Wins keep on rolling in for Tri-County Area teams
The wins keeping on coming in for Tri-County Area prep girls basketball teams
And its not just Eleva-Strum.
The No. 1 ranked Cardinals are still racking up the W's, improving to now 19-0 overall after winning three games in a week's time, from Tuesday, Jan. 27 to Tuesday, Feb. 3, clinching a tie for the Large Dairyland Conference title, their second in a row, at 15-0 in the standings. Their wins plus an upset loss by Independence/Gilmanton to Melrose-Mindoro helped them do so. Those wins were 74-36 at home over Cochrane-Fountain City on Thursday, Jan. 29, 58-41 at Whitehall on Saturday, Jan. 31 and 72-35 at home vs. Lincoln on Feb. 3.
The Bound Wisconsin/Zaleski Sports Girls Basketball Media Poll for Division 5 is as follows:
1). Eleva-Strum
2) Stevens Point Pacelli
3). Pecatonica/Argyle
4). Webster
5). Blair-Taylor
6). Marshfield Columbus
7). Lena
8). Almond-Bancroft
9). Wisconsin Rapids Assumption
10). Sheboygan Lutheran
Against C-FC (9-9), Avery Spangberg achieved her first double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 steals. Avery Glenz led the Cardinals' scoring with 13 points, followed closely by Maddea Brown and Avery Spangberg with 12 points each. Aliza Kulig scored 11 points, Clara Christ contributed nine, Avaya Zwiefelhofer added eight, Brenley Baier scored three, and Kora Gunderson, Lydia Nicolet, and Sydnee Hanner each scored two points. Versus Whitehall (5-13), Glenz's 21-point total helped the Redbirds fend off one of their closest challenges in several weeks as it was tied 28-28 at halftime and got her named WHTL: 102.3 FM Player of the Game. Brown finished with 16 points and Zwiefelhofer scored eight. Glenz and Zwiefelhofer each had nine rebounds and Brown had three assists. Spangberg won the WHTL Player of the Game award in the Cards win over Lincoln (9-9), not for scoring as she had only four points but for the great defense she put forth, especially in the second half as E-S outscored the Hornets 52-23. She also had a team-leading five assists. Glenz had 20 points, Bauer had a season-best 16 points and nine rebounds and Zwiefelhofer had 17 points and six boards. E-S will look to keep their winning streak going at Alma/Pepin (10-8) Thursday, Feb. 5 in Pepin and at Augusta on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7:15 p.m.
Talk about a turnaround. Fall Creek was upended by Cadott (7-9) at home last week Tuesday, Jan. 27 by a 49-46 score. But after recovering at home vs. Thorp (1-17) on Thursday, Jan. 30 by a 63-29 victory, FC pulled off a shocker over then No. 5 ranked La Crosse Central (14-4) on the road Saturday, Jan. 31, winning 66-53 led by Jasmin Heuer's 18 points and showed what a healthy Cricket team could have been. FC looked to keep their winning streak against ranked teams going at No. 2 Neillsville in a rescheduled contest in Neillsville (16-1). Despite leading leading at halftime, the 10-9 Crickets fell to the Warriors 56-39. FC is at Bloomer (11-6) Thursday, Feb. 5 and at No. 3 Eau Claire Regis (17-2) next Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Augusta has doubled its win total from last season, improving to 6-12 after winning three out of its last four ballgames, the only loss being a close 58-51 contest at Cochrane-Fountain City on Saturday, Jan. 31. This is the same C-FC team which upset No. 5 Blair-Taylor on Tuesday,
Last week the Beavers topped Alma/Pepin at home on Thursday, Jan. 29 by a 67-63 score. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, AHS downed Whitehall, also at home, 62-59. The schedule, unfortunately, gets busier and tougher heading into next week. The Beavers still have opportunities for more wins this Friday, Feb,. 6 at Lincoln, next Monday, Feb. 9 at Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran and then Eleva-Strum looms at home on Tuesday, Feb. 10 although it should be pointed out Augusta led in halftime in their first meeting back in December before E-S pulled away in the second half. Augusta then travel to Cadott for a non-conference contest on Thursday, Feb. 12 and then Blair-Taylor (14-5) on the 16th.
