The Langford Area girls basketball team dropped three decisions during the past week.
The Lady Lions fell to Waubay-Summit 61-36 on Monday, Northwestern posted a 48-22 win on Friday, and Warner topped LA 49-30 last week Tuesday. A game scheduled with Ipswich on Thursday was postponed to Feb. 17 due to bad weather.
This week Coach Michael Alberts’ club, now 1-12, will host Wilmot on Saturday in a twin bill with the boys’ team (JV girls 1 p.m., JV boys, varsity girls, varsity boys to follow), and Leola-Frederick comes to town on Monday (JV 6:30 p.m., varsity to follow).
“We need to have a better start to games and better starts to the second half,” stressed Alberts. “Once we get settled in, we play well. Teams have tried to pressure us the last few games, but I think we have done fairly well at handling the pressure. The focus we have as the season winds down is playing with consistency and to keep working on improving our offense and defense to be the best we can. We want to be playing our best basketball towards the end of our regular season and into region play.”
Waubay-Summit 61 Langford Area 36 Waubay-Summit exploded for 24 first quarter points (Continued on p7) to grab a 24-3 advantage and cruised past Langford Area.
Megan Gustafson pumped in 19 points and Alex Darling added 15 to lead the Lady Lions.
WAUBAY-SUMMIT: Breanna Lindholm 3 0-1 6, Faith Larson 6 1-2 16, Eva Benike 4 2-2 11, Regan Schmidt 1 00 3, Ava Breske 1 1-2 3, Aubrey Strong 2 0-2 6, Kailee Berger 3 5-8 12, Peyton Rumpza 2 0-1 4. Totals 22 9-18 61.
LANGFORD AREA: Bryanna Peterson 1 0-0 2, Megan Gustafson 8 3-5 19, Alex Darling 5 3-5 15. Totals 14 6-10 36.
W-S (7-6) 24 44 54 61 LA (1-12) 3 12 25 36 3-point goals - Larson 3, Benike, Schmidt, Strong 2, Berger; Darling. Total fouls – WS 11, LA 15
Northwestern 48 Langford Area 22
Langford Area found itself in a 15-0 hole after the opening period and was not able to bounce back against Northwestern.
Megan Gustafson led the Lady Lions with nine points and six rebounds.
LANGFORD AREA: Tawnee Nelson 2 1-4 6, Megan Gustafson 3 3-4 9, Carissa Guy 0 3-6 3, Paytyn Marlow 1 0-0 2, Alexandria Darling 1 0-0 2. Totals 7-44 7-14 22.
NORTHWESTERN: Ella Haven 2 2-6 6, Ashley Haven 2 0-0 5, Adriana Ratigan 7 7-10 21, Ella Boekelheide 2 0-0 6, Tara Blachford 1 0-1 2, Josie Sparling 2 0-0 6, Molly VanHatten 1 0-0 2. Totals 17-58 9-17 48.
LA (1-11) 0 11 17 22 NW (7-4) 15 28 37 48 3-point goals - Nelson; A. Haven, Boekelheide 2, Sparling 2. Total fouls – LA 16, NW 17.
Warner 49 Langford Area 30
Langford Area battled a strong Warner ballclub, trailing by just two at halftime, but the Monarchs (10-2), took charge by outscoring LA 18-3 in the third period.
LANGFORD AREA: Tawnee Nelson 2 1-2 6, Montana Marlow 3 0-2 7, Kylie Schock 1 0-0 3, Megan Gustafson 1 1-4 3, Clarissa Guy 1 0-0 2, Paytyn Marlow 2 0-1 5. Totals 11 4-9 30.
WARNER: Kiah Koch 2 0-0 6, Ava Nilsson 3 0-0 6, Sophia Hoeft 1 3-4 5, Lauren Marcuson 3 4-8 10, Kamryn Anderson 2 2-2 6, Kendyl Anderson 4 36 14, Kenna Leidholt 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 14-22 49.
LA (1-9) 8 15 18 30 Warner (10-2) 10 17 35 49 3-point goals - M. Marlow, Nelson, Schock, P. Marlow; Kendyl Anderson 3, Koch 2. Total fouls – LA 14, Warner 14.
