Lady Jays Basketball
Lady Jays Defeat the Blue Devils
by Klarissa Norris
The Lady Jays went up against the Wayne Blue Devils in a home game that resulted in a blow out win for the Lady Jays on Friday, January 10. The final score was 55-32.
The girls started off the game with a whopping 20 points scored in the first quarter and managed to keep the Lady Blue Devils from scoring any points. Going into the second quarter the Lady Jays scored 10 points and the Blue Devils scored nine points.
After halftime, the girls came back and scored 12 points in the third quarter while the Blue Devils scored 13 points. In the fourth quarter, to seal the win, the Lady Jays managed to score another 13 points and the Blue Devils scored 10 points to end the game.
Junior Kenzie Moeller was a high scorer for the game with a total of 20 points, 15 of those points came from 3-pointers. A few points behind her was freshman Morgan Moeller with 14 points. Sophomore Payten Simmons scored eight points and junior Faith Lubischer scored six points for her team.
Head Coach Darren Sindelar comments, “The girls started the game strong. Anytime you can score 20 points and hold a team to zero in a quarter is good. The girls played hard and competed. This is a good conference win. We try to improve each and every game and this is a step in the right direction.”
The Lady Jays will travel to Humphrey for their next game versus the St. Francis Flyers on Thursday, January 16.
Varsity Girls Fall Short to David City Aquinas
by Maddie Huber
The Pierce High Lady Jays were back on the road to David City to go up against the David City Aquinas Monarchs, but the Lady Jays ended up falling a little short at the end, with the final score ended up at 40-47.
To start off the game, the Lady Jays scored 15 points in the first quarter. Then they scored 12 points in the second quarter. The Lady Jays came back from the break and scored 10 points in the third quarter. To end the game, the Lady Jays only scored three points in the fourth quarter.
Brenden said, “I thought that we played aggressive and we shot the ball well, I feel we need to improve on being consistent in our scoring throughout the quarters.”
Junior Kenzie Moeller lead the team 13 points. Following her was freshman Morgan Moeller with eight points, senior Zoe Brenden with seven points, junior Faith Lubischer and sophomore Gina Wragge both added three points.
Coach Darren Sindelar stated, “I thought we played well the first half. Our shots fell early, and the kids were working hard on the defensive end. Our shots did not fall in the second half. The girls played hard. We had some opportunities late in the game, but we came up short.We need to be consistent. Our execution at both ends of the floor needs to get better. When shots don't fall, we have to find a way to not let that affect the other parts of the game.”
The Lady Jays are back in action on Thursday at Humphrey St. Francis.
JV Lady Jays Take Down the Blue Devils
by Taylor Compton
On Friday, January 10, the JV Lady Jays took on the Blue Devils and came out on top with an ending score of 34-17 on the home court.
During the first quarter, Kennedy Warneke, Mikala Stone, and Alexus Sindelar each made a basket, and Warneke ended the first quarter with a 3-pointer making the ending score of the first quarter 9-5. Heading into the second quarter, Graison Pfeiffer and Stone each made one basket, and Gina Wragge made both of her free throws. Warneke made a basket ending the first half with a leading score of 17-10.
Going on into the second half, the Lady Jays kept their lead by scoring 11 points. Abby Meier made a free throw and also a basket. Sindelar made two baskets, and Warneke and Pfeiffer each made one basket. The ending score of the third quarter was 28-12.
During the final quarter, Pfeiffer made a basket, Warneke made a 3-pointer, and Meier made a free throw ending the game with a winning score of 34-17.
JV Coach Amber Henderson was very pleased and said, “I thought the girls played really good, but we started out rough. Coming out from our win last night, we were kinda tired, and then we had a long talk at halftime about what we need to do and just came out and executed and played a lot harder and took it to them.”
The JV Lady Jays will travel to Humphrey for their next game on Thursday, January 16, versus the Humphrey St. Francis Flyers.
Junior Varsity Defeats David City Aquinas
by Michaela McWilliams
On Thursday, January 9, the Junior Varsity Lady Jays packed their bags and headed to David City Aquinas to battle the Monarchs. They conquered over the Lady Monarchs and ended with a 37-27 win.
The Lady Jays started off strong leading 23-10 in the first half. Top scorers in the first half were Gina Wragge with 10 points and Abby Meier with 6 points.
