Cedar girls put together 1-2 tourney mark

NORFOLK — The Cedar Catholic Lady Trojans ended the MidState Conference Tournament Saturday with a 1-2 record.

Crofton won the tourney title with a 45-30 decision over Norfolk Catholic.

Crofton started the tourney out by defeating Cedar 53-39 in first-round action, knocking the Lady Trojans into the consolation round.

Cedar then defeated Pierce in the consolation round, advancing to the fifth-place game against O’Neill. The Lady Eagles edged Cedar 49-46 in that game for the consolation trophy.

A third quarter letdown did in the Lady Trojans against O’Neill.

The Lady Eagles raced out to a 16-10 first-quarter lead, but Cedar outscored O’Neill 16-12 in the second frame to cut the halftime deficit to just two points — 28-26.

The Cedar offense went cold to start the second half, only managing three points, while the Eagles hit for nine to take a 37-29 lead into the final frame.

The Lady Trojans put together a big rally in the final eight minutes, outscoring O’Neill 17-11, but it wasn’t enough to earn the ‘W’.

Cedar wraps up the regular season this week when Homer comes to town.

Cedar 10 163 17 — 46 O’Neill 16 129 11 — 48

Cedar O’Neill FG 11-30 10-34 3P 5-10 6-22 FT 9-22 10-16 Reb 19 31 TOs 6 18

SCORING

Cedar - Aiden Wortmann, 19; Abby Hochstein, 16; Brooklyn Kuehn, 6; M Arens, 3; Megan Heimes, 2. O’Neill - M. Hilker, 12; M. Schluns, 12; B. Gutschall, 9; L. Young, 8; A. Eichelberger, 7.

REBOUNDS

Cedar - Abby Hochstein, 6; Laney Kathol, 5; Brooklyn Kuehn, 3; Megan Heimes, 2; Aiden Wortmann, 2; M Arens, 1.

STEALS

Cedar - Aiden Wortmann, 3; Megan Heimes, 2; Brooklyn Kuehn, 1; Abby Hochstein, 1.

ASSISTS

Cedar - Laney Kathol, 1; Abby Hochstein, 1.

Cedar and Pierce battled evenly throughout most of their consolation round game with the Lady Trojans taking an 11-8 firstquarter lead. Pierce came back to outscore Cedar in the second frame to knot the game at 22-22 headed into the break. The teams were knotted at 40-40 at the end of regulation, forcing overtime.

Cedar took control in the extra period outscoring Pierce to earn the 46-42 win.

Freshman Makenna Noecker paced the Lady Trojans with 20 points on the night. Abby Hochstein also had a big game, collecting a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Cedar 11 11 6 12 6 — 46 Pierce 8 14 13 5 2 — 42

Cedar Pierce FG 15-31 5-18 3P 3-11 10-34 FT 7-10 2-7 Reb 36 23 TOs 19 20

SCORING

Cedar - Makenna Noecker, 20; Abby Hochstein, 14; Aiden Wortmann, 6; Brooklyn Kuehn, 4; Megan Heimes,

2. F. Lubischer, 11; P. Simmons, 9; K. Moeller, 9; Z. Brenden, 7; M. Moeller, 6.

REBOUNDS

Cedar - Abby Hochstein, 12; Aiden Wortmann, 10; Brooklyn Kuehn, 7; Megan Heimes, 4; Laney Kathol, 3.

STEALS

Cedar - Abby Hochstein, 3; Makenna Noecker, 3; Aiden Wortmann, 1; Megan Heimes, 1; Brooklyn Kuehn, 1.

ASSISTS

Cedar - Makenna Noecker, 1; Abby Hochstein, 1; Aiden Wortmann, 1.

In the tourney opener, the Lady Trojans hung right with Crofton in the first half, only trailing by one at the break, 19-18. The Lady Warriors took over in the final 16 minutes to earn the 14 point win.

Cedar 10 8 14 7 — 39 Crofton 7 12 24 10 — 53

SCORING

Cedar - Abby Hochstein, 12; Brynn Wortmann, 10; Makenna Noecker, 6; Aiden Wortmann,4; Brooklyn Kuehn, 4; Megan Heimes, 3.

REBOUNDS

Cedar - Abby Hochstein, 8; Brooklyn Kuehn, 3; Aiden Wortmann, 2; Makenna Noecker, 1; Megan Heimes, 1; Brynn Wortmann, 1.

ASSISTS

Cedar - Makenna Noecker, 3; Brynn Wortmann, 1.

STEALS

Cedar - Brynn Wortmann, 4; Abby Hochstein, 2.