Girls Basketball Recaps Thursday, January 8th
Kuemper At Heelan
Heelan 77
Kuemper 28
Bishop Heelan hosted Kuemper in a girls-only varsity matchup. Kuemper came in at 5-2 while Heelan sat at 7-0 and ranked 2nd in 4A. The Crusaders came out fast and physical on defense, jumping out to a 16-0 lead. Addy Anthofer hit a layup before yet another un by Heelan. Elsa Tiefenthaler nailed a 3 before the 2nd quarter to trail 42-8 after 1. The Knights struggled to match the intensity but had a couple of good looks. The 2nd was a lot calmer as Heelan went into the half up 50-8. Heelan put their foot back on the gas in the 3rd with a 20-6 quarter for a 70-14 lead after 3. In the 4th, both teams let their bench players see some reps as the Knights would fall 77-28 on the road. They take on Atlantic on Friday.
Kuemper Stats
Elsa Tiefenthaler 12 points, 5 rebounds
Mackenzie Yetmar 3 points, rebound
Addy Anthofer 8 points, 3 rebounds
Caitlyn Yetmar 2 rebounds
Millie Anthofer 2 rebounds
Charlotte Hackfort 4 rebounds
Alivia Schenkelberg 3 points, 3 rebounds
Morgan Masching 2 points, 4 rebounds
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
Heelan 42 8 20 7 77
Kuemper 5 3 6 14 28
Paton Churdan At West Bend Mallard
West Bend Mallard 56
Paton Churdan 22
Paton Churdan struggled early against West Bend Mallard on the road, falling behind 30-5 at half in a 56-22 loss. They got a 2-point basket from Kaliyah Minnihan and a three from Alivya Smith. They offense heated up in the 3rd, scoring 12-points as they were able to get some shots to fall. Alivya Smith hit 3-3’s with Kaliyah Minnehan adding one shot from deep. The defense held West Bend Mallard to 9-points in the 4th quarter.
Alivya Smith led the Rockets on offense with 11-points and Kaliyah Minnihan added 9-points.
Paton Churdan falls to 1-8 on the season and will host Ar-We-Va on 93.7 KKRL on Friday.
Paton Churdan Stats
Ava Minnehan 2 Points
Kaliyah Minnihan 9 Points
Alivya Smith 11 Points
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
PC 3 2 12 5 22
WBM 12 18 17 9 56
Coon Rapids Bayard At AHSTW
Coon Rapids Bayard 52
AHSTW 44
A great defensive 3rd quarter propelled the Crusaders to a road win over AHSTW. The defense held the Vikings to 3-points in the 3rd quarter, allowing Coon Rapids Bayard to take a strong lead into the 4th quarter. A slow start put them behind in the 1st half, falling behind 15-12 at the end of the 1st quarter and 25-24 at half. The offense was consistent, scoring 16-points in each of the first-three quarters. They led 36-28 going to the 4th and held off a rally.
Aubrey Hofbauer had another strong game with 16-points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Anna Hart finished with 14-points, 7 assists and 7 steals, Ashtyn Klocke had 12-points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals and Malia Clayburg added 10-points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals.
The Crusaders improved to 7-2 overall. They head to CAM on Friday.
Coon Rapids Bayard Stats
Ashtyn Klocke 12 Points, 5 Rebounds, Assist, 3 Steals
Anna Hart 14 Points, 3 Rebounds, 7 Assists, 7 Steals
Aubrey Hofbauer 16 Points, 5 Rebounds, Assist, 4 Steals, Block
Malia Clayburg 10 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 5 Steals
Ella Heithoff 2 Assists, 2 Steals
Lauren Cook 1 Rebound, Steal
Mya Downing 1 Steal
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
CRB 12 12 12 16 52
AHSTW 15 13 3 16 44
