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Results from Maconaquah for Saturday, December 16th
Girls Varsity Basketball beats Logansport 55 – 38
The Lady Braves traveled to Logansport and picked up a road win. The Lady Braves continue their play from Thursday night, playing as one unit. The Lady Braves put 23 points on the score board the first quarter by hitting 5 three pointers. Bailey Carson and Miranda Stoll each hit 2 and Chloe Smyth hit the other 3 point shot in that quarter. Shaelyn Powell was a force on the inside scoring 6 points in that same quarter.
The Lady Berries didn’t go away in the 2nd quarter by outscoring the Lady Braves 12-6 in the quarter for a halftime lead for the Lady Braves 29-21.
But in the 2nd half the Lady Braves picked up their defense and use an agressive offense getting to the basket and picking up fouls on the Berries. The Lady Braves went 8-11 from the free throw line. The Lady Braves got points from 4 different players in that quarter to take a 44-27 lead going into the 4th quarter.
Both teams played even in the last quarter 11-11, with the Lady Braves picking up the win over the Berries 55-38.
The Lady Braves hit 7 three pointers in the game, being lead by Bailey Carson going 3-5 behind the arch and leading the Lady Braves with 17 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assist. Miranda Stoll had a double-doulbe on the night with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Ireland Kile had 9 points and 4 rebounds off the bench. Shaelyn Powell had 7 points and 4 rebounds. Chloe Smyth had 5 points and 3 assist, Sydney Barnes had 4 points and 4 rebounds and Aubrey Kaiser had 2 points.
The Lady Braves play one more game before CHristmas break when they host Mississinewa on Wednesday, December 20 with a 6:00 pm JV tipoff.
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Boys Varsity Basketball beats Logansport 81 – 75
The Braves went into the Berry Bowl and were able to win over Logansport. The Braves improve to 4-2 and are at Whitko in TRC play on Tuesday.
Coach Burrus Quotes: “What a weekend of basketball. We were able to really get our running game going against Logan. I was pumped about our kids response to the Northwestern loss. These kids have done that twice this year. i think we definetly found some things against Logan. First, the play of AJ Kelly. He was tremendous throughout the whole game. He had 24 points at halftime. He just simply said I am going to the rim. He also keyed our running game. He has had some big games but this was his best game to date. Logansport is a very physical team and AJ just went at them. He finished with 30.
Josiah Ball played another very consistant, dominant game. He has such a knack for finding ways to score. He is starting to score more inside. He is continuing to improve. I thought his persistence paid off against Logan. He scored 27.
Ethan Zeiser had a great weekend. He hit some huge 3’s and is such a valuable defender. His play was key to us competing all weekend. Giving us 3 double-digit scores is big for our attacking offense. He ended with 14.
Fuddy Kile was really good on defense. He battled the bigger Logan kids inside and on the perimeter. He got several loose balls over the weekend. He finished with 7 points.
Kaden Miller scored 1 point but keyed our defense. He hustled every play. He helped slow down the offense of Logan. He does a good job attacking the ball.
Braxton Birner, Oakley Reeser, and MJ Ellis all came in and gave us good minutes. They all played great defense off the bench. MJ got a big bucket in the 2nd half.
We found we can win at a tough place. Beating Logan is always a good win. They play a brutal schedule. Our kids showed they can compete with anyone on our schedule. It doesn’t mean we will beat everybody but we are learning what it takes to compete at this level.
We will go after Whitko on Tuesday. They will be tough at home. Our kids will be ready for the challenge.”
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Girls Varsity Swimming beats Lewis Cass 99 – 86
The Girls remain undefeated going into Christmas break! What a great couple of weeks we have had! We started the meet out with our medley relay team placing 2nd (Loshnowsky, Duke, Winegardner, Laber) and 3rd (A. Jordan, Schoettmer, Collins, and Rodkey). Chloe Jordan continued to dominate in the 200 free by placing 1st. In the 200 IM Winegarnder, Collins, and Schoettmer placed 2,3,4. Zoie Laber came in 1st in the 50 free with Abby Jordan in 3rd. In diving, Kathryn Rodkey and Aubrey McClain were 1st and 2nd with Anna Lorenz in 4th. Lucy Loshnowsky and Abby Jordan were 1st and 2nd in the butterfly followed by Shay Schoettmer in 4th. Zoie Laber placed 1st (PR) in the 100 free with Duke in 4th and earning a PR. Chloe Jordan won the 500 with Marissa Burnett coming in 3rd. It was another 2nd placed finish in the sprint relay from Winegardner, Duke, Abby Jordan, and Chloe Jordan. The 100 backstroke had Loshnowsky and Collins in 2nd and 3rd followed by Shively shaving off another 4 seconds but placing 6th. Duke took off another second in the breaststroke earning her 2nd place and Winegardner in 3rd. The 400 free relay (Laber, Loshnowsky, Collins, Chloe Jordan) finished the meet in 1st place.
The Golden Goggle went to Zoie Laber for earning two PR’s! Zoie is only a sophomore and works so hard! I can’t wait to see how much she continues to improve the rest of the season.
