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Girls Basketball
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ATTACK THE RIM! ... Alex Kiess (22) dribble drives past the Delta
defender guarding her, taking the ball inside the paint for a layup.
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CAUGHT ALONG THE BASELINE ... Lady Cadet sophomore Ariana Brown uses her
body to cut off the Liberty Center ball handler from her teammates as the Tiger picked
up her dribble along the baseline.
7 rebounds, and 1 blocked shot. Its difficult to win when a team cant hold on to
the ball.
Free throw shooting was also a problem for Edon. The home team took 20 attempts from the line, but was able to make
just 11 of them. Thats only 55% from the
charity stripe. Not only that, but Sonneberger was responsible for 16 of those free
throws, leaving the rest of the team with
just 4 attempts in the entire game. And all
4 of those were taken by Kiess.
With so many turnovers, and so little
production from the free throw line, its
more than a bit surprising that Edon
stayed in this game. Shooting a respectable 32.7% from the floor, including 30%
from the three-point line certainly helped.
Yet its the 29 total rebounds that stick
out on the stat sheet. For a team with just
a single girl standing at 59, going against
a team with at least four girls taller than
that, grabbing so many boards was an impressive display of will and determination.
That sheer effort, combined with timely
runs fueled by their three core players to
counter Hicksvilles own scoring bunches,
is what kept Edon competitive and allowed
them to force overtime.
Going forward, Edon really needs to
find consistent play from someone outside
of Kiess, Chrisman, and Sonneberger.
Hannah Kaylor would be a prime candidate, being that girl who is 59 tall. The
56 Sonneberger has taken a majority of
the low post duties for the Bombers, and
while she may excel in that area, Kaylor taking some of that burden off of her
would allow both players to thrive.
On paper, Edon really had no business
being in this game. Hicksville was bigger,
stronger, and balanced out its offensive
efforts among their players with more efficiency. That didnt stop the Lady Bombers
from nearly winning, though.
Theres a lot that needs to be cleaned
up and figured out, but the Edon girls
have a chance to be really good as the season progresses.
They just need to continue to stand
tall.
SEE YOU AT THE LINE ... The awkward lunge of Hilltop junior Allie Schmitt is the result
of a foul by the Liberty Center defender that was too slow in trying to cut off her drive.
(November 28, 2014) WEST UNITY:
With only one senior returning to their
roster for the 2014-15 season, there were
many questions as to what could be expected out of the current Hilltop Girls Basketball squad.
If Friday night was any indication, the
answer to most of those questions would
be big things.
The Lady Cadets took down North Western Ohio Athletic League opponent Liberty
Center on that particular evening, besting
the Tigers 57-48 within the friendly confines of The Bunker. And that lone senior,
Destiny Denton, showed the poise that
comes with experience as she led her team
into battle. It can be difficult for shorter
players to earn trips to the free throw line,
yet the 55 guard was able to score 7 of
her 9 points from the charity stripe. Perhaps more impressively, she was able to
pull down 6 rebounds, also making 4 assists in the game.
Cierra Grant was the star of the evening, however. The junior put up 20 points
in the Cadet victory, leading the offensive
attack for her unit. She also came close to
collecting the most rebounds for Hilltop as
well, with her 8 falling just short of teammate Karrisa Crisenberys 9 boards. Crisenbery also added 8 points and 4 assists
to the victory effort.
A strong defensive presence on the
court, junior Bailey Funkhouser pilfered
the ball from the Tigers on 4 separate occasions. Her contributions to the Lady Cadets win werent limited to the defensive
side of the ball, though, as she also hit
the only successful three-point field goal
for Hilltop. Taking advantage of her three
trips to the free throw line as well, Funkhouser totaled 12 points by the end of the
night.
Defensively as a unit, the Hilltop girls
were able to limit a majority of the Tigers
scoring to just two players. Andrea Weirauch led the travelers from Liberty Center
with 23 points, nearly half of her teams total. Scoring more than half of those points
at the line, Weirauch was mostly held in
check by the Cadet defense. Meanwhile,
Peyton Spieth put up 12 points. No other
Liberty Center player scored more than 5
points for the duration of the game.
The Cadet defensive performance had
its flaws, though. Liberty Center shot 37%
from the floor, an alarmingly high number. That rate is also significantly higher
than Hilltops shooting percentage of 28%.
Some of that differential comes from the
extra seventeen shots the Lady Cadets attempted during the course of the evening,
but that still doesnt justify allowing a
team to get that close to making 40% of
their shots. That is normally a significantly difficult obstacle to overcome.
Hustle is a great way to surpass said
obstacle, and that is precisely what the
hometown Cadets did. It begins with rebounding, as Hilltop managed to win the
battle of the boards by ten, 33 to 23. Getting to the free throw line also involves a
great deal of hustle. Making as many extra points as the Tigers attempted, Hilltop
shot with 73% accuracy from the line by
going 24-33, compared to Liberty Centers
63% after making just 15-24.
Of all the statistics associated with
this game, the single most surprising one
lies in the turnover margin. Hilltop, with
a team comprised mostly of juniors and
sophomores with quite limited varsity experience heading into the current season,
managed to limit their turnovers to 8. On
the other hand, they were able to force
Liberty Center into 20 possession-costing
errors. Such savvy level of play was certainly not to be expected from the Lady Cadets this season, especially not in the first
game of the season.
If they continue to value the ball so
highly throughout the season, the girls
from Hilltop will be a formidable opponent
for all that cross their path.
FIGHTING THROUGH THE DEFENSE ... Edon sophomore Eliza Zulch (12) prepares to
elevate as she puts up a shot in the key amidst two taller Hicksivlle defenders.
DRIVE! ... Senior Kaitlin Chrisman advances the ball along the baseline after blowing
by the Hicksville player guarding her. Chrisman had 14 points, mostly from jump shots
off of the dribble.
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Shayla Mason, a freshman for the Bombers, had a decent game in her first outing
at the high school level. She led her team
in scoring with 8 points. Not only that, but
she also showed great effort and tremendous speed, running down from behind
Hicksville girls with clear paths to the hoop
on the break repeatedly. Shot selection is
something Mason will need to work on, but
thats to be expected so early into her high
school career.
Fellow freshman Kati Ewers also seemed
to find her rhythm late in the game, making a couple of baskets to bring Edon a bit
closer to the Lady Aces. She also handled
the ball throughout the contest, and did so
quite well.
The Junior Varsity girls of Edon made
a lot of mistakes in their first game of the
season, but thats understandable with
four freshmen getting their first taste of a
new level of competition.
They never gave up, though, and that
bodes well for their potential to improve
throughout the year.
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number three, and held the home team to
4 points in the fourth quarter. Giving up
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when the opposing defense allows just
nine total points.
Freshman Karli Penrod led all scorers
in the game with 6 points. Pettisville was
also led in scoring by a freshman. Sami
Tilley put up 4 points in the loss.
Both teams played defense extremely
well, something not always seen in a junior varsity game. It will be interesting
to see how well each offense performs in
their next game. For Pettisville, that will
be Delta. Wauseon has hated rival Archbold next on their schedule.
LOOSE BALL! ... Edon freshman Shayla Mason (14) races a Hicksville guard for possession of a ball knocked out of the Lady Aces hands.
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