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H-M-S girls' win streak turns into 3-game slide

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn's winning streak came to an abrupt end in a rematch with MMCRU on Jan. 23. The Hawks scored the same number of points as they did in a win on Jan. 20 in Hartley, but the Royals scored 14 more points at Marcus to earn a 56-45 win.

The game got away from H-M-S midway through the first half. Already trailing 14-11 after one quarter, the Hawks faced a 33-23 deficit at halftime. The second half was a stalemate despite the fact that H-M-S had its best point output in the final quarter.

Moriah Otto topped H-M-S with 17 points and Kylee Schiphoff scored 11. Frankie Mohni scored...