March 28, 2024

Rival R-S records sweep of Raiders

BAXTER — The Collins-Maxwell/Baxter basketball teams played even with Roland-Story for two of the fourth quarters Friday night.

Unfortunately, the deficits in the other two quarters were too much to overcome during a Heart of Iowa Conference varsity doubleheader.

The CMB boys (2-16 overall, 2-13 in the HOIC) were ahead by one after the first quarter but got outscored 48-24 over the next two periods during a 77-53 home loss.

The Raider girls (2-17, 1-14) were dead even with the Norse in the second and fourth quarters, but a 10-4 deficit in the first and a 12-2 margin in the third gave R-S a 36-20 victory.

Hunter Gunderson led the Raider boys with 18 points, while Brady Stover had 15 points and five rebounds and Will Clapper chipped in 14 points and five rebounds. Brady Kemp finished with five assists and four rebounds and Hunter McWhirter dished out four assists.

Roland-Story’s Tyler Hovick scored a game-high 19 points, while John Barclay added 18. The Norse improved to 11-7 and 7-7 in conference play.

CMB’s Mikayla Eslinger led all scorers in the girls game with 10 points and completed the double-double with 12 rebounds, and Kathleen Baldwin scored six points and grabbed six boards.

Megan Ritter had four rebounds and three assists, while Sydney Ziesman pulled down five rebounds and dished out two assists.

Jenna Clark scored nine and Alexa Whipple had nine and eight, respectively, for the Norse. Roland-Story (9-10, 8-7) finished with 15 steals in all.