News Categories
Advertising
Browse all Past Breaking News Articles
GHS knocks off Elyria
Written by AO Wednesday, 10 December 2008 08:10
The Goessel High School basketball teams trounced Elyria on the opening night of the Bluebird Classic Tuesday. The GHS boys won 57-23 and the girls won 45-16.The girls opened a 15-4 lead during the first quarter, as Karina Harvey and Kendra Flaming each scored four points. Goessel led 21-9 at half, and held the Eagles to just one made basket during the fourth quarter. Flaming scored 10 points during the second half and led all scorers with 16. Aspen Frey and Karis Janzen both totaled...
Hillsboro sweeps Smoky Valley on Tuesday
Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 09 December 2008 15:51
Hillsboro High School basketball teams claimed their first victories of the season Tuesday night in the opening round of pool play in the Cheney Cardinal Classic. The Trojans played host to Smoky Valley, winning the girls’ game 38-37 while the boys claimed a 50-39 victory.As the score suggests, the girls’ game was particularly dramatic. With her team trailing by four points after Smoky’s Danielle DuMars sank a pair of free throws with 8.6 seconds left on the clock, Hillsboro’s Tiffany Rooker nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 5 seconds left. HHS immediately called a timeout to set up the defense for the inbounds play underneath the Trojan bucket. On the throw in, Abi Humber grabbed the ball and laid it in the basket...
TC women 1-1 after 66-58 loss vs. Southwestern
Written by AO Saturday, 06 December 2008 16:06
The Tabor College women's basketball team jumped out to a 40-33 halftime lead, but could not ward off Kara Beal and the Southwestern Moundbuilders in the second half. Tabor trailed 7-3 out of the gate, but regained the lead at 15-13 on a layup by Brittany Roth that followed on the heels of a score by Jordan Crosson.After an 18-18 tie, Tabor grabbed and held the advantage for the last 9:15 of the first half and the first 8:26 of the second half before giving way to Beal, who nabbed the lead with a layup-and-1. Beal gave Southwestern the lead for good, 52-49, with a 3-pointer with 7:01 to go, but the Bluejays held their ground.
Before the endgame began,Stephanie Silvas knocked down a pair of 3-pointers to pull the Bluejays within...
TC men top Southwestern 75-66
Written by AO Saturday, 06 December 2008 15:34
The Tabor College men's basketball team overcame a sluggish start to defeat the Southwestern Moundbuilders 75-66 Saturday night in Hillsboro. The win boosts the Bluejays to 1-1 in conference play.Tabor scored only twice during the first 6:35, and trailed 22-4 when Alwyn Jordan buried back-to-back 2-pointers to cap a 22-4 run. But the Bluejays rally began on the defensive end, behind imposing post play from Zack Vanselow, who swatted five shots during the first half of play. Vanselow and Orson Thomas scored back-to-back baskets 23 seconds apart, and the Bluejays perimeter shooters caught fire. Aaron Whitelaw, Vanselow and Kyle Kroeker combined to score 13 straight points. Kroeker finished the burst with a traditional 3-point play...
Goessel boys take down Heights 57-53
Written by AO Friday, 05 December 2008 16:28
Led by Kendall Voth and Craig Banman, and with a multitude of others contributing at key moments throughout the game, the Goessel High School boys basketball team took down the Northern Heights Wildcats 57-53 Friday night in Goessel.It looked like a rout toward the end of the first half, when Voth leaked out of the halfcourt set play to receive a baseball-style inbounds pass that covered the length of the court. Voth scored the layup uncontested, and the Bluebirds led 29-15. Roman Murray knocked down a 3-pointer for Heights on the next possession, and the visitors closed the gap to seven, 29-22. But Goessel's defense sparked an end-of-half rally. Weston Hiebert took a charge from Nick Tabares to keep the Wildcats from further...
More Articles...
Page 170 of 189
This week's issue
|
