March 18, 2024

Newton teams lose to Dallas Center-Grimes; area basketball roundup

Newton and Colfax-Mingo teams lost doubleheaders Friday night while Lynnville-Sully and Prairie City-Monroe’s teams had conference sweeps. Collins-Maxwell/Baxter’s squads split conference games on the road. Here’s Friday’s area basketball roundup

Dallas Center-Grimes boys 63, Newton boys 59

Newton High sophomore Connor Gholson had a career-high 29 points, draining six 3-pointers in Friday’s Little Hawkeye Conference clash with Class 3A 10th-ranked Dallas Center-Grimes.

Newton’s Cardinals drilled 12 3-pointers in front of a large home crowd on NHS Legacy Night. It wasn’t enough at the end as the visiting Mustangs stormed back from a 34-21 Newton halftime lead to win 63-59.

“We took great shots tonight. Our guys deserved to win that game,” said Nick Wilkins, Newton head coach, following the contest. “They executed our game plan. This one is on me. I should have tried something different in the second half.”

Newton’s Drew Stout opened the game with a 3-pointer. Stout hit three threes in the game on his way to 11 points. The Cardinals were up 13-12 at the end of the first quarter, then outscored the Mustangs 21-9 in the second period for the 13-point lead at the break.

Newton held onto the lead on three 3-pointers — one by Tyler Wood and two by Gholson — as DCG began to chip away on a 15-9 run in the third quarter. The Cardinals took a 43-36 lead into the final eight minutes.

The Cardinals were up 53-47 on a Gholson at the 3:56 mark. The Mustangs went on a 7-0 surge to take the lead with two minutes left in the game.

Down one, Newton had the basketball, but Trey Washington swiped the ball and went the distance for a layup. Newton was down by four points when Wood had a three-point play with 29 seconds on the clock to make it 57-56. DCG sealed the win, going 6-of-6 at the free-throw line in the final 25 seconds.

Doug Heritage, who hit four of the Mustangs’ eight 3-pointers, finished with 23 points. Austin Rix had 14. The Mustangs were 11-of-12 at the line.

Newton fell to 6-8 overall and 1-7 in LHC. The Cardinals go to Grinnell in a conference contest Tuesday.

With the 12 3-pointers, the Cardinals helped raise money for “3-point Attack on Cancer” sponsored by NHS Coaches vs. Cancer.

Dallas Center-Grimes girls 62, Newton girls 36

Newton High’s girls competed with visiting Dallas Center-Grimes, which is ranked 15th in Class 4A, all four quarters in Friday’s Little Hawkeye Conference game on NHS Legacy Night. Unfortunately, the Fillies pulled away on a 20-9 run in the second quarter and ran away with a 62-36 decision.

“Turnovers come back to get us, yet again. We competed well. I thought there was about minute and half stretch in the third quarter I was really pleased with how we competed,” said Brandon Sharp, Newton head coach. “Our turnovers come in groups, translating into baskets for our opponents.”

The Cardinals trailed 11-4 when Ryanne Rausch and Michaela Jacobsen scored baskets to close the gap to 11-8 at the end of the first quarter.

Turnovers cost the Cardinals in the second quarter as the Fillies converted to build a 24-10 lead. DCG went to the locker room with a 35-17 advantage at halftime.

The Fillies maintained with an 11-10 scoring edge in the third quarter, then outscored the Cardinals 16-9 in the final eight minutes.

Jessica Reynolds led Newton with seven points and Michaela Jacobsen added six points.

Rachel Lowary, who hit three of her team’s six 3-pointers, finished with 15 points. Two other DCG players scored nine points each and two had eight points each.

Newton is 2-6 in LHC play and 2-14 overall. The Cardinals go to Grinnell in conference action Tuesday.

Lynnville-Sully girls 61, HLV girls 27

VICTOR — Lynnville-Sully’s Class 1A sixth-ranked girls wrapped up the 2014-2015 South Iowa Cedar League title Friday night with a runaway win over HLV, 61-27, in Victor.

The Hawks improved to 18-0 overall and 17-0 in SICL play.

It didn’t take much time to establish control of the game against the HLV Warriors. Lynnville-Sully rolled to a 24-4 lead by the end of the first quarter. The Hawks extended their 34-13 halftime lead with a 19-9 run in the third period.

Lynnville-Sully had four players score in double figures led by Kasiah Ehresman with 17 points. Madison Rasmusson tossed in 12 points and made seven of the team’s 19 steals.

Marisa Vos had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Lysandra James scored 10 points. Brenna Lanser made six steals.

Corrie Craig paced the Warriors with nine points.

Lynnville-Sully plays at Sigourney Tuesday.

Lynnville-Sully boys 70, HLV boys 22

VICTOR — Lynnville-Sully’s boys dominated the HLV Warriors Friday night to the tune of a 70-22 decision.

The Hawks ripped the nylon cords for 15 3-pointers. Canyon Kuhlman connected for four threes on his way to a game-high 12 points. He also dished out seven assists.

Sage Ehresman finished with 11 points for the Hawks. Tyler Van Zante and Ben Trettin each fired in three 3-pointers for nine points apiece.

