March 29, 2024

Cardinal girls net non-conference win

CHARITON — Earlier this season Newton High head coach Brandon Sharp talked of the balanced scoring of the Cardinal girls’ basketball team being a good thing and a tough aspect to deal with this season.

“We never know from game to game who will lead us in scoring. I think every one of our starters has led us in scoring at least one game this season. That’s good, but you always like to have something you know is in your back pocket,” Sharp said at the time.

The Cardinals had four players score eight or more points Thursday night in their 53-44 victory over host Chariton. Newton was led by junior Jessica Reynolds with her season-high 13 points. Senior Michaela Jacobsen tossed in 10 points.

Newton’s season leading scorer is junior Hannah Rhoads, who scored nine points in Thursday’s win. Sophomore Ryanne Rausch came off the bench to score eight points.

“We gutted one out tonight,” Sharp said of the road win — Newton’s second this week. Newton is 4-14 overall. The Cardinals used a 16-of-32 run at the free-throw line to help get past Chariton, which was 11-of-22 from the line.

Newton’s girls carry a two-game winning streak into their final home game of the season. Friday, Oskaloosa comes to Newton in LHC play on Senior Night. It is also Newton’s Coaches against Cancer games.

The Cardinals pushed out to an 11-5 lead over the Chargers (5-13) by the end of the first quarter. Newton kept its offense going in the second period, outscoring Chariton 16-13 for a 27-18 lead at halftime.

Scoring slowed down for eight minutes. The Chargers tossed in nine points while holding the Cardinals to eight points in the third quarter.

Newton took a 35-27 advantage into the fourth period. Both teams picked up offensive steam again. The Cardinals had an 18-17 scoring edge to hold the Chargers at bay.

Sadee Terrell paced the Chargers with 11 points. Luci Swarthout added 10 points.

It was a sweep for the Cardinal girls. The junior varsity beat Chariton 38-28. Jessie Smith and Taylor Shipley each fired in 12 points.

Newton  11-16-9-18—53

Chariton  5-13-9-17—44

Newton (FG/3-pt): Rausch 4-0-2-8, Jenkins 0/1-1-2-4, Moon 0-0-2-0, Jordan 1-0-1-2, Hutchinson 0-4-2-4, Reynolds 4-5-1-13, C. Jacobsen 1-0-0-2, Horn 0-1-1-1, M. Jacobsen 3-4-3-10, Pressgrove 0-0-3-0, Rhoads 4-1-3-9. TOTALS: 17/1-16-20-53.

Chariton (FG/3-pt): Terrell 3/1-2-4-11, Arnold 0-0-1-0, Fuhs 3-1-5-7, Hardie 0/2-2-4-8, Curran 0-0-1-0, I. Swarthout 2-3-4-7, L. Swarthout 4-2-1-10, Richards 0-1-1-1, Storm 0-0-1-0. TOTALS: 12/3-11-24-44.