Wynot girls fall in battle of top-rated teams
HUMPHREY — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils split a pair of games over the Christmas break at the Humphrey Holiday Tournament.
On Friday night, the Lady Blue Devils were beaten by the Humphrey St. Francis Lady Flyers by a final of 66-50, but rebounded to down the York Lady Dukes, 45-38, in the consolation game on Saturday afternoon.
On Friday, the high flying Lady Flyers got a super performance by Allison Weidner, who poured in 35 points to lead her team to the first round win over the Lady Blue Devils. Weidner was nearly unstoppable as she consistently took the ball to the hoop, either scoring or drawing the foul. She would hit 13 of 15 from the line to help her scoring totals.
Wynot was led by Shaelee Planer and Michaela Lange, who scored 15 and 14 points respectively. Katelyn Heine also knotched double figures with her 10-point effort.
In the first quarter of the St. Francis game, Wynot got a 3-pointer from Kaitlyn Heimes and a pair of buckets from Shaelee Planer to lead their offense. The Lady Flyers got seven points by Allison Weidner and four points by Caitlin Jarosz, to earn an early 17-12 lead.
In the second period, Wynot got a trey by Michaela Lange and four more points by Shaelee Planer. St. Francis got six more points by Weidner and buckets by Kyleigh Sjuts and Lauren Pfeifer as they expanded their lead to 30-21 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Wynot tried to rally with five points by Katelyn Heine and a 3-pointer by Emersyn Sudbeck but the Lady Flyers would hold them off with five points by Lauren Pfeifer and Allison Weidner connected for nine more points, including going 7-7 from the charity stripe to maintain Humphrey’s lead at 45-34.
Early in the fourth quarter, the Lady Blue Devils would make a run. A pair of 3-pointers by Michaela Lange, one by Kaitlyn Heine and five more points from Shaelee Planer would fuel the charge. The Lady Flyers would not fold, however, as they put the ball in Weidner’s hands and she responded with 12 more points to give the Lady Flyers the 66-50 win
Wynot 129 1316=50 HSF 1712 15 21=66 scoring- HSF- Allison Weidner 35, Lauren Pfiefer 9, Caitlin Jarosz 7, Alissa Kosch 6, Kaylee Stricklin 4, Kyleigh Sjuts 4, Peighton Eisenmenger 1. Wynot-Shaelee Planer 15, Michaela Lange 14, Katelyn Heine 10, Kaitlyn Heimes 5, Emersyn Sudbeck 3, Autumn Lawson 2, Karley Heimes 1.
On Saturday afternoon, Wynot took on the York Lady Dukes in the consolation game of the Humphrey Holiday Tournament and they would break open a very tight game with a second half push to earn the 45-38 win.
Wynot was led by Michaela Lange’s outstanding performance as she hit four 3-pointers and ended with a game-high 19 points. Katelyn Heine also hit twice from behind the arch and Autumn Lawson connected from down town, as Wynot used the long ball strategy to bust up the Lady Dukes zone defense.
York was paced by Maddie Portwine, who connected for 16 points, and Nazalia Dick, who contributed eight points to the Lady Dukes offense.
In the opening quarter, Wynot got a pair of treys from Michaela Lange and one by Katelyn Heine. The Lady Dukes clung to the 16-15 early lead.
In the second quarter, Wynot went inside to Whitney Hochstein who responded with a pair of buckets and Lange hit her third trey of the night. York got five points from Addison Legg and a bucket in the paint by Mattie Pohl, but Wynot held a slim 27-26 lead at halftime.
The Lady Blue Devils defense would shut down the Lady Dukes offense in the third quarter.
York 16104 8 —38 Wynot 15129 9 — 45 Individual scoring- Wynot- Michaela Lange 19, Katelyn Heine 8, Whitney Hochstein 5, Sharla Planer 4, Autumn Lawson 4, Karley Heimes 2, Kaitlyn