Britton-Hecla dropped a pair of decisions in girls basketball action in the past week, losing to Waubay-Summit 48-33 on Thursday and to Clark-Willow Lake 62-32 last week Tuesday.
The Lady Braves, now 4-13, were scheduled to host Waverly-South Shore on Monday but that game was postponed to Thursday (JV boys, JV girls 5 p.m., varsity girls, varsity boys to follow). B-H hosted Hamlin last night Tuesday and wraps up regular season play by hosting Groton Area on Friday.
District 1A tournament play gets underway on Tuesday. Based on power point ratings through Monday contests the sixth-rated Lady Braves will play at #3 Sisseton (11-7), #2 Aberdeen Roncalli (13-5) will host #7 Redfield (2-15), and #4 Milbank (10-8) will host #5 Webster Area (10-9). Top-rated Groton Area (13-6) earned a first-round bye.
Semifinal games will be played on Thursday with Groton Area playing the Milbank-Webster Area winner, and the Sisseton-Britton-Hecla winner taking on the Roncalli-Redfield winner. SoDak 16 games are set for Thursday, March 6, to determine the eight state tournament qualifiers.
“The keys for us in the postseason are to play the best we’ve played all season for four quarters,” said Braves’ boss Terry Nelson. “We looked good against Waubay-Summit for the first half but that was it, and we have to make the easy ones underneath. We just have to keep fighting.”
Waubay-Summit 48
Britton-Hecla 33
Britton-Hecla battled Waubay-Summit to an 18-18 halftime tie but the hosts outscored the Lady Braves 30-15 in the second half.
Heather Storbakken led B-H with 15 points. Chellon Pruitt grabbed 13 rebounds and Maddi Micko hauled in 10. Daynika Zuehlke dished out five assists.
BRITTON-HECLA: Karli Zuehlke 0 2-6 2, Heather Storbakken 4 4-4 15, Daynika Zuehlke 0 1-2 1, Mallory Grupe 1 0-0 2, Maddi Micko 2 2-3 6, Chellon Pruitt 2 3-6 7. Totals 9 12-21 33.
WAUBAY-SUMMIT: Brianna Lindholm 1 2-2 4, Faith Larson 9 1-2 21, Liza Purdy 2 0-0 4, Aubrey Strang 1 6-11 8, Kayce Berger 3 1-2 7, Caley Boik 1 0-0 2, Callie Miller 0 2-2 2. Totals 17 12-19 48.
BH (4-13) 12 18 27 33
WS (10-8) 13 18 35 48
3-point goals – Storbakken 3; Larson 2. Fouled out – BH, Rae Ann Hagenson, Storbakken. Total fouls – BH 20, WS 17.
Clark-Willow Lake 62
Britton-Hecla 32
Clark-Willow Lake scored 16 straight points during a seven-minute stretch in the first and second quarters to grab a 13-point lead and the Lady Braves were never able to get closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
The Cyclones led 8-2 early but B-H went on a 9-0 run, led by Heather Stobakken’s five points, to grab an 11-8 advantage with 2:14 left in the first period.
But Nelson’s crew did not score another field goal the rest of the half and by the time Maddi Micko hit a pair of free tosses with 2:20 left in the second period the local cagers trailed 24-13 and were down 31-14 at halftime.
B-H did cut a 19-point deficit to 12 with 4:06 left in the third quarter when Storbakken swished another trey to make it 35-23. But the Cyclones answered with another big 15-0 run to put the game away.
Storbakken netted 10 points to lead the Lady Braves. RaeAnn Hagenson pulled down six rebounds and Chellon Pruitt grabbed five. Daynika Zuehlke was credited with four assists.
CLARK-WILLOW LAKE: Johanna Vandersnick 3 0-0 6, Tehya Vig 3 1-2 7, Kamryn Nesheim 4 0-0 10, Shelby Begeman 4 0-2 8 Brynn Roehrich 6 5-6 17, Jenny Bevers 4 2-2 14. Totals 24 8-12 62.
BRITTON-HECLA: Karlie Zuehlke 1 1-6 3, Rae Ann Hagenson 3 0-0 6 Heather Storbakken 3 2-2 10, Daynika Zuehlke 0 1-4 1, Maddi Micko 1 5-8 7, Chellon Pruitt 1 0-0 2, Paityn Erickson 0 3-4 3. Totals 9 12-24 32
CWL (10-6) 14 31 40 62
BH (4-12) 11 14 23 32
3-point goals – Nesheim 2, Bevers 4; Storbakken 2. Total fouls – CWL 21, BH 10.
