Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted
The girls’ basketball team played three games last week, with the first being at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Tuesday, Feb. 12. Kimball held with the Lakers through the first six minutes of the game with the score tied at 8-8, but the Lakers went on a 19-5 run the rest of the half to take a 27-13 halftime lead. The Cubs were unable to close the margin in the second half. The Lakers proved why they have only one conference loss on the season. They defeated Kimball by a final score of 60-45. The scoring line for the Cubs was Allie Seth 11, Breane Meierhofer 9, Paiten Schreiner 8, Kaylee Petty 6, Raelynn Callander 5, Casie Mackereth 4, and Kenadi Mackereth 2. Rebounding leaders were Schreiner and Casie Mackereth with seven each, follwed by Callander with six. Meierhofer and Kenadi Mackereth each had three assists.
Wow! what a great turn out of kids who want to come out and be a part of Kimball's wrestling program this year! There were more than 50 kids who came on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Coach Schindler and Coach Sundin with the intentions of signing up. Go Cubs!
The Cubs started their section tournament this last week with a quarter-final win over the Eagles of Eden Valley-Watkins. The Eagles advanced into the quarterfinal match with a 33-21 victory over Browerville, but with the Eagles’ win came four forfeits. In the section tournament, if you forfeit a weight, you need to carry that forfeit all the way through the tournament. The Eagles came to wrestle a tough match, but the Cubs proved to be too much for them, and came away with a 48-29 victory to advance to the semi-finals Friday, Feb. 15, in Belgrade where they would face the host school.
Kimball’s Marcus Mehr pins EV-W’s John Unterberger in 1:29. Staff photos by Marguerite Laabs.
Becky Holtz and Abbey Straley led the team with 17 and 8 points. Madison Libbesmeier and Ericka Johnson chipped in 3 points each. Taylor Schreiner, Lauren Libbesmeier, Amanda Roerick and Kaitlyn Truenow rounded out the scoring with 2, 2, 2 and 1, respectively.