Osseo-Fairchild's last three contests had them losing at home to Independence/Gilmanton (14-5) 73-34 on Thursday, Jan. 29, losing at Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 47-19 on Saturday, Jan. 31 and losing at home to Alma/Pepin on Tuesday, Feb. 3 by a 57-31 score. Against the Lancers (10-7), freshman Addison Dunahay led O-F with six points while junior Noelle Kiesow scored four points and senior Makaela Kiesow had three points. As much as the Thunder struggled on offense, not scoring a field goal until the 4:20 mark of the first half, they at least played defense well enough to keep the contest from being a complete runaway. O-F has a make-up contest at Melrose-Mindoro (9-9) on Thursday, Feb. 5 and plays at Cochrane-Fountain City on Friday, Feb. 6 before hosting Whitehall on Feb. 10.
(as of Thursday morning, Feb. 5)
Girls Basketball
West Cloverbelt
Team W-L
Chippewa Falls McDonell 10-1
Eau Claire Regis 10-1
Bloomer 7-4
Fall Creek 6-5
Elk Mound 6-5
Cadott 3-8
Stanley-Boyd 2-9
Thorp 0-11
Last Week's Games
Tuesday, Jan. 27
Cadott 49, Fall Creek 46
Bloomer 73, Chippewa Falls McDonell 67
Eau Claire Regis 55, Elk Mound 32
Stanley-Boyd 81, Thorp 46
Thursday, Jan. 29
Fall Creek 63, Thorp 29
Friday, Jan. 30
Eau Claire Regis 74, Bloomer 58
Chippewa Falls McDonell 45, Cadott 44
Elk Mound 48, Stanley-Boyd 44
This Week's Games
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Eau Claire Regis 69, Stanley-Boyd 54
Thursday, Feb. 5
Fall Creek at Bloomer
Eau Claire Regis at Chippewa Falls McDonell
Cadott at Stanley-Boyd
Elk Mound at Thorp
Next Week's Games
Tuesday, Feb. 10
Thorp at Cadott
Chippewa Falls McDonell at Elk Mound
Fall Creek at Eau Claire Regis
Bloomer at Stanley-Boyd
Large Dairyland
Team W-L
*Eleva-Strum 15-0
Independence/Gilmanton 10-5
Melrose-Mindoro 7-7
Whitehall 4-11
Augusta 4-11
Osseo-Fairchild 0-14
*Clinched tie for conference title
Small Dairyland
Team ` W-L
Blair-Taylor 12-4
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 9-6
Cochrane-Fountain City 8-6
Alma/Pepin 7-8
Lincoln 5-9
Last Week's Games
Monday, Jan. 26
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 51, Cochrane-Fountain City 48
Tuesday, Jan. 27
Melrose-Mindoro 56, Whitehall 50
Thursday, Jan. 29
Augusta 67, Alma/Pepin 63
Blair-Taylor 43, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 40
Independence/Gilmanton 73, Osseo-Fairchild 34
Eleva-Strum 74, Cochrane-Fountain City 36
Whitehall 75, Lincoln 63
Saturday, Jan. 31
Cochrane-Fountain City 58, Augusta 51
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 47, Osseo-Fairchild 19
Melrose-Mindoro 69, Independence/Gilmanton 61
Eleva-Strum 58, Whitehall 41
This Week's Games
Monday, Feb. 2
Independence/Gilmanton 61, Blair-Taylor 39
Tuesday, Feb. 3
Augusta 62, Whitehall 59
Eleva-Strum 72, Lincoln 35
Melrose-Mindoro 58, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 48
Alma/Pepin 57, Osseo-Fairchild 31
Cochrane-Fountain City 57, Blair-Taylor 43
Thursday, Feb. 5
Osseo-Fairchild at Melrose-Mindoro
Eleva-Strum at Alma/Pepin
Friday, Feb. 6
Whitehall at Blair-Taylor
Osseo-Fairchild at Cochrane-Fountain City
Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran at Independence/Gilmanton
Augusta at Lincoln
Melrose-Mindoro at Alma/Pepin
Next Week's Games
Monday, Feb. 9
Augusta at Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran
Lincoln at Cochrane-Fountain City
Tuesday, Feb. 10
Independence/Gilmanton at Alma/Pepin
Eleva-Strum at Augusta
Cochrane-Fountain City at Melrose-Mindoro
Whitehall at Osseo-Fairchild
Lincoln at Blair-Taylor
