Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
H-M-S girls win twice to even early-season record
Abby Douma blocks a shot attempt by Kerstin Brummel. It was one of seven blocks she recorded during the 51-49 win.
The margins of victory were dissimilar but the end results were what counted most for the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn girls' basketball team last week.
Hosting Woodbury Central on Nov. 30, the Hawks took control in the second half and rolled to a 75-50 win. The 75 points is the most scored by the H-M-S girls since the 2016-17 season.
Abby Douma and Kylee Schiphoff led H-M-S with 21 and 20 points, Moriah Otto scored 13 points, Frankie Mohni scored nine and Gracie Knobloch scored six. The Hawks made 42.6 percent of their shots from the floor, but only made 8-of-22 foul shots.
H-M-S led 14-9 after one quarter but Woodbury Central managed to narrow the margin to 27-23 at halftime. The third quarter belonged to the Hawks who outscored the Wildcats by a 31-11 margin to build a 58-34 lead.
The Hawks grabbed 46 rebounds, including 21 on the offensive end. They were led by Douma with 10, Knobloch and Otto with nine, Schiphoff with five, and Mohni, Addy Sheeler and Hannah Tessum with four each.
Douma also had four blocks, Schiphoff had three steals, and Knobloch and Lindsey Van Es each had two assists.
Woodbury Central was led by Kendra Mitchell with 23 points.
• Late lead holds up
H-M-S failed to hold the lead in the third quarter but was able to escape with a 51-49 win on Dec. 1.
Trailing 6-0 to start the game, the Hawks rallied to force an 8-8 tie. They fell behind by nine to open the second quarter before coming back to take a brief lead. The halftime score was 24-24.
H-M-S led by five midway through the third quarter but the Tigers responded and went in front, 41-37. A three-pointer by Knobloch and a free throw by Douma tied the score.
The teams traded leads until H-M-S went ahead, 50-47, on a three-point play by Schiphoff with 1:35 left in fourth quarter. Trinity Christian cut the lead to one but a free throw by Knobloch made it a two-point game. The Tigers had two chances to tie the score in the final seconds but both attempts failed.
Otto scored 14 points, Schiphoff scored 13, Douma scored seven, Van Es scored six, Knobloch and Eliza Tewes each scored four, and Mohni added three. H-M-S made 17-of-48 shots from the floor and 12-of-23 at the line.
Schiphoff grabbed 11 rebounds and Otto had eight. Douma was credited with seven blocks, Knobloch had three assists and three steals, and Mohni had two steals.
Makiah De Jager scored 23 points to lead Trinity Christian.
H-M-S (2-2) plays at Remsen St. Mary's (1A No. 4) on Dec. 8, at Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire on Dec. 11 and at Akron-Westfield on Dec. 12.
