Lady Hawks lose against ‘challenging’ Ponca, Wynot

RANDOLPH – The Lady Hawks had a challenging stretch last week as they faced both Ponca and Wynot on back-to-back nights.

Up first was a matchup in Ponca against the Lady Indians Dec. 7. The first quarter saw host Ponca double up on Osmond-Randolph holding a 12-6 advantage. Ponca used a big second quarter where they went on a 20-1 run in the quarter to take the halftime lead 32-7.

The third quarter saw a fairly even matchup as Ponca again held an advantage 7-5 in the quarter to bring their lead to 39-12 going into the final quarter.

The Hawks used a big final push where they scored 19 points in the quarter alone, they were able to cut the Ponca lead down to 14 at one point.

Ponca would hold on to their lead and defend their home court for the 49-31 victory.

STATS Keli Aschoff, 9 pts - 2 reb - 4 ast - 2 stl; Ella Scott, 2 pts - 3 reb - 1 stl; Sophie Gansebom, 10 pts - 4 reb; Caydence Krienert, 5 reb; Kaleigh Miller, 10 reb; Erin Wagner, 8 pts - 1 reb - 1 ast - 1 stl; Alexa Aschoff, 3 reb; Charley Aschoff, 1 reb; Tessa Gardner, 2 pts - 6 reb - 1 stl - 1 blk. PHS: 12-20- 7 - 10: 49 ORH: 6 - 1 - 5 - 19: 31

On Dec. 8, the Wynot Blue Devils came to Randolph ranked as the No. 1 team in D2.

Solid defense by Wynot made it very challenging for most of the game for Osmond-Randolph.

Wynot would take a 13-2 lead after the first quarter and turned it into a 26-9 lead going into halftime. The second half scoring would look very similar to the first half as Wynot would hold leads of 16-5 and 11-4 to finish out the second half for a 53-18 final score.

“Every game so far we’ve came out and have had slow starts where we just end up putting ourself in a very deep hole that’s challenging to get out of,” said Coach Bradley Wright. “When you do that against good teams like the ones on our schedule it’s hard to win those games.”

STATS Keli Aschoff, 3 pts - 1 reb - 3 stl; Ella Scott, 2 pts - 3 reb; Sophie Gansebom, 1 pt - 2 ast - 1 stl; Caydence Kreinert, 2 pts - 1 reb - 1 ast; Carriana Kumm, 1 stl; Kaleigh Miller, 4 reb - 1 ast; Erin Wagner, 6 pts - 4 reb - 2 stl; Alexa Aschoff, 2 reb - 1 ast - 1 stl; Charley Aschoff, 3 reb - 1 stl; Anabelle Vinson, 2 pts - 5 reb - 1 stl; Tessa Gardner, 2 pts - 4 reb - 1 stl. WHS: 13-13-16-11: 53 ORH: 2 - 7 - 5 - 4: 18

In JV action Dec. 7 at Ponca, Osmond-Randolph fell 21-8.

STATS Ava Severson, 1 ast - 1 blk; Jenna Guenther, 3 reb - 1 stl - 1 blk; Carriana Kumm, 1 reb - 1 stl; Kaleigh Miller, 4 reb; Alexa Aschoff, 2 pts - 4 reb; Charley Aschoff, 4 reb - 2 stl; Piper Hoffman, 2 pts - 1 reb; Delayne Thelen, 2 pts - 2 reb; Mabel Ngebeh, 2 pts - 3 reb - 2 stl; Lilly Kuchta, 3 reb - 1 ast - 2 stl.

On Dec. 8, Osmond-Randolph played Wynot for a rematch of a game played the previous week during the R Club JV Tournament.

This time around the visiting Blue Devils were able to record a win for the second time against the Hawks this season. Final score this time around read 34-4 with Wynot on top.

STATS Carriana Kumm, 4 reb - 1 stl; Kaleigh Miller, 2 pts - 4 reb - 2 stl; Alexa Aschoff, 2 pts - 3 reb - 2 stl; Charley Aschoff, 2 reb - 1 stl; Deanna Kumm, 1 stl; Piper Hoffman, 1 reb - 2 stl; Delayne Thelen, 1 reb; Mabel Ngebeh, 2 reb; Lilly Kuchta, 1 reb - 1 stl.

The Lady Hawks faced off against Creighton Tuesday in Osmond. Action on Thursday sees Osmond-Randolph traveling to Bloomfield where they will play two quarters of JV. Varsity girls will follow the JV boys game.

On Saturday, Osmond-Randolph will host Hartington- Newcastle in Randolph for girls-only basketball games. JV is scheduled for a full four quarters with varsity to follow.