Lynnville-Sully was up 35-8 at halftime. The Hawks shot 40.5 percent from beyond the 3-point arc and 41 percent, 24-58, from the field overall.

The Warriors only shot 22 percent, 10-of-45, from the field. Tanner Strudthoff scored 11 points for HLV.

Lynnville-Sully improved to 10-5 overall and 9-5 in South Iowa Cedar League. The Hawks play at Sigourney Tuesday.

PCM girls 54, North Polk girls 42

MONROE – The Mustangs broke away from a competitive game with a 20-12 advantage in the third and an 18-15 surplus in the fourth to win their 13th of the season.

PCM got 13 points, nine rebounds, six steals and four assists from Courtney VanHouweling and 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists from Rachel Freland as the Mustangs improved to 13-5 overall and 13-2 in Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference play.

PCM led 9-8 after one and it was 16-15 at the break. The win for the Mustangs was their third in a row.

Kayla Jennings also finished with nine points and four rebounds, while Katie VandeWall added eight points and nine boards. Rachel Gulling had five steals and the Mustangs had 16 steals as a team.

North Polk dropped to 8-10 on the year and 6-9 in HOIAC play.

PCM boys 61, North Polk boys 30

MONROE – The Mustangs bounced back from a loss to Collins-Maxwell/Baxter with an impressive win over the Comets.

Prairie City-Monroe led 28-13 at the half and 41-19 after three quarters.

Logan Gilman finished with 16 points, and Ricky Reeve collected 14. Trey Lindsay and Chase Keuning each both scored seven as well.

The Mustangs claimed their fourth win in the past five games while improving to 13-4 overall and 13-2 in the HOIAC.

North Polk has now lost five of six. The Comets are 6-10 overall and 5-8 in conference play.

CMB girls 62, South Hamilton 45

JEWELL – The Raiders hit 9-of-13 from 3-point range and a strong third quarter helped them end a seven-game losing streak.

Brianda Bane buried three treys and finished with 17 points and 14 rebounds, while Lexi Breon added 15 points, five assists and four rebounds.

Bridget Hurley also scored 15 points and grabbed five boards. Carter Larson corralled 12 boards, too. Both Breon and Hurley also connected on three triples.

CMB led 17-11 after one and used a 19-10 advantage in the third to pull away for good. The Raiders made 20-of-44 from the floor and 13-of-18 from the foul line.

The Raiders are now 3-15 overall and 3-12 in league play. South Hamilton dropped to 2-15 overall and 2-14 in conference play.

South Hamilton boys 52, CMB boys 49

JEWELL – The Raiders led 49-46 with 4 seconds to go but Marco Balderas buried 6-of-6 from the line to complete South Hamilton’s rally.

CMB led 37-23 after three quarters, but the Hawks, behind 17 points and eight rebounds from Andy Cook, outscored their visitors 29-12 in the final 8 minutes.

Balderas, a freshman, finished with nine points. He was fouled with 3.9 seconds to play and then CMB was called for a technical foul. Those four freebies put the defending conference champions ahead and Balderas was fouled on the ensuing inbounds play and hit both free throws again.

Bryce Kemp led the Raiders with 17 points, seven rebounds and three assists, while Seth Balke had 11 points, six assists and six rebounds. Brady Stover also buried three 3-pointer and finished with 12 points.

CMB led 13-10 after one and took a 22-16 lead into halftime.

The Raiders came into the game winners of four of their last five but fell to 7-9 overall and 5-7 in HOIAC play after the loss.

South Hamilton is now 4-10 overall and 4-9 in league play.

Saydel boys 48, Colfax-Mingo boys 39

DES MOINES – A slow start offensively plagued the Colfax-Mingo boys’ basketball team against Saydel on Friday night.

The Tigerhawks scored just 12 points in the first half and couldn’t full recover during a nine-point defeat. Colfax-Mingo (0-15, 0-14) won the second half, but the early deficit was too much to overcome.

It was the third straight win for the Eagles, who improved to 8-8 overall and 7-7 in HOIAC play.

“We had every chance to comeback in the second half, but just couldn’t get it done,” Colfax-Mingo coach John Borts said. “We just didn’t get on track offensively the entire first half. The defense kept us close but we missed way too many shots in the lane.”

Jared Myers finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and two steals for the Tigerhawks, while Jarod Nichols added nine points, seven rebounds and two steals. Jacob Lietz collected eight points and five boards and Colin Lourens pulled down seven rebounds, too.

“I can’t fault the effort. The kids played hard,” Borts said. “We missed too many opportunities that were given to us.”

Saydel girls 52, Colfax-Mingo girls 10

DES MOINES – The Tigerhawks couldn’t keep the momentum after scoring six of their 10 points in the opening quarter.

Colfax-Mingo trailed 34-8 at halftime and managed just two points in the final two quarters in the loss.

The Tigerhawks (0-17, 0-15) were led by Alivia Haley’s seven points and three rebounds, while Dakota Hostetter added five rebounds and two steals.

Class 3A No. 15 Saydel won its fourth straight game and is now 15-3 overall and 12-3 in HOIAC play.