Mikala Stone led for points in the second half with 5 points followed by Alexus Sindelar with a free throw and a 3-pointer. Even though the Lady Jays remained in the lead they allowed the Monarchs to score 17 points leading to an ending score of 37-27 as the Lady Jays take the win.
JV Coach Amber Henderson says, “The girls did really well coming out with intensity and scoring right away. Towards the end we started to let down and let them come back, we need to do a better job of not letting down and keep playing hard and putting people away by doing little things right.”
The Junior Varsity Lady Jays will play again on Thursday, January 16, at Humphrey St. Francis.
The Lady Jays Conquer the Crofton Warriors
by Maddie Huber
The Pierce C Team Lady Jays were on the road Monday, January 13, to conquer the Crofton Lady Warriors. The Lady Jays ended up blowing out the Crofton Lady Warriors with the final score ended up 30-13.
To start the first quarter the Lady Jays scored six points. Then the Lady Jays scored one point in the second quarter. After the Lady Jays came back from the break they were able to score 11 points in the third quarter. To end the game, the Lady Jays scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Junior Savannah Gilmore lead the team in scoring with 11. Gilmore said, “I think we performed very well, especially on the defensive end, and our offense struggled through the first two quarters, but we were able to run it more effectively in the last half. We have things to work on but overall the all the girls played amazing!”
Following Gilmore in scoring was sophomore Kennedy Wareneke and freshman Ella Gaes with six points each, Addison Sporleder had three points to contribute to the score, and Callie Arnold had two points.
C team coach Angie Schroeder stated, “Savannah Gilmore was my player of the game, [with] 11 points, one 3-pointer; she had no turnovers; she distributed the ball. What’s really cool about Savannah is she’ll pull up, she will slink her way through and pull up and she will dish it out to the person in the corner in the low and they’re not ready because she does it with a no look.”
The C team will be back in action in a tournament at Plainview on Saturday.
C Team Girls Defeat Viqueens in Nail Biter
by Elizabeth Hammer
The C team girls soared over to Columbus Lakeview on Saturday, January 11, and won with a close of 36-34.
In the first quarter, the Lady Jays scored 10 points and the Viqueens had a total of 14 points. The quarter ended with the Lady Jays down 10-14.
During the second quarter the Lady Jays upped their game and scored 12 points holding the Viqueens at five scored points, ending the first half with a score of 22-19.
After the half was over, the Lady Jays started the third quarter with scoring five points and couldn’t quite hold back the Viqueens who scored 10 total points. The third quarter ended with a score of 27-29.
In the last quarter, the Lady Jays scored eight points and the Viqueens scored five points total. The quarter ended in a tie of 34-34 causing the game to go into overtime.
The Lady Jays scored two points from one free throw and a 2-point shot and the Viqueens scored one point. The game ended with a score of 37-36 with the Lady Jays taking the victory.
C Team coach Angie Schroeder said, “We struggled on passing and catching the ball, so that is something that we need to work on. We just need to keep playing good defense, work hard, have good communication and keep being positive with each other.”
One player that really stood out to the coach was Kennedy Warneke who had 17 points and four 3-point shots throughout the game.
The C team Lady Jays will next travel to Plainview for a tournament on Saturday, January 18.
C Team Girls Compete Against BCNG
by Samantha Fischer
After the long Christmas break, the C team Lady Jays finally got back into the swing of things and traveled to Boone Central to play the Cardinals, but ended the night with a 27-19 loss.
To start off the game, the Lady Jays racked up eight points, scored all by Kennedy Warneke and Callie Arnold and held the Cardinals score to just five points.
In the second quarter, the Jays didn’t put any points up but let the Cardinals scored eight. Going into half, the Lady Jays trailed 13-14.
After the break, the girls came out and scored three points, all scored by Warneke, and they let the Cardinals score four points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Lady Jays put up eight points, scored by Kyla Knox and Warneke, but let the Cardinals score 10 points. The final score of the game was 19-27. Leading scorers for the Lady Jays were Warneke with 11 points and Knox with six points.
Coach Angie Schroeder has this to say about the game, “Defensively, they played really well, and it’s getting better. Offensively, we are throwing the ball away, and we are in too big of a hurry, but there are improvements every game played.”
The C team will be in action on January 18 at Plainview starting at 9:30 a.m.
