Rough trip North for Beavers in Monticello

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

  MONTICELLO — The first road trip of the new year was not a pleasant one for the Wilton basketball teams’ last Friday as both the Beaver boy’s and girl’s teams lost at Monticello in a RVC cross-division doubleheader. Wilton began the post Christmas break part of their schedule last Tuesday at home when they hosted West Liberty.
The Beaver girls team lost 58-40, snapping a three-game winning streak. The Panthers used a 22-7 second quarter run to turn the game around in the first half. Wilton took a 10-6 lead after the first quarter, but the big Panther run in the second quarter, gave Monticello a 28-17 halftime lead. The two teams played close in the third quarter, but Monticello extended their lead by five points to 45-29 going to the final quarter. Monticello scored over 50 points for the fifth time this season in seven wins.
  Wilton shot 34-percent for the game and made 16 trips to the free throw line, making seven of those attempts. Kortney Drake scored 12 points grabbed 5 rebounds and had 3 assists to lead Wilton in each category.
  Emily Lange scored 7 points and had 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Wilton got 13 points off the bench from Falloyn Grunder (7) and Lexi Maurer (6).
  In the boy’s game, Wilton lost 68-22. Big runs by Monticello in the first half helped secure the win for the Panthers. It was the third straight victory for the Panthers and third over an RVC school. The Panthers also hold wins over Iowa City Regina and West Branch.
  Monticello opened up a 17-5 lead after the first quarter with a 23-6 run in the second quarter to take a 40-11 halftime lead. The Panthers kept the pressure on, outscoring Wilton 12 to 1 in the third quarter to take a 52-12 lead after three quarters.
  Wilton was led in scoring by Jared Townsend and Isaac Hunter who each had 4 points off the bench in the game.
  Jacob Manternach scored 19 and Kyle Sperfslage scored 12 points and turned in a great all around game with 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 rebounds.

GB: Monticello 58, Wilton 40
Friday, January 6
At Monticello
1 2 3 4 Final
Wilton 10 7 12 11 40
Monticello 6 22 17 13 58
WILTON (40): Kaylee Ford (g) 2-7 0-0 4, Kortney Drake (g) 4-7 4-9 12, Hannah Christensen (f) 2-4 0-0 4, Emily Lange (f) 3-9 1-2 7, Aubrey Putman (f) 0-6 0-1 0, Falloyn
Grunder 3-8 0-0 7, Lexi Maurer 2-5 2-2 6, Taylor Goldermann 0-0 0-2 0, Linsey Ford 0-0 0-0 0, Kali Milder 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 16-46 7-16 40.
MONTICELLO (58): N/A.
Wilton Statistics Only:
3-Pt. FG: Wilton 1-6 (Grunder 1-5, Putman 0-1). Rebounds: Wilton 24 (Drake 5, Lange 5, Christensen 4, Putman 3, Grunder 3, Maurer 2, K. Ford 1, Milder 1). Assists: Wilton 12 (Drake 3, Lange 3, Putman 2, K. Ford 1, Grunder 1, Christensen 1, Milder 1). Steals: Wilton 3 (Lange 2, Christensen 1). Blocked Shots: Wilton 5 (Putman 3, Drake 2). Total Fouls: Wilton 15. Fouled Out: Wilton none.

BB: Monticello 68, Wilton 22
Friday, January 6
At Monticello
1 2 3 4 Final
Wilton 5 6 1 10 22
Monticello 17 23 12 16 68
WILTON (22): Jacob Shepherd (g) 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Paustian (f) 1-5 0-0 2, Cole Rabedeaux (g) 0-1 0-0 0, Kaleb Timmsen (g) 1-4 0-0 2, Jake Fratzke (g) 1-3 0-0 3, Jake Said 0-1 0-0 0, Chase Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Isaac Hunter 2-2 0-0 4, Ashton Stoelk 1-4 1-2 3, Evan Reifert 0-4 2-4 2, Brady Barrett 1-2 0-0 2, Jared Townsend 1-4 2-3 4. Totals: 8-31 5-9 22.
MONTICELLO (68): Avery Martensen (g) 2-5 2-2 6, Jacob Manternach 8-14 2-2 19, Taylor Manternach (g) 1-4 0-0 2, Alex Nealson (f) 4-10 0-4 8, Kyle Sperfslage (f) 3-6 3-4 12, Austin Coohey 1-2 0-0 2, Josh White 1-1 2-4 4, T.J. Nelson 0-1 0-0 0, Jordan Breashears 2-4 0-0 4, Andrew Tjaden 1-2 3-4 5, Ryan Manternach 2-3 1-1 5, Connor Franzenburg 0-1 0-0 0, Kegan Arduser 0-1 0-0 0, Wesley Henderson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 25-57 14-23 68.
3-Pt. FG: Wilton 1-9 (Fratzke 1-3, Paustian 0-4, Stoelk 0-1, Barrett 0-1), Monticello 4-10 (Sperfslage 3-4, J. Manternach 1-3, Martensen 0-1, Coohey 0-1). Rebounds: Wilton 16 (Townsend 5, Paustian 3, Reifert 3, Fratzke 2, Miller 1, Hunter 1, Timmsen 1), Monticello 37 (Nealson 7, Tjaden 5). Assists: Wilton 8 (Fratzke 3, Townsend 1, Reifert 1, Timmsen 1, Hunter 1, Shepherd 1), Monticello 16 (Sperflage 4, Nealson 3). Steals: Wilton
5 (Townsend 2, Reifert 1, Rabedeaux 1, Paustian 1), Monticello 13 (Sperfslage 4, Nealson 3, J. Manternach 3). Blocked Shots: Wilton none. Monticello 2 (Nealson 2). Total Fouls: Wilton 14, Monticello 12. Fouled Out: Wilton Reifert, Monticello none.