Area 2A Teams Are In Region 5 For Postseason

DURANT — Four area girls basketball teams will play their postseason games in class 2A Region 5.  Durant, Wilton, North Cedar and West Branch are among the 12-team bracket that spans the following conferences: River Valley North, River Valley South, SEISC South, Tri-Rivers East.

Wilton will travel to North Cedar on Saturday, February 14 to begin postseason play.  That is one of four first round games in Region 5.  Winners of those games advance to quarterfinals on Tuesday, February 17.  The winner of North Cedar-Wilton will play at Maquoketa Valley.  Should the Knights win, they would play in a Region 5 semifinal at Cascade on Friday, February 20.

In the bottom half of the bracket, Durant and West Branch don’t have to play until the quarterfinals.  The Wildcats will play the winner of Wapello-Danville at home on the 17th while the Bears will play the winner of Columbus Junction-West Burlington Notre Dame at home the same night.  The semifinal winners will meet at Durant on the 20th.

The Region 5 final will be played on Monday, February 23 at North Cedar - Clarence middle school.  All postseason games listed in the above graphic begin at 7:00 p.m.

Records as of Friday, January 30, 2015

Bellevue                                      6-12

Lisbon                                         5-13

North Cedar                                4-12

Wilton                                          2-14

Wapello                                       7-10

Danville                                       7-10

Columbus Junction                     12-4

West Burlington, Notre Dame     15-0

Cascade                                      15-2

Maquoketa Valley                        14-4

Durant                                          12-6

West Branch                                 11-5

Bellevue — Starters: Maci Reeg sr. 2.6; Kenzi Till soph. 5.9; Camryn Reeg fr. 11.6; Rebecca Schroeder fr. 5.9; Ali Bottorff sr. 7.5.

Bench - Brenda Anderson sr. 1.5; Emma Kelchen fr. 4.9.

Lisbon — Starters: Cassidy Moore sr. 3.5; Danielle Heiken sr. 9.3; Chaise Light jr. 4.7; Jean Springsteen sr. 2.4; Cassie Norton jr. 5.2.

Bench - Ally Smith soph. 3.9; Kelsey Simpson jr. 3.3; Rony Wright jr. 1.0.

North Cedar — Starters: Emily Hay soph. 4.8; Jordan Bendixen sr. 8.6; Becca Ahrendsen jr. 2.6; Meranda Thimmes jr. 6.8; Morgan Sander soph. 7.6.

Bench - Darby Hawtrey fr. 2.9; Camryn Bunge jr. 1.3; Maddy Hawtrey jr. 1.3; Tessa Fields fr. 1.8; Beth Curley sr. 0.6.

Wilton — Starters: Kaylee Ford soph. 3.4; Hannah Christensen soph. 6.3; Grace Austin sr. 14.6; Megan Kublik jr. 2.8; Falloyn Grunder soph. 4.8.

Bench - Lexi Maurer fr. 1.9; Bre Harrington sr. 1.1.

Wapello — Starters: Jena Gerot soph. 5.5; Sydney Reid sr. 4.1; Ashley Hahnbaum sr. 6.6; Kristen Keen sr. 10.5; Mattie Smith jr. 7.7.

Bench - Karlee Carey soph. 0.8; Alexis Talbott soph. 0.6.

Danville — Starters: Carlee Kelly sr. 9.1; Alyssa Bauer jr. 4.6; Allison Becker sr. 1.6; Madonna Stuflick soph. 1.9; Kinsey Petersen jr. 11.9.

Bench - Grace Grothe fr. 2.5; Alexis Hite soph. 1.4; Andi Langer jr. 1.8; Lauren Finke fr. 1.3.

Columbus Junction — Starters: Laura Mincks jr. 5.3; Bailey Stroud soph. 6.7; Claire Hamilton sr. 2.5; Kelsey Pretz sr. 19.7; Kortney Orr jr. 2.3.

Bench - Shania Boyd soph. 5.7; Kelli Rousch jr. 0.7; Sarah Todd jr. 2.3.

West Burlington Notre Dame — Starters: Kori Mesecher sr. 9.2; Johanna Myers soph. 8.7; Courtney Coffin sr. 11.4; Riley Killbride jr. 15.4; Taylor Hickey sr. 19.3.

Bench - Alyssa Schwartz sr. 5.4; DeeDee Gilbert sr. 3.5; Gabrielle Koelker jr. 8.1; Courtney Abolt sr. 3.7.

West Branch — Starters: Allyson Simpson jr. 10.8; Maddy Russell sr. 7.4; Trystin Luneckas jr. 6.5; Haley Mullinix soph. 6.9; Haley Poula jr. 6.9.

Bench - Paige Miller soph. 4.1; Jenae Murry jr. 3.9; Kara Fountain jr. 0.8; Morgan Stoolman sr. 1.2.

Durant — Starters: Janey Botkins jr. 10.2; Jaclyn Ralfs sr. 3.4; Shannon Telsrow jr. 10.4; Aubrey Werthmann soph. 5.0; Courtney Ralfs sr. 10.5.

Bench - Miranda Cox Jr. 2.4; Hannah Ralfs sr. 2.6; Peyton Miedema sr. 2.8.

Maquoketa Valley — Starters: Erin Digmann Jr. 9.8; Megan Mensen jr. 8.4; Brianna Mensen soph. 13.2; Annie Fjelstul sr. 4.4; Abby Jay sr. 4.9.

Bench - Morgan Manternach sr. 3.7; Caitlin Gibbs jr. 2.7; Kristi Goedken jr. 2.4.

Cascade — Starters: Lynsey Dolphin jr. 6.2; Bailey Holmes sr. 9.1; Riley Takes soph. 3.9; Claire Malony sr. 5.9; Carolyn Trumm sr. 10.6.

Bench - Lisa Tucker soph. 3.7; Abbie Ruggeberg fr. 2.8; Anna Hunt soph. 1.8.