Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Remsen St. Mary's sweeps hoop doubleheader
Kooper Ebel tries to cut off Remsen St. Mary's Blaine Harpenau as he drives to the basket last Friday night in Hartley.
Darby Mastbergen takes a shot in the first half of H-M-S's game with Remsen St. Mary's. She scored nine points in the 75-53 loss.
Remsen St. Mary's was not in a giving mood during their visit to Hartley on Dec. 18, as they swept Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in a War Eagle Conference basketball doubleheader.
In the girls' game, turnovers hampered a good night offensively for H-M-S during a 75-53 loss. The maroon Hawks turned the ball over 36 times, 26 of which were the result of steals by St. Mary's.
H-M-S overcame a nine-point deficit to pull to within 22-20 early in the second quarter but St. Mary's scored 14 straight points and would eventually hold a 41-28 half time lead.
Trailing by 19 points in the third quarter, H-M-S pulled to within 10. But St. Mary's scored off consecutive steals to regain the momentum and were not threatened again.
Olivia Grooters and Taya Mason both scored 14 points, Darby Mastbergen scored nine, Lydia Harders scored five and Emily Otto added four. H-M-S made 45.8 percent of its shots from the floor and was 5-of-10 at the free throw line.
Otto grabbed 10 rebounds, Grooters and Harders each had four and Mastbergen finished with three. Harders also had two steals.
St. Mary's had six players score in double figures.
H-M-S fell to 1-6 overall and 1-2 in War Eagle Conference action.
• Boys lose to ranked St. Mary's
A strong first half propelled Remsen St. Mary's to a 56-46 win in the boys' game.
The No. 7-ranked team in Class 1A broke open a close game with a 13-0 run in the second quarter to build a 19-point advantage.
H-M-S narrowed the margin to 13 points at the end of the third quarter but was trailing by 20 with just over three minutes to play. A strong finish narrowed the deficit to 10 points, but H-M-S could not get closer.
Scoring leaders were Ben Haack with 11 points, Lance Berends with 10, Kayl Jacobsma with eight, and Kooper Ebel and Sam Heyn with five each.
DJ Doyle had six rebounds and three blocks; Ebel had six rebounds and two assists; Berends had four rebounds, three assists and two blocks; Jacobsma had four assists and two rebounds; and Haack had three assists and two rebounds.
With the loss H-M-S dropped to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in WEC games.
Both teams return to the court on Jan. 5 when they host Harris-Lake Park.
