AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL ACTION: Sigourney knocks off Belle Plaine

BELLE PLAINE — The Sigourney girls basketball team, led by head coach Jenny Hobbs, started the season on a high note this past weekend with a win over English Valleys 32-24 and rose the bar even higher Monday night.

The Savages (2-0) downed 13th-ranked Belle Plaine 57-28 in Class 2A basketball action Monday night.

“This game was a huge improvement from our first game,” said Hobbs. “Our guards did a really good job of getting it inside to our post players.”

And the post players didn’t disappoint. Stephani Atwood scored 15 first half points after Carolyn Holm found herself in some foul trouble. Atwood helped fuel Sigourney to 23-12 point lead at half-time. Atwood finished the game with 19 points and 12 rebounds.

“They have super quick guards that we defending really well,” said Hobbs. “I’m very proud of our overall defensive effort.”

With some wiggle room in the second half to play less tentative with her fouls, Holm became red hot, scoring all 18 of the team’s third-quarter points and all but closing out the game.

Combined, Holm and Atwood outscored the entire Belle Plaine team. Holm led all scorers with 24.

Sigourney will travel to HLV tonight, before opening up at home Friday against North Mahaska.



Sigourney 57, Belle Plaine 28

Sigourney 10 13 18 14 — 57

Belle Plaine 07 05 04 12 — 28

Sigourney (57) — Carolyn Holm 24, Stephani Atwood 19, Whitney Abrahamson 8, Michaela Gretter 4, Jerica Gretter 2.

3-point goals — none. Fouled out — none. Rebounds — Atwood 12, Holm 8. Assists — M. Gretter 2. Steals — Atwood 2. Blocks — Atwood. Total fouls — 17.



Clutch play earns Trojans their first win

Courier sports writer

FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Trojans earned their first win in Class 3A girls basketball action Monday night with a 52-49 victory over Oskaloosa.

After leading by five at halftime, the Trojans found themselves down one point with 30 seconds left on the clock. That’s when Serena Ward decided to takeover. With the clock ticking down, Ward nailed a clutch bucket to give her team the lead. She wasn’t done though, as 15 seconds later with 12 ticks to go, she nailed two free throws to ice the game and give the Trojans the victory.

Ward finished the game with six points and Heather Mason finished with a game-leading 15 points. Meredith Flattery added 10 points, including two 3’s, seven rebounds and four assists.

Defensive adjustments also were vital to the victory. After giving up 13, 14, and 16 points in the first three quarters of action, Fairfield head coach Billy Strickler switched his team to man-on-man coverage and held the Mustangs to just six points.

Sam Lowry led Oskaloosa in scoring with 12.



Fairfield 52, Oskaloosa 49

Fairfield 12 18 12 10 — 52

Oskaloosa 13 14 16 06 — 49

Fairfield (52) — Heather Mason 15, Meredith Flattery 10, Annie Buch 8, Tori Ogden 6, Serena Ward 6, Gretchen Grannenman 4, Britney Craff 2, Dana Diers 1. Totals 22-51 6-11 52.

3-point goals — 2-3 (Flattery 2). Fouled out — none. Rebounds — 27 (Flattery 7). Assists — 7 (Flattery 4). Steals — 6 (Buch 2, Grannerman 2, Mason 2). Total fouls — 12. Turnovers — 19.

Oskaloosa (49) — Sam Lowry 12, Kenzie Gott 11, Sam Algood 10, Courtney Major 9, MaKena Veldhuizen 7.



Overtime woes; Centerville downed by Fort Madison

Courier sports staff

CENTERVILLE — After opening the season with a win over Oskaloosa, the Centerville Redette girls hoops team is now looking at a 1-3 record after a 44-41 overtime loss to Fort Madison on Monday night.

After a 44-41 overtime loss to Fort Madison.

Centerville, who also dropped two games at the Knoxville Tournament, was led by Kaylee Mehrhoff’s double-double performance. Mehrhoff finished the evening with 31 points, 19 rebounds and five blocked shots.

“Kaylee dominated the game,” said head coach Nic Belloma.

Olivia Starcevich was the seconding leading scorer for the Big Red’s with five points.

“We’re young,” said Belloma. “We’re starting three sophomores and we’re trying to learn how to win close games like this one.”

Alexis Lozano-Dobbs led Fort Madison (3-1) with 13 points.

“It’ll take awhile for us to adjust, but we’ll get there,” said Belloma “We just need to learn how to win a close game.”

Centerville (1-3) opens up conference play this Friday at home against Clarke.



Centerville 41, Ft. Madison 44 (OT)

FORT 12 09 09 10 04 — 44

CENT 13 09 07 09 01 — 41

FORT MADISON (44) — Alexis Lozano-Dobbs 13, Morgan Louck 9, Lyndsay Wood 9.

CENTERVILLE (41) — Kaylee Mehrhoff 31, Olivia Starcevich 5, Mallory Oden 3, Danyielle Barger 2. Totals — 10-39 19-25 44.

3-point goals — 2-14 (Merhoff, Starcevich). Fouled out — none. Rebounds — 35 (Mehrhoff 19, Oden 9). Assists — 4 (Barger 2). Steals — 1 (Oden). Blocks — 6 (Mehroff 5). Total fouls — 15. Turnovers — 15.

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