THE BIG BASKETBALL BATTLE
ON FRIDAY, FEB 17
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Today we cover the basketball battle on Friday, February 17 between the visiting Little River Redskins and the home team Inman Teutons.
HOSTING
INMAN BOYS
OUT DUAL
LITTLE RIVER BY 5
By Staff
INMAN – A huge first quarter propelled the Inman boys on Friday to a home court five-point, 38-33 win over Little River.
The Teuton shutout the Redskins in the first quarter as they jumped out to a quick 16-0 lead before Little River began to rally back and pull within five, 22-17 at the halftime break.
After Little River pulled to within two, 29-27, at the end of the third quarter, the Teutons held on to earn the final five-point victory.
“We grinded another win out tonight,” explained Teuton head coach Brett Froese. “Guess we are getting good at that. Started out playing really well then quit doing things we did to get a 16-point lead. I am proud of some of the tough plays we made down the stretch to be able to finish it off at the free throw line.”
Only four players were needed to score for Inman to get the win as Tanner Heckel led the way with 24 and Eli Brunk chipped in with nine.
Coach Froese finished out his post-game reflections by saying, “Tanner (Heckel) led us again in scoring and made some free throws down the stretch. I am really proud of him. We have to score more points and we are capable of doing that, but we must execute at a better rate than we have been. Once again, it was a very good night on the defensive end.”
For the season, ranked seventh in Class 2A , the Teutons are now 16-3 with one game left in the regular season and that will be on Tuesday on the road at Bennington.
Little River is now 14-5 for the season and has one more regular season game on Tuesday at Central Plains.
Braxton Lafferty led the Redskins in many aspects of the game including scoring with 14, rebounds with seven, steals with three and blocked shots with two.
INMAN TEUTONS hosting LITTLE RIVER REDSKINS
SCORING: TEUTONS > 16-6-7-9 = 38; LITTLE RIVER > 0-17-10-6 = 33.
LITTLE RIVER TEAM STATS: 2-FGs – 10/20; 3-PTs – 2/14; FTs – 7/11; AST – 4; REBs – 21; TO – 10; STLs – 3; BLKs – 2; FLs – 15.
INMAN TEUTON INDIVIDUAL SCORING > Tanner Heckel – 24; Eli Brunk – 9; Harrison Brunk – 4; Brody Froese – 1. 3-Pointers Made > E. Brunk – 2; Heckel – 1.
LITTLE RIVER INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS: Scoring > Braxton Lafferty – 14; Rylan Konen – 8; Logan Renken – 6; Treyton Olander – 3; Kayston Cox – 2. 3-Pointers Made > Renken – 2. Assists > Konen – 2; Lafferty, Olander – 1. Rebounds > Lafferty – 7; Konen – 4; Renken, Dalton Mantz – 3; Olander, Cox – 2. Steals > Lafferty – 3; Blocked Shots > Lafferty – 2.
(The Staff covering events for the MAC AREA SPORTS NEW can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)
LITTLE RIVER GIRLS
OUTPLAY INMAN,
WIN BY 20
By Staff
INMAN – Huge first and third quarters helped the visiting Little River girls pull away from Inman to gain a final 20-point, 59-39 win.
With the win, the top-ranked in Class 1A Division I Lady Redskins are now 18-1 for the season as the prep to close out the regular season on Tuesday when they go on the road to play Central Plains, currently ranked fourth in Class 1A Division I.
For the Lady Teutons, they drop 9-10 for the season as they also go on the road to close out their 2022-23 season at Bennington on Tuesday.
Little River opened the game by taking a 10-point, 19-9 lead by the end of the first quarter and then both teams played even in the second, so the Lady Redskins still had a 10-point, 28-18 advantage over the Lady Teutons at the halftime break.
Coming out of the intermission, Little River again outscored Inman by 10, 22-12, to take a commanding 50-30 lead heading into the final quarter of play where the two teams each scored nine points, giving the Lady Redskins their final 20-point victory.
Inman was led by fabulous freshman Suttyn Harris who scored 20 points.
For Little River, Alaina Eck led the team on offense with 21 points while Aubrey Olander recorded a double-double by scoring 14 and pulling down 11 rebounds while also making three steals on defense. Lady Redskin sophomore Elsie Boughfman who missed most of the season due to an injury, continued to round back into game time shape as she scored seven points, and grabbed six rebounds.
INMAN LADY TEUTONS hosting LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS
SCORING: LADY TEUTONS > 9-9-12-9 = 39; LADY REDSKINS > 19-9-22-9 = 59.
LITTLE RIVER TEAM STATS > 2-FGs – 21/46; 3-PTs – 3/7; FTs – 8/11; AST – 11; REBs – 33; TO – 18; STLs – 13; BLKs – 6; FLs – 17.
INMAN LADY TEUTONS SCORING > Suttyn Harris – 20; Maci Neufeld – 7; Kenna Woods – 5; Morgan Froese – 4; Taelynn Friesen – 3. 3-Pointers Made > T. Friesen, Neufeld – 1.
LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS: Scoring > Alaina Eck – 21; Aubrey Olander – 14; Elsie Boughfman – 7; Arika Feldman – 6; Havana Olander – 5; Kate Ellwood – 3; Adelynn Strecker – 2; Ashley Stephenson – 1. 3-Pointers Made > Eck, Boughfman, Ellwood – 1. Assists > H. Olander – 4; Stephenson – 2; Eck, A. Olander, Boughfman, Ellwood, Evie Look – 1. Rebounds > A. Olander – 11; Boughfman – 6; Eck – 5; H. Olander – 4; Feldman – 3; Stephenson – 2; Strecker, Look – 1. Steals > Strecker – 5; Eck – 3; H. Olander – 2; Stephenson, A. Olander, Boughfman – 1. Blocked Shots > A. Olander – 3; H. Olander, Ellwood, Strecker – 1.
(The Staff covering events for the MAC AREA SPORTS NEW can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)
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