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Howells-Dodge girls' basketball secures their first win
Launch the media gallery 1 playerOn Friday, December 6th the Lady Jags played the Stanton Mustangs in Dodge and won 44-21. Head Coach Scott Polacek said, “The girls did a nice job forcing Stanton into tough shots after we switched to man to man. We had a big old drought offensively in the third that really limited us.”
Scoring by quarters:
Howells-Dodge: 15/13/4/12 Final 44
Stanton:11/6/2/2 Final 21
The leading scorers for the Jags were sophomore Peyten Becker and junior Kenadie Throener each with 12. Next was senior Jade Bayer with 11, sophomore Kylie Birchacek with 6, and senior Jordyn Ratzlaff with 3. Leading the team with rebounds was Becker with 9, next was Ratzlaff with 5, Throener and Birchacek both with three, senior Taylor Steffensmeier, sophomores Audrey Brabec and Bella Kohlia all with one. Ratzlaff led the team in steals with three followed by Becker, Steffensmeier, and Bayer with two. Throener, Brabec, and Brichacek all had one steal. Throener and Ratzlaff both had two blocks on the night.
The game was tied at 15 with 6:50 remaining in the 2nd quarter, but after that, H-D’s defense only allowed Stanton 3 more made baskets the rest of the way. H-D might have pulled away sooner in the 3rd quarter but were plagued with a stretch of turnovers. HD finished shooting 15-43 from the field.
The Lady Jags go to Wakefield to battle the Trojans on Saturday, December 7th at 3:00 P.M.
-Jordyn Ratzlaff and Autumn Slaughter
