WEST BRANCH — A big first half by West Branch was enough to send the Bears onto the next round of the tournament trail in girl’s basketball last Tuesday. The Knights fell behind 36 to 15 at halftime as the Bears took a 69-46 district quarterfinal game over North Cedar on their home floor.
West Branch led most of the first quarter. North Cedar trailed by five, 11-6 with three minutes left and by six, 14 to 8 with two minutes left in the opening quarter. The Knights were then outscored 7-1 over the final two minutes as the Bears led 21-9 after the first quarter. West Branch outscored
the Knights 15-6 in the second half to take a halftime lead of 36-15.
North Cedar found some offense in the third quarter, scoring in double digits as a team in the quarter, but West Branch outscored the Knights 15-11 in the quarter.
West Branch led 51-26 after three quarters. North Cedar opened the final quarter on a 5-0 run to string back-to-back possessions with a bucket together, and the Knights outscored the Bears 20 to 18 in the final quarter. North Cedar played the Bears well in the second half as West Branch only outscored the Knights by two points, 33 to 31 in the second half.
North Cedar junior Darby Hawtrey led North Cedar in scoring with 18 points while Leah Crock scored 9, as did Lexi Crist.
West Branch nearly shot 50-percent for the game, making 24-of-50 shot attempts. The Bears guards stepped up big, combining for 49 of the 69 Bear points in the game. Senior Haley Mullinix scored a team high 26 on 11-of-16 shooting including making three of five three-point attempts. Tatum Koenig scored 23 on 6-of-13 shooting with two three points and a good day at the free throw line, making 9-of-10. West Branch had 40 rebounds in the game as Abbey Knoop grabbed a team high 12.
North Cedar ends the season 9-13. The Knights overcame a season ending injury to senior guard Emily Hay to nearly win 10 games this season. North Cedar will say goodbye to seniors Emily Hay, Kourtney Bendixen and Lakaya Lyon. North Cedar will return six juniors and a sophomore giving them seven of their rotation players back next season.
West Branch 69, North Cedar 46
Tuesday, February 14
At West Branch
1 2 3 4 Final
North Cedar 9 6 11 20 46
West Branch 21 15 15 18 69
NORTH CEDAR (46): Tessa Fields (g) 0 1-3 1, Lexi Crist (g) 2 4-4 9, Kourtney Bendixen (g) 1 0-0 2, Darby Hawtrey (f) 8 1-1 18, Leah Crock (f) 4 1-1 9, Grace Proesch 3 1-1 7, Nicole Sander 0 0-0 0, Lakaya Lyon 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 8-14 46.
WEST BRANCH (69): Abbey Fryauf (f) 0-1 0-0 0, Paige Miller (g) 5-11 0-0 11, Abby Knoop (f) 0-1 0-3 0, Tatum Koenig (g) 6-13 9-10 23, Haley Mullinix (g) 11-16 1-2 26, Courtney Jarrett 0-0 2-2 2, Riley Vaughan 1-2 0-0 3, Taylor Thein 0-0 0-0 0, Maddi Luneckas 0-0 0-0 0, Allie Waterman 0-1 0-0 0, Kaiya Lunecaks 0-0 0-2 0, Claire Bridges 0-0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Heise 1-5 2-3 4. Totals: 24-50 14-22 69.
West Branch Statistics:
3-Pt. FG: 7-20 (Mullinix 3-5, Koenig 2-7, Miller 1-6, Vaughan 1-1, Waterman 0-1). Rebounds: 40 (Knoop 12, Fryauf 8). Assists: 12 (Miller 4, Mullinix 4). Steals: 16 (Mullinix 6, Miller 4). Blocked Shots: 1 (Fryauf 1). Total Fouls: West Branch 16. Fouled Out: West Branch none.
