Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Cassie Longnecker lays one up for two points.
A nightmare start for the Rockets on Thursday, Jan. 10 led to 22 straight Hornet points, a run which extended beyond the first quarter when HWC laid a goose egg on the NR-S offense, 19-0. The Hornets never looked back, defeating the locals 65-20.
The Rockets' Cassie Longnecker would end up as the team's leading scorer with eight points, and she would account for six of NR-S' seven second quarter tallies to pull within 39-7 at the half buzzer. Kindra Jacobson, with three points, was the only other NR-S player to score more than two in defeat.
For HWC (9-3, 3-0 District 7), Jaye Fike finished with 17 points and six rebounds, and center McKayla Jones posted a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with four blocks. Jasmine Ripplinger finished with 14 points and three steals on the Hornets' ledger.
The loss put NR-S back to even at 5-5, and 1-1 in the District 7 race.
District 7 Girls' Basketball
HWC 65, NR-S 20
at New Rockford
HWC 19 20 19 7 65
NR-S 0 7 4 9 20
NR-S: Cassie Longnecker 8, Kindra Jacobson 3, Dani Bjerke 2, Alli Dockter 2, Carli Lies 2, Brianna Price 2, Hannah Haley 1. Totals: 7 FG, 5-7 FT, 11 fouls. Three-pointer: Longnecker.
HWC: Jaye Fike 17, McKayla Jones 16, Jasmine Ripplinger 14, Kalyn Keller 6, MacKenna Arnold 4, Zoe McKinven 4, Maggie Raue 4. Totals: 27 FG, 6-13 FT, 10 fouls. Three-pointers: Keller 2, Fike, Ripplinger, McKinven.
