No. 8 Sigourney holds off Lynnville-Sully girls

SIGOURNEY — Class 2A No. 8 Sigourney held on for a 40-35 victory over the Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team Wednesday night, remaining unbeaten on the season. Sigourney jumped to the early 12-5 lead after the first quarter, but Lynnville-Sully (8-3, 8-2) came back with a 13-8 second quarter to trail by just two at halftime. “We did a good job on the defensive end keeping Sigourney off balance,” L-S coach Jerry Hulsing said. “We had our chances on offense, but we missed some scoring opportunities and had some key turnovers. We were not able to get a lead.” The Hawks shot just 32.4 percent from the field while making just 42.1 percent of their free throws. The team also committed 24 turnovers in the loss. Danielle Samson led Lynnville-Sully with nine points and nine rebounds while Cyvannah Doll added eight points. Sigourney now holds a two-game lead in the loss column over Lynnville-Sully for first place in the South Iowa Cedar League.

Hawks pound Sigourney boys SIGOURNEY — Lynnville-Sully had a 40-22 advantage on the boards and also added 24 points off the bench Wednesday night to beat Sigourney 62-31 in boys basketball action. “The boys came out of halftime and really played well,” Lynnville-Sully coach Nick Harthoorn said. “I thought our guys made some good passes which led to high percentage shots. It was fun to see everyone contribute to the win.” Nick Beyer led the Hawks (7-2, 6-2) with 14 points while Logan Vos collected 10 rebounds. TJ Cullen had eight points and eight rebounds, Jacob Van Manen had eight points and Dallas Bryan dished out six assists in the winning effort.

Inexperience shows in loss for Colfax-Mingo boys WOODWARD — The lack of experience reared its ugly head Tuesday night as Colfax-Mingo lost by a 42-30 score to Woodward-Granger in Heart of Iowa Conference action. The Tigerhawks (2-4, 2-4) took a 19-12 lead at halftime and coach John Borts liked what he saw in the first 16 minutes. “I thought we played a really good first half,” Borts said. “I felt pretty good about our performance. We were patient and executed pretty well. We hustled and made things difficult for their offense.” But in the second half, it was a different story. Woodward-Granger came back and took a one-point lead after three quarters on a 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Tigerhawks never quite recovered. “We came out and really just got out of our gameplan offensively,” Borts said. “Then in the fourth quarter, each bucket Woodward-Granger scored, we seemed to come back and be more impatient and not take advantage of opportunities.” Dylan Berkey led the Tigerhawks with eight points while Tim Dille and Chad Sommars each collected six points. John Shelley had a team-leading seven rebounds while Michael Wilson grabbed five boards.

Big second half leads Raiders to double-digit win BAXTER — Collins-Maxwell-Baxter’s girls basketball team held Colo-Nesco to single digits in every period Tuesday night, outscored the Royals 23-13 in the second half and wound up on the positive end of a 33-21 win. The Raiders trailed 4-3 after one but took a 10-8 lead at the break before extending the lead to six after three and outscoring Colo-Nesco 13-7 in the fourth. CMB shot 31 percent from the field in the game and hit just 58 percent of its free throws (11-of-19) but won the rebounding battle, 32-20, and had 11 steals. The Raiders also won despite 29 turnovers. Senior Julia Robinson led CMB with six points, five rebounds and five assists, while junior Abby Maher added seven points and five rebounds. Senior Ashley Fricke had her best game of the season, as well, leading the team in scoring with eight points. Senior Jordan Maher was just 1-of-8 from the field and finished with four points but had five rebounds, two steals and two assists.

Offensive woes hurt Colfax-Mingo girls in loss WOODWARD — Colfax-Mingo scored just three points in the second half as Woodward-Granger came away with a 49-15 victory in girls basketball action Tuesday. “We couldn’t put the ball in the basket,” Colfax-Mingo coach Jeff Lindsay said. “We scored three points in the second half and turned the ball over way too much. We just didn’t play very well.” Woodward-Granger led just 17-12 at the break. Brittney Borts led Colfax-Mingo (1-7, 0-6) with five points. Josie Redman and Meg Alexander each had six rebounds while Brooke Berkey took away three steals. To improve and end a six-game losing skid, Lindsay said the solution is pretty simple — make more shots. “We’re missing so many easy shots, it’s not even funny right now,” said Lindsay. “We have to get moving a little more, get the intensity turned up and get out there and compete. Right now, we’re not doing that.”

Raiders struggle with shot in loss to Colo-Nesco BAXTER — CMB struggled to make shots against Colo-Nesco on Tuesday, hitting just 9-of-35 from the floor, 3-of-15 from 3-point range and connecting on just 9-of-15 from the free throw stripe in a 43-30 home loss. “It was a tough defensive effort, but we just struggled with our shot,” first-year CMB coach Mark McKenna said. Junior guard Dylan Hansen led the Raiders in scoring with 11 points as he connected on 3-of-9 from long range and added four rebounds. Senior forward Dan Samson scored seven points but pulled down 10 boards. No other CMB player scored more than four points. The Raiders had 17 turnovers in the game and was held to single digits in all but one quarter.