Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
H-M-S gets off to slow starts in 3 losses
Elise Haack and Boyden-Hull's Jewel Bergstrom hustle after a loose ball in the first half of the game played in Hartley.
Abby Otto defends against a drive by Avery Noble during H-M-S's 54-32 loss to Boyden-Hull.
MMCRU (1A No. 6) nearly doubled the score on Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in the first half and went on to earn a 74-45 win, on Jan. 18 at Marcus.
The Royals led 21-11 after one quarter and 38-18 at the break. They added to the lead in the second half, outscoring the Hawks by a 36-27 margin.
Gracie Knobloch led H-M-S with 17 points and Jasmine Lux scored 10. Other scorers were Lydia Harders with eight points, Kylee Schiphoff with four, and Elise Haack and Emily Mutombo with three each.
The Hawks connected on 17-of-57 shots from the floor, grabbed 26 rebounds and committed 21 turnovers.
Harders and Lux each had seven rebounds while Haack and Mutombo each had three. Schiphoff had two steals.
MMCRU had four players score in double figures, shot 54 percent from the field, and finished with 26 rebounds.
• vs. Boyden-Hull
Another opponent got off to a fast start and the Hawks could not recover. Boyden-Hull jumped out to a 19-point lead and went on to earn a 54-32 win on Jan. 27 in Hartley.
The Comets scored the first nine points and finished the opening quarter with a 22-3 lead. The margin grew to 26 early in the second quarter. H-M-S made a brief rally but still trailed 32-11 at half time.
The Hawks fell farther behind in the third quarter but finished strong, outscoring the Comets by an 11-5 margin in the final period.
H-M-S only connected on 11-of-50 attempts from the floor. Harders scored 10 points and Schiphoff scored nine.
Harders also grabbed eight rebounds; Lux had seven rebounds and three steals; Schiphoff had five rebounds and four steals; and Otto had three rebounds.
Overall the Hawks finished with 32 rebounds and 10 steals while committing 23 turnovers.
• vs. Hinton
After getting off to a strong start, Hinton needed a strong finish to seal a 53-39 win on Jan. 28 in Hartley.
The Hawks again fell behind in the first quarter and trailed 21-11. The margin was 32-21 at half time. They started strong to open the second half and pulled to within 39-35 in the third quarter. But Hinton was able to hold off the Hawks and hang on for the win.
Scoring for H-M-S included Lux with 12 points, Haack with eight, Knobloch with seven, Harders with six, Schiphoff with four and Otto with two. The Hawks' field goal shooting improved as they converted 17-of-49 attempts, but they also committed 30 turnovers.
Lux and Harders led H-M-S with 12 and 11 rebounds, respectively, while Schiphoff had eight. Haack, Lux and Schiphoff each had two steals.
The Hawks (4-12, 0-7) wrap up the regular season as they host Sibley-Ocheyedan (2A No. 5) on Feb. 3, play at Trinity Christian on Feb. 4 and host South O'Brien on Feb. 8.
