Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Hawk girls top WB-M, lose twice in War Eagle play
Senior Emily Otto has her eyes on the goal as she begins a drive to the basket against West Bend-Mallard on Dec. 13.
Abby Douma has the attention of the West Bend-Mallard defense as she attempts to get off a shot in the Hawk girls' 66-55 win.
Significant contributions from several players helped Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn defeat West Bend-Mallard, 66-55, in a non-conference girls' game on Dec. 13 in Hartley.
Scoring leaders were Lydia Harders with 22 points and Jasmine Lux with 10. Five others contributed a total of 34 points, including Abby Douma with nine, Elise Haack with eight, Kylee Schiphoff with seven, Emily Mutombo with six and Emily Otto with four.
Individual rebounding totals were balanced, as Harders and Douma each had five and Haack, Lux, Otto and Schiphoff each pulled down three. Lux also had four steals and two assists, Harders and Mutombo had three steals and Haack added two.
The teams traded leads in the early going before H-M-S edged ahead 13-8. The advantage grew to 12 during the second quarter, but West Bend-Mallard drew to within 29-23 by half time.
A 7-0 run midway through the third quarter gave the Hawks a double-digit lead and they extended it to as many as 15 points in the final period.
• vs. Akron-Westfield
A slow start against Akron-Westfield spelled trouble for the Hawks, who finished on the short end of a 62-32 score on Dec. 14 at Akron.
The Westerners built a 21-4 lead in the first quarter. H-M-S outscored Akron-Westfield by two to finish out the half but fell farther behind during the final two quarters.
The Hawks did not shoot well from the floor (33.3 percent) or the foul line (1-of-5), and they committed 22 turnovers.
Schiphoff scored 12 points, Lux scored eight and Haack and Harders scored five. Harders had five rebounds and two steals; Douma and Lux came down with four rebounds; and Schiphoff had two rebounds and two steals.
• vs. Gehlen Catholic
The trend of early deficits continued for H-M-S during a 72-41 loss to Gehlen Catholic on Dec. 17 at LeMars.
The Jays broke out to a 20-8 lead in the first quarter and doubled their advantage to 38-19 at the break. H-M-S stayed with the Gehlen Catholic in the third quarter but fell farther behind as the second half progressed.
Forty turnovers and 31 percent shooting hampered the Hawks, who fell to 0-2 in War Eagle Conference play.
Scoring leaders were Harders with 13 points, and Lux and Schiphoff with 11 each.
Lux also had five rebounds, two assists and two steals; Schiphoff had five rebounds and two steals; Douma also grabbed five rebounds; Mutombo came up with four steals; and Harders had three rebounds and three steals.
The Hawks (2-4) resume their post-holiday schedule on Jan. 4 at Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire.
