Tigers end tough week against RVC North leaders

Tipton point guard Emily Hermsen (23) finds room to get a shot off from close range in the Tigers loss at 2A #11 Cascade last Friday. The Tigers found open spots in the Cougars zone hard to come by all night. Tipton lost twice last week to two state ranked teams. The Tigers will play at Mid-Prairie Tuesday and host West Liberty Friday. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker. 

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor, Tipton Conservative

  CASCADE — The Tipton Tiger basketball teams’ traveled to Cascade last Friday to play the Cougars in an River Valley Conference cross-divi- sion match-up. There, each Tipton team faced a ranked Cascade team. The Tigers came away empty in both games as they were looking for a big upset win. The Tiger boy’s fell 49-36 to the 6th ranked team in 2A. The Tiger girl’s fell to the 11th ranked Cascade girl’s team, 59-30.
  In the boy’s game, the Tigers were in the game most of the night, but a 14-7 second quarter run was enough to put distance between themselves and Cascade in a 13-point loss. The loss was the second in a row for the Tigers.
  Tipton made only 15 field goals in the game. Logan Hoffman scored 15 points and had 5 rebounds. Frank Bierman came off the bench to score 6 points and grab a team high 11 rebounds.
  The Cougars played only six players in the game and three scored in double digits. Johnny Supple scored 16 points and had 5 rebounds while Haris Hoffman scored 12 points
and had 7 rebounds. Brock Simon scored 10 points and had 4 steals, 3 assists and 3 rebounds.
  Cascade led 11-10 after the first quarter. Cascade used a 14-7 run in the second quarter to take an 8-point, 25-17 halftime lead. The Tigers trailed by three points, 13-10 with six minutes left in the half and trimmed the Cougar lead to six, 19- 13 after the Cougars lead swelled to nine points (19-10).

  Tipton and Cascade battled in the third quarter with the Tigers scoring six points to Cascade’s seven. Tipton trailed 32-23 after three quarters. Both offenses came alive in the final quarter. Cascade outscored Tipton 16-13 in the final quarter, pulling away from an eight-point lead (39-31) with two minutes left in the game.
  In the girl’s game, Tipton struggled to score points in the first half against the Cougars zone defense. Tipton was outscored 16-4 in the first quarter and were held scoreless for the first six minutes of the open- ing quarter. The Tigers trailed 11-0 before scoring points to put the score at 14-2. The Cougars used a 19-5 run in the second quarter to take a commanding 35-9 halftime lead.
  Tipton played better in the second half. The Tigers were only outscored by three points in the second half, 24-21.
  Jamie Kofron led Tipton in scoring with 8 points and tied Amanda Smith for the team high in rebounds with 6. Emily Hermsen scored 7, Samantha DeMoss 5 and Kailee Meyer and Amanda Smith with 4 points each.