L-S basketball sweeps HLV

SULLY — A fast start was all Lynnville-Sully’s girls basketball team needed against HLV on Tuesday night.

The Hawks led by nine after one quarter and cruised to a 50-34 home win during South Iowa Cedar League play.

L-S won the second quarter 9-4 and outscored the Warriors 25-23 in the second half.

“We were not as focused tonight as we had been the last couple of games, which lead to some sloppy play on both ends,” L-S girls basketball coach Jerry Hulsing said.

Five Hawks scored at least seven points in the win. Reagan McFarland led the way with 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and nine steals.

Natalie Nikkel chipped in nine points and 11 rebounds, Majesta Vos added nine points and six boards and Greenlee Smock had eight points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Aubree Arthur tallied seven points, seven rebounds and two steals, Brooke Conover grabbed three boards and swiped two steals and Alexy Conover pulled down four rebounds.

The Hawks (4-2 overall, 2-1 in the conference) won the game despite shooting 32 percent from the floor, 5-of-22 from 3-point range and 9-of-24 from the free-throw line.

Lynnville-Sully committed 27 turnovers but outscored HLV 26-16 in the paint and scored 24 points off 32 Warrior turnovers.

Janessa Blomme led HLV (0-5, 0-3) with 12 points and six rebounds.

BOYS

Lynnville-Sully 63, HLV 14

Lynnville-Sully held HLV to single-digits in each of the four quarters on Tuesday during an SICL boys basketball contest.

The Hawks led 17-6 after one, 31-9 at halftime and cruised to a 63-14 home victory.

“We got off to a slow start offensively, but we were able to make a few adjustments and execute,” L-S boys basketball coach Nick Harthoorn said. “The boys competed hard on the defensive end all night. We did a nice job cleaning the boards as well.”

The Hawks won the rebounding battle 41-14, had a 16-0 advantage in second-chance points and scored 21 points off 21 HLV turnovers.

Kale Ehresman scored a career-high 21 points on 7-of-9 from 3-point range.

Conner Maston also finished in double-figures with 14 points and he added eight rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Corder Noun Harder chipped in eight points, seven assists, five rebounds and four steals, Ryan Annee added five points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals and Mason Rodibaugh collected three points, six boards and two steals.

Keegan DeWitt scored five points, Josh Hardenbrook had three points and two rebounds, Mathias Torres and Jacob Fogle each grabbed three rebounds, Lucas Sieck tallied two boards and two assists and Noah Johnson grabbed two rebounds.

The Hawks (3-1, 2-1) shot 42 percent from the floor, 12-of-33 from 3-point range and 7-of-10 from the free-throw line.

HLV fell to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in the SICL.