of Beavers during the Wildcats 45-37 win over rival Wilton. Pictured are, Megan Kublik (35), Olivia Reifert (15) and Jenna Brammeier (right, partially hidden). Durants Courtney Ralfs, left, (partially hidden) tries to get into rebounding position as well in the play. Durant advanced to play West Branch in the second round. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

Wildcats Move On With 45-37 Win

DURANT Rivals Durant and Wilton met in the first round of the class 2A district tournament last Saturday, each holding a victory during the regular season against the other. Saturday, it was a key run in the third quarter by Durant that helped in a 45-37 victory. Durant will play at West Branch Tuesday night at 6. The Wildcats won at West Branch while the Bears returned the favor, beating Durant in Durant. The Wildcats won a first round game for the second year in a row. It was nice to just find a way to win tonight, said Durant head coach Doug Frett, We didnt have one of our best nights offensive, but our defense came through and was the key to the win. I thought that the girls stayed strong and did what they needed to do. Its the old tournament mantra - survive and advance to the next round and tonight we did, he said. Durant held a 12-10 lead after the first quarter. Shannon Telsrow scored six of the 12 Wildcat points in the quarter. Jenna Brammeier had four points for the Beavers in the opening quarter. Each team scored six points in the second quarter with Durant holding an 18-16 halftime lead. Durant took control of the game in the third quarter with a 12-4 run to take a 30-20 lead after the third quarter. Wilton however, seeing its season coming to an end, came out on fire in the final quarter. Grace Austin drilled three, three pointers in the quarter and helped the Beavers to a 17-11 run to get to within four points, 41-37 with just over 1:30 left in the game. The Beavers had a chance to cut the lead to two with free throws, but missed and could get no closer in the game. Wilton coach Jeremy Putman said that his team had too many turnovers (19) and that was a big difference in the game. We had a lot of careless passes, passing before we looked, said Putman. Theyd be open five seconds earlier and then wed think theyd be still open and wed still make that pass. Putman said that despite the turnovers his team was still able to battle back and remain in the game down to the end. Thats what I told the girls right after the game. I was very proud of their effort to get back into the game and try to get a win. We played with a lot of fire in the fourth quarter and I think that everyone on our bench was pretty excited, said Putman. Durant shot near 50-percent for the game, making 18-of41 from the field. All five Durant starters had at least six points in the ball game. Shannon Telsrow had a team high 10 points for the Wildcats. Telsrow scored six of her 10 in the first quarter. She also had a team high 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Courtney Ralfs scored 8 points and had 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 assists. Jaclyn Ralfs had 6 points and a team high 5 steals. Janey Botkins had 9 points including two three pointers and Miranda Cox had 7 points. Wilton was led in scoring by Grace Austin and Jenna Brammeier with 14 points each. Olivia Reifert had 7 points and 15 rebounds and 3 assists. Brammeier had 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Wilton ends their season at 7-15 overall. The Beavers lose three seniors in Reifert, Brammeier and Kokjohn.
Saturday, February 15 at Durant 1 2 3 4 Final Wilton 10 6 4 17 37 Durant 12 6 12 15 45 WILTON (37): Olivia Reifert (f) 3-13 1-5 7, Hannah Christensen (g) 1-2 0-0 2, Jenna Brammeier (f) 5-14 0-0 14, Sam Kokjohn (g) 1-5 1-2 3, Grace Austin (g) 5-14 0-0 14, Falloyn Grunder 0-0 0-0 0, Megan Kublik 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 15-46 3-11 37. DURANT (45): Janey Botkins (g) 3-10 1-2 9, Jaclyn Ralfs (g) 3-5 0-1 6, Shannon Telsrow (g) 4-9 2-3 10, Courtney Ralfs (f) 4-5 0-0 8, Miranda Cox (f) 3-4 1-2 7, Aubrey Werthmann 1-2 3-6 5, Peyton Miedema 0-6 0-0 0, Hannah Ralfs 0-0 0-0 0, Anna Bentley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-41 7-14 45.

Tipton guard Carsyn Grage (31) gets ready for a lay-up attempt under heavy NE Goose Lake pressure last Saturday in Tiptons first round game at Goose Lake. The Tigers lost 56-33. Photo by Ross Eberhart, DeWitt Observer.

