Pihl, Vikings frost over MHS girls 77-60

Written by Andrew Ottoson Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:33

MHSgZeinerPC072054.jpg Click to buy photo Julia Zeiner goes over Jacey Cullop to score two of her 14 points Friday. Zeiner and the Warriors both got into foul trouble, and the Vikings outscored Marion 20-5 at the line.

The Marion High School girls basketball team was battered by Smoky Valley’s senior guard-forward tandem of Rhys Pihl and Jenna Koch Friday night and absorbed a 77-60 loss in Linds­borg.

Winter wrapped the region in a blanket of snow, but Koch and Pihl were red-hot, combining for 54 points. Pihl led the Vikings with 32 points, while Koch added 22.

No other Viking topped six points, but the eruption from the twosome wiped out double-digit efforts from Marion’s Julia Zeiner, Lindsay Hett and Kayley Heerey.

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Dippel drops 39 as Smoky Valley tops Marion 70-50

Written by Andrew Ottoson Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:12

The Marion High School boys were scorched by Chase Dippel and his Smoky Valley teammates Friday night in Linds­borg. Dippel scored 39 points as the Vikings topped the Warriors 70-50.

Calvin Jeffrey tallied 20 points for Marion.

Neither side put a second player in double digits. Luke Gordon posted eight points for Marion as did Ridge Jones for Smoky Valley.

Chase Carlson gave Marion a 4-2 lead 57 seconds into the contest on a pair of foul shots after getting whacked on a dribble-drive.

The teams traded scores, with Jeffrey drilling a 15-footer on the left wing to restore the slim advantage.

Eric Vogel posted up on Marion’s next trip, making a nice catch underneath the rack and flipping in the layup off the glass.

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Snow, ice precipitate postponements for all six Marion County high schools

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:09

Each of the six high schools in the Free Press distribution area lost at least one night of basketball games to Old Man Winter last week. Only three encounters went ahead as planned.

Hillsboro High School had games against Halstead and Nickerson postponed. The Trojans were to play host to Collegiate this Tuesday, as scheduled.

Hillsboro will host a makeup contest with Halstead on Friday and will make up the road contest against Nickerson on Monday, Jan. 7.

Marion’s home games against Lyons were pushed back to Jan. 5. The Warriors games at Smoky Valley were played Friday in Lindsborg.

Peabody-Burns had once-delayed games against Berean Academy bumped a second time. The road games, originally marked for Dec. 8, will be played Jan...

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Area Prep Girls

Written by Hillsboro Free Press Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:04

Canton-Galva vs. Peabody-Burns

The Eagles outpaced the Warriors 32-20 Friday night. After scoring a field goal and a foul shot during a 9-8 first quarter, Canton-Galva guard Allie Enns gave the Eagles a big lift in the second.

Enns hit a 2-pointer, then consecutive 3-pointers and another 2-point shot, tallying all 10 points during a 10-2 run that put the Warriors in a 19-10 hole headed into halftime.

Enns did not score in the second half, but still turned in a game-high 13 points.

Kaitlyn Bressie scored a pair of 2-point shots in the period and finished with 7 as Canton-Galva’s second leading scorer.

Kylie Haines scored 6 points, Ashley Vogts notched 5, and Kaycie Shearer chipped in a foul shot to round out the Eagles scoring.

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HHS boys torch Vikings

Written by Don Ratzlaff Wednesday, 12 December 2007 17:29

HHSbbLoewenPC085045.jpg Click to buy photo David Loewen makes his move to the basket during Satruday’s game against Winfield. The 6-foot, 5-inch junior post scored 19 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead HHS to the win. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press

The Hillsboro boys rewarded the fans who followed them to Cheney on a wintry Saturday with a glimpse of this team’s considerable potential in an impressive 76-54 victory over Winfield in the third-place game in the Cardinal Classic.

Coming off a humbling home-court loss against Cheney earlier in the week, the Trojans shot, defended and rebounded their way to a dominant win, including an explosive 29-point fourth quarter.

Winfield scored first and appeared to flummox the Trojans in the...

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