April 25, 2024

Lynnville-Sully boys advance to Class 1A District 10 final

By Jocelyn Sheets

Lynnville-Sully’s Sage Ehresman pulls in a rebound with teammate Kyle Van Dyke on his shoulder during a home game earlier this season. The Hawks play for a Class 1A district title Thursday. (Jocelyn Sheets)

MOULTON — It will be an all South Iowa Cedar League final Thursday for the Class 1A District 10 championship.

Lynnville-Sully’s Hawks dispatched host Moulton-Udell, 66-48, in a district semifinal Tuesday night. Sigourney Savages posted a 63-53 win over Twin Cedars in the early game of the doubleheader.

Lynnville-Sully (18-5) and Sigourney (17-5) play Thursday for the District 10 title and advancement into the Class 1A Substate 5 championship game.

The two SICL teams split their conference games this season. Sigourney won at Sully 66-51 on Dec. 19 then Lynnville-Sully returned the favor winning 52-43 at Sigourney on Feb. 3.

The Hawks have gone 14-2 since winter break, winning eight straight. The Savages are on a four-game win streak.

The winner of Thursday’s District 10 final plays the winner of District 9 at Fairfield Saturday in the Substate 5 title game. The game tips off at 7 p.m. and on the line is a berth in the Iowa Class 1A State Boys’ Basketball Tournament, March 9-14, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

On Tuesday against Moulton-Udell’s Eagles, the Hawks wrangled a 20-13 lead by the end of the first quarter. It was the middle two quarters in which Lynnville-Sully got separation from Moulton-Udell.

The Hawks outscored the Eagles 16-9 in the second period to lead 36-22 at halftime. Lynnville-Sully increased its lead with a 17-7 run in the third quarter. The Eagles had a 19-13 scoring edge in the fourth quarter.

“The guys played a nice game tonight,” said Nick Harthoorn, Hawk head coach. “Offensively, we moved the ball well, which led to quality shots. When the shots didn’t go down, I thought we did a good job on the offensive boards. Our defense was pretty solid in the second and third quarters.”

Lynnville-Sully shot 46 percent, 26-of-50, from the field while Moulton-Udell was 20-of-53 for 38 percent. The Hawks cashed in on 9-of-13 free throw attempts and the Eagles hit 5-of-24 at the free-throw line.

Ben Trettin paced the Hawks with 15 points, four steals and three assists. Sage Ehresman had 12 points. Kyle Van Dyke tossed in 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

Baker Zegers pulled down seven of the team’s 34 rebounds. Jesse Van Wyk had six rebounds. Zegers and Tyler Van Zante each had three assists.

Trey Stansberry scored 16 points for Moulton-Udell. Zach Boettcher had 12 points.

Lynnville-Sully  20-16-17-13—66

Moulton-Udell  13-9-7-19—48

Lynnville-Sully (FG/3-pt): Van Zante 1/1-2-1-7, B. Trettin 5-2-15, Brand 0/2-0-0-6, Ehresman 4/1-0-1-12, James 0/1-1-2-4, Zegers 2-0-0-4, J. Trettin 0-0-1-0, Van Wyk 4-0-3-8, Kuhlmann 0-0-1-0, Van Dyke 5-0-1-10. TOTALS: 21/5-9-12-66.

Moulton-Udell (FG/3-pt): McCoy 1/1-0-0-5, Stansberry 5/1-3-1-16, Snyder 2-0-3-4, Hatfield 3-0-1-6, Sebolt 0-0-1-0, Sheets 1-0-0-2, Boettcher 3/2-0-4-12, Martin 0/1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 15/5-5-10-48.

Contact Jocelyn Sheets at
641-792-3121 ext. 6535 or jsheets@newtondailynews.com