14th ranked Wildcats Sideline Beavers, 66-50
DELHI — The 14th ranked Maquoketa Valley Wildcats sent the Wilton Beavers to the sidelines, ending their season with a 66-50 loss in Delhi. The Wildcats advanced to play top-ranked Iowa City Regina in the Region 7 semifinal. The Beavers were coming off of their seventh postseason victory in 10 years with a first round win over Lisbon. The Beavers have won their first round playoff game for the sixth time in ten years.
Wilton fell behind 21-13 after the first quarter, but cut the Wildcat lead by four points, outscoring the Wildcats 20-16 in the second quarter to put the halftime score at 37-33.
Wilton’s offense started slow in the second half and only produced six points in the third quarter. The Beaver defense, held the Wildcats to their lowest point total in a quarter in the third, 13 but still trailed 50-39. Maquoketa Valley outscored Wilton 16-11 in the final quarter.
The Beavers shot 40-percent for the game and shot very well from the free throw line, making 13 of 14 attempts.
Wilton had three double digit scorers in the game. Emily Lange had a team high 15 points to lead Wilton. Kortney Drake scored 14 points and had 4 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 steals. Drake has scored in double digits in each of the four postseason games she has played in and has averaged 16.3 points a game in the postseason.
Aubrey Putman had a team high in rebounds with 5 and steals with 2 and blocked shots with 1.
Maquoketa Valley was led by three double figure scorers, all starters. Sam Wall scored 23 points and had 5 asssists and 4 rebounds to lead the Wildcats. Payton Ries scored 17 points and had 6 rebounds and Brianna Mensen scored 14 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, had 4 steals and 2 assists. The Wildcats shot 48-percent from the field (23-for-47) and nearly were perfect from the free throw line, shooting 15-for-17. The Wildcats had 10 offensive rebounds in the game.
The Beavers end the season 13-10. The 13-win total was more wins than the combined win total for 2014 (5), 2015 (2) and 2016 (5). The 13-win total also was the first time since the 2011 season that Wilton has won more than 10 games in a season. The Beavers had double-digit win seasons in three of four seasons in 2009 and 2010 and 2008.
Maquoketa Valley 66, Wilton 50
Tuesday, February 14
At Delhi
1 2 3 4 Final
Wilton 13 20 6 11 50
M-V 21 16 13 16 66
WILTON (50): Kaylee Ford (g) 5-9 0-0 10, Kortney Drake (g) 6-12 2-2 14, Hannah Christensen (f) 1-6 4-4 6, Emily Lange (f) 4-10 7-8 15, Aubrey Putman (f) 1-6 0-0 2, Falloyn Grunder 1-1 0-0 3, Lexi Maurer 0-1 0-0 0, Kali Milder 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-45 13-14 50.
MAQUOKETA VALLEY (66): Sam Wall (g) 7-15 6-6 23, Brianna Mensen (g) 5-7 4-4 14, Macy Hoeger (g) 0-0 0-0 0, Payton Ries (f) 7-15 3-5 17, Gracie Gellersen (f) 2-6 0-0 6, Caitlin Schumann 0-0 0-0 0, Abby Holtz 0-0 0-0 0, Olivia Hoeger 0-1 0-0 0, Maci Frieburger 2-3 2-2 6. Totals: 23-47 15-17 66.
3-Pt. FG: Wilton 1-8 (Grunder 1-1, Putman 0-2, Lange 0-2, Drake 0-2, Maurer 0-1), MV 5-12 (Wall 3-7, Gellersen 2-4, Mensen 0-1). Rebounds: Wilton 16 (Putman 5, Lange 4, Drake 4, Christensen 2, Maurer 1), MV 31 (Mensen 7, Ries 6). Assists: Wilton 10 (Drake 5, Christensen 4, Ford 1), MV 14 (Wall 5). Steals: Wilton 4 (Putman 2, Drake 2), MV 9 (Mensen 4). Blocked Shots: Wilton 1 (Putman 1), MV none. Total Fouls: Wilton 14, MV N/A. Fouled Out: Wilton Putman, MV N/A.
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