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LaCrosse girls win Cardinal Winter Jam
Hoisington girls finish third
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LACROSSE GIRLS 54, RUSSELL 48

HOISINGTON – The LaCrosse girls built a 31-16 halftime lead and held off Russell 54-48 for the championship in the Cardinal Winter Jam. The Leopards scored all eight fourth-quarter points on free throws.

LaCrosse’s Mary Lacy scored 21 points and Tessa Pierce added 12 points. Russell’s Megan Boxberger 19 points and Kyleigh Kasper added nine points.

Championship

Russell 7 9 16 16 – 48

LaCrosse 10 21 15 8 – 54

Russell—Boxberger 7 3-3 19; Kasper 4 1-1 9; Ptacek 2 2-4 8; Schulte 2 0-0 4; Nuss 2 0-0 4; Wedel 1 0-0 2; Pospichal 1 0-0 2; Totals 19 6-9 48.

LaCrosse—Mary Lacy 6 9-10 21; Pierce 3 4-6 12; Gilbert 3 0-0 8; Baus 3 0-1 6; West 1 2-2 5; Kerschner 1 0-0 2; 17 15-19 54.

 

HOISINGTON GIRLS 48, MINNEAPOLIS 43

HOISINGTON – Hoisington’s Rylie Koester scored 12 points and Jocelyn Pedigo added 11 points to lead the Cardinals past Minneapolis 48-43 for third place in the Hoisington Winter Jam.

Shay Allison led the Lions with 16 points.

Third Place

Minneapolis 8 6 11 18 – 43

Hoisington 14 7 10 17 – 48

Minneapolis—Shay Allison 7 2-4 16; Shupe 3 2-5 9; Vignery 3 0-0 8; Foote 2 2-2 6; Mykenzi Allison 1 0-0 2; Laws 1 0-0 2; Totals 17 6-11 43.

Hoisington—Koester 2 7-9 12; Pedigo 5 1-7 11; Harmon 3 0-0 8; Karisa Schremmer 1 4-4 7; Jonas 1 2-2 4; Smith 2 0-0 4; Warnken 1 0-0 2; Totals 15 14-22 48.

 

OTIS-BISON GIRLS 46, ELLSWORTH 40

HOISINGTON – Taylor Regan scored 19 points to lead Otis-Bison past Ellsworth 46-40 for fifth place in the Mid-Winter Classic. Regan made 11 free throws, nine in the fourth period. Megan Tammen scored 13 points.

Amy Westerman scored 14 points and Paige Talbott added 12 points.

Fifth Place

Ellsworth 7 14 12 7 – 40

Otis-Bison 9 12 11 14 – 46

Ellsworth—Westerman 7 0-5 14; Talbott 3 6-6 12; Haase 3 2-2 9; Davis 2 0-0 5; Totals 15 8-13 40.

OB—Regan 4 11-12 19; Tammen 4 1-2 13; Schilowsky 2 0-0 5; Vondracek 2 0-0 4; Sidney Schneider 1 0-0 2; Mitchell 1 0-0 2; Totals 14 12-14 46.

 

VICTORIA GIRLS 42, ELLINWOOD 25

HOISINGTON – Victoria’s Tiff Dortland scored 15 points to lead the Knights past Ellinwood 42-25 for seventh place in the Cardinal Winter Jam. Ellinwood’s Brittney Beck and Maddy Ward scored nine points apiece.

Seventh Place

Victoria 12 9 8 13 – 42

Ellinwood 6 5 9 5 – 25

Ellinwood—Beck 3 2-4 9; Ward 2 5-8 9; Hayes 0 3-7 3; Clawson 0 0-2 0;  Doll 1 0-0 2; Menges 1 0-0 2; Totals 7 10-21 25.

Victoria—Tiff Dortland 6 2-3 15; Sam Leiker 3 5-8 11; Emily Schippers 1 0-0 2; Dinkel 1 0-0 2; Radke 1 0-0 2; Sara Schippers 3 0-0 6; Totals 16 7-11 42.