2008 Mudecas Class B Basketball Tournament
January 7 & 10, 2008
By John Cockerill
January 12, 2008
Sterling High School at MUDECAS
Sterling Lady Jets participated in the MUDECAS Tournament, B Division.
Sterling squared off against Pawnee City in the first round and lost 46-41. Sterling started the first quarter by shooting 0 out 12. The only two points of the quarter were scored by Kaylee Agena on two free-throws. The Lady Jets fired back in the second quarter with some good defense and some easy lay-ups to pull within one point at halftime, 14-15. Pawnee stretched its lead to 31-23 after the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Sterling made a run behind Kala Weber and Courtney VanGroningen scoring 9 and 7 respectively in the quarter. In the end Pawnee City made their free-throws and finished off the game. Coach Cockerill stated “I was disappointed with the way we shot the basketball in the first quarter and the fact that we had 26 turnovers with 16 of those unforced. That means we had too many mental breakdowns, something we will be addressing.” The Lady Jets were led by Kala Weber’s 15 points and Courtney VanGroningen’s 13 points. Pawnee City was led by Brooke Burgess and her 15 points.
In the Consolation round of the MUDECAS Tournament Sterling Lady Jets met Parkview Christian. Sterling won the game 50-21. The first quarter was a little sluggish for the Lady Jets with the team missing four lay-ups. Parkview did a nice job of scoring during the quarter and the score was 11-9 in favor of the Lady Jets. The second quarter was much of the same until the last few minutes when the Lady Jets got some timely steals from Kala Weber (7 steals for the game) that led to some easy transition baskets. The third quarter the Jets came out aggressively on defense and worked their offenses very well, outscoring Parkview 20-6. McKenzie McAuliffe had 9 points during the quarter. After the third the score was now 40-19 and it allowed the Lady Jets the opportunity to play some of the younger players. The Lady Jets were led by McKenzie McAuliffe’s 18 points on 8 of 11 shooting and Stephanie Heusman’s 9 points. Parkview Christian was led by Amy Strop and Breanna Borrenpuhl each scoring 8 points. The Lady Jets play Saturday at Nebraska City Lourdes.
