Lady Hawks win one, lose three

RANDOLPH – On Jan. 22, Osmond-Randolph traveled to Winside for a regular season contest against the Winside Lady Wildcats.

The game started out very slow as both teams struggled to find the basket as Winside would hold a 5-2 lead after the first quarter.

The second quarter saw the Lady Hawks turn it up a notch to take the lead, going on an 11-2 run in the quarter to take the 13-7 lead at the halftime break. The entire second half saw the Lady Wildcats continue to challenge the Hawks, but could not overcome the deficit. Osmond-Randolph would go on to win their third game of the season, thanks to the 39-22 final score. Keli Aschoff would lead the charge with a solid performance, scoring a team high 11 points, grabbing a team-high 6 rebounds, and coming away with a teamhigh 6 steals as well.

STATS Keli Aschoff, 11 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 6 stl, 1 blk; Ella Scott, 7 pts, 2 reb, 4 stl; Sophie Gansebom, 5 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl; Caydence Krienert, 2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Carriana Kumm, 2 reb; Kaleigh Miller, 1 pt, 3 reb, 1 stl; Erin Wagner, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl; Alexa Aschoff, 1 stl; Charley Aschoff, 2 pts, 1 reb; Juliana Kumm, 4 pts, 2 reb; Anabelle Vinson, 1 pt; Tessa Gardner, 6 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl ORH: 2-11-15-11: 39 WHS: 5- 2- 7 - 8: 22 The Lady Hawks kept up their busy week as they would return to play the next night on Tuesday against Laurel-Concord-Coleridge in Randolph.

After a hard-fought first quarter, it was the LCC Bears that came out with the lead 11-7. The defensive pressure applied by the Lady Bears in the second quarter made it a challenge for the Lady Hawks offensively, as they were held to only 4 points, which gave LCC a 26-11 halftime lead.

The Lady Hawks came out strong in the third quarter before the LCC defense would again slow them down. Osmond-Randolph was able to score 13 third quarter points but LCC was able to add 18 of their own. To finish out, the Lady Bears would extend their lead through the fourth quarter and come away with a 56-29 victory over the hometown Lady Hawks.

STATS Keli Aschoff, 15 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast, 6 stl; Ella Scott, 2 pts, 4 reb; Sophie Gansebom, 3 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl; Caydence Krienert, 2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast; Kaleigh Miller, 2 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk; Erin Wagner, 2 pts, 2 reb; Alexa Aschoff, 1 pt, 2 reb; Charley Aschoff, 1 ast; Juliana Kumm, 2 pts, 2 reb, 1 blk; Anabelle Vinson, 1 reb, 1 ast, 3 stl; Tessa Gardner; 1 reb ORH: 7 - 4-13- 5: 29 LCC: 11-15-18-12: 56 The Lady Hawks traveled to Plainview Jan. 25 for their last game before the conference tournament started on Saturday.

The Lady Hawks played a great defensive first half, holding the top team in the conference to only 15 total points.

The Lady Hawks found themselves only down 5, 1510 going into the intermission.

The third quarter saw the pace pick up as both teams scored double digits, with Plainview holding a 31-20 lead going into the final quarter of play. The fourth quarter saw the Lady Pirates showing why they’re the number one team in the conference by forcing turnovers and turning up their scoring as they outpaced the Hawks 12-5 in the final quarter to pull away for the 43-25 victory. Keli Aschoff would again lead the Hawks, as she put together a solid effort with a team-high 10 points, team high 8 rebounds, and a team high 7 steals.

STATS Keli Aschoff, 10 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast, 7 stl; Ella Scott, 3 reb, 2 stl; Sophie Gansebom, 2 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Caydence Krienert---2 pts, 2 reb; Kaleigh Miller, 2 reb; Erin Wagner, 7 pts, 2 reb, 1 stl; Alexa Aschoff, 1 pt, 1 reb; Juliana Kumm, 1 pt, 6 reb; Anabelle Vinson, 1 reb, 2 stl; Tessa Gardner, 2 pts, 5 reb, 1 stl.

ORH: 6- 4- 10- 5: 25 PHS: 9- 6- 16-12: 43 On Jan. 27, the Lady Hawks traveled to Emerson for first round action of the Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament against the Homer Knights. The first quarter saw the teams going back and forth. The Lady Knights were able to take an early lead, 14-11, after the first quarter of play.

The second and third quarter of play saw the Lady Knights turn up the defensive pressure and score 36 points in those quarters compared to only 16 points for the Lady Hawks.

Despite a strong finish to the end for the Hawks, the 20-point difference was too much to overcome as they would lose 59-39.

STATS Keli Aschoff, 7 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast, 4 stl; Ella Scott, 4 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 2 stl; Sophie Gansebom, 9 pts, 4 reb, 3 stl’ Caydence Krienert. 5 reb; Carriana Kumm, 2 reb; Kaleigh Miller, 6 pts, 9 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk; Erin Wagner, 7 pts, 2 reb, 2 stl; Juliana Kumm, 1 reb; Anabelle Vinson, 2 reb; Tessa Gardner, 6 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast.

ORH: 11-7-9 -12: 39 HHS: 14-17-19-9: 59 With the loss, the Lady Hawks played Tuesday night against Winside in Osmond.

With a win, the Lady Hawks will then play Walthill on Friday, Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. with the location TBD; with a loss the Lady Hawks will be out of the tournament. Next basketball action for the Hawks after the conference tournament will be Monday Feb. 5, in Osmond against Wausa, and the regular season finale will be Friday, Feb. 9 in Osmond against Stuart.

In JV action recently, the Lady Hawks had two games in the last week. On Tuesday against visiting LCC, the Lady Hawks would come up short 31-16.

STATS Jenna Guenther, 2 pts, 1 reb; Carriana Kumm, 3 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 4 stl; Kaleigh Miller, 4 pts, 6 reb; Sydney Robinson, 1 reb; Alexa Aschoff, 5 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Charley Aschoff, 3 pts, 1 reb, 4 stl; Piper Hoffman, 1 ast, 4 stl; Addison Miller, 1 reb; Mabel Ngebeh, 3 pts, 6 reb; Lilly Kuchta, 1 pt.

ORH: 2-3-6-5: 16 LCC: 6-7-12-6: 31 Against Plainview Thursday, a strong effort by the young Lady Hawks came up short as the Pirates would be victorious by a 25-15 final score.

STATS Carriana Kumm, 2 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast, 2 blks; Kaleigh Miller, 2 pts, 4 reb, 3 stl; Alexa Aschoff, 2 pts, 3 reb, 1 stl; Charley Aschoff, 5 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast; Piper Hoffman, 2 pts, 2 stl; Delayne Thelen, 1 reb; Mabel Ngebeh, 2 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Lilly Kuchta, 3 reb.

ORH: 7-6-2: 15 PHS: 7-11-7: 25