Tigers Season Ends At Northeast, 56-33

GOOSE LAKE The Tipton girls basketball season came to an abrupt end last Saturday at Northeast Goose Lake. There, the hometown Rebels took a 56-33 first round contest, ending the Tigers season. Tipton bows out of the class 3A district tournament with a record of 5-18 overall. The Tigers end the season with three straight losses. Tipton lost 55-14 at Northeast Goose Lake earlier this season. Northeast improved to 17-6 and will play Camanche in the next round. The Rebels took the Tigers out of the basketball game in just one-quarter. Northeast used a 22-6 run in the first quarter to build a comfortable lead. The Rebels then outscored Tipton 10 to 8 in the second quarter to take a 32-14 lead into halftime. The Rebels came out after halftime and scored the first eight points of the half to take a 40-14 lead, effectively ending any thoughts of a Tiger comeback. In the quarter, Tipton outscored the Rebels from that point on, 12 to 11, but trailed 51-26 after three quarters. Tipton finally outscored the Rebels in the final quarter, 7 to 5, but is was too little, too late. The Tigers made 12 field goals in the game and only 8-of16 of their free throw attempts. Jill Kofron scored 15 points for the Tigers. The Rebels held the other Tipton starters to 10 points combined. Carsyn Grage, Kelsey Lange and Ellie Siech each had three points in the loss. Northeast made 22 field goals in the game and made 8-of12 free throws in the game. Three Rebels reached double figures in the game led by Addie Obermann with 16. Aleenah Marcucci scored 12 and Breanne Butler scored 11 for the Rebels.
Saturday, February 15 at Goose Lake 1 2 3 4 Final Tipton 6 8 12 7 33 NEGL 22 10 19 5 56

Grace Austin goes up for two of her 14 points in the game during the 17-point Wilton 4th quarter last Saturday. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.
3-Pt. FG: Wilton 4-12 (Austin 4-9, Kokjohn 0-2, Reifert 0-1), Du rant 2-10 (Botkins 2-8, Miedema 0-2). Rebounds: Wilton 31 (Reifert 15, Brammeier 6, Kokjohn 4, Kublik 2, Austin 2, Christensen 2), Durant 23 (Telsrow 6, C. Ralfs 6, Werthmann 4, J. Ralfs 3, Cox 2, Botkins 1, H. Ralfs 1). Assists: Wilton 9 (Reifert 3, Brammeier 3, Kokjohn 2, Kublik 1), Durant 11 (Telsrow 4, J. Ralfs 3, C. Ralfs 2, H. Ralfs 1, Werthmann 1). Steals: Wilton 2 (Reifert 2), Durant 15 (J. Ralfs 5, C. Ralfs 4, Telsrow 3, Cox 2). Blocked Shots: Wilton 1 (Brammier 1), Durant 1 (Bentley 1). Total Fouls: Wilton 16, Durant 16. Fouled Out: Wilton none. Durant none.

TIPTON (33): Jill Kofron (f) 6 3-6 15, Kara Gravert (g) 1 0-0 2, Bailey Kepford (g) 1 0-0 2, Carsyn Grage (g) 1 1-2 3, Ellie Siech (f) 1 1-2 3, Jennifer Shaffer 0 2-2 2, Katelin Mohr 1 0-0 2, Kelsey Lange 1 0-0 3, Caitlin Himes 0 1-4 1. Totals: 12 8-16 33. NEGL (56): Aleenah Marcucci (g) 5-12 1-2 12, Addie Oberman (g) 6-12 2-2 16, Laikyn Schaefer (g) 2-8 0-0 4, Breanne Butler (f) 5-10 1-2 11, Courtney Stoll (f) 1-7 0-0 2, Tara Klemme 1-5 0-0 3, Nicole Delarm 1-3 0-0 2, Ashley Kruse 1-3 4-6 6, Leah Schaefer 0-0 0-0 0, Allison Obermann 0-0 0-0 0, Stephanie Delarm 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 22-60 8-12 56. NE Statistics: 3-Pt. FG: 4-9 (Addie Oberman 2-4, Marcucci 1-3, Klemme 1-2). Rebounds: 29 (Schaefer 8, Oberman 6, Kruse 5, Butler 5). Assists: 17 (Addie Oberman 7). Steals: 15 (Butler 3, Addie Oberman 3). Blocked Shots: 6 (Butler 4). Total Fouls: 12. Fouled Out: none.

Tiptons Kara Gravert brings the ball up the court during the Tigers first round game at NE Goose Lake last Saturday night. The Tigers fell 56-33 to the Rebels ending their season. Photo by Ross Eberhart, DeWitt Observer