WCHS girls’ upset bid falls short

WEBSTER CITY — A whale of a performance from Grace Hoversten wasn’t enough to propel the Webster City girls’ basketball team to an upset victory inside the WCHS gymnasium on Saturday.

Eighth-ranked (Class 4A) Gilbert did just enough in the final three minutes to break a 45-all tie and prevail over the Lynx, 50-47.

“The girls came out fighting, they came out working and they played really well,” WCHS head coach Nicole Muhlenbruch said.

Hoversten did all she could with 15 points, 15 rebounds and four steals. The WCHS senior was a perfect 8 for 8 at the free throw line and the Lynx (8-9) went 19 of 22 overall at the stripe.

Taylor McKinney added 10 points and two assists. Leah Kasch came off the bench to supply nine points.

Ava Hawthorne, a sophomore and already a UNI commit, paced Gilbert (13-3) with 19 points and Emma Bulman provided 16 more.

Gilbert 50, Webster City 47

Saturday at Webster City

Gilbert (13-3) — Katie Currans 2 0-0 4, Sydney Lynch 0 0-0 0, Ava Hawthorne 7 4-5 19, Ellie Bulman 0 0-0 0, Emma Kruse 2 0-1 6, Emma Bulman 4 8-9 16, Claire Roske 0 0-0 0, Raney Kruse 0 0-0 0, Jordyn Milhouse 2 0-0 5. Totals: 17 12-15 50.

Webster City (8-9) — Tatum Goings 0 0-0 0, Taylor McKinney 4 1-2 10, Kelly Stoakes 0 4-4 4, Leah Kasch 3 2-2 9, Morgan Gallentine 1 0-0 3, Grace Hoversten 3 8-8 15, Jenna Miller 0 1-2 1, Adalie Schwandt 1 3-4 5. Totals: 12 19-22 47.

Gilbert 12 15 8 15 — 50

Webster City 7 15 13 12 — 47

3-point field goals — GIL 4 (E. Kruse 2, Hawthorne, Milhouse); WC 4 (McKinney, Kasch, Gallentine, Hoversten). Rebounds — WC 29 (Hoversten 15, Miller 6). Steals — WC 7 (Hoversten 4). Assists — WC 5 (McKinney 2). Turnovers — WC 11. Team fouls — GIL 19, WC 15. Fouled out — none.

Inconsistency leads to Lynx loss

WEBSTER CITY — The Webster City boys’ basketball team is consistent about one thing — it’s perpetually inconsistent.

A slow start turned into a stellar second quarter on Saturday, but the Lynx followed it up with a sluggish second half in a 68-50 loss to Gilbert.

The Tigers (11-4) outscored WCHS (9-6) 15-7 in the third quarter to take command.

“If we’re going to move forward and start beating the better teams on our schedule, we have to be consistent,” WCHS head coach Marty McKinney said. “We can’t play well and then disappear for six or seven minutes, but that was the case (on Saturday).”

WCHS had its chances to claw back at the free throw line, but made just 10 of 21 attempts.

Tyler Olson provided 17 points and 10 rebounds in a losing effort. Drake Doering had 11 points, two steals and two assists.

Jacob Papesh (17 points), Matt Ockey (14 points) and Tony Terrones (14 points) all scored in double figures for the Heart of Iowa Conference-leading Tigers.

Gilbert 68, Webster City 50

Saturday at Webster City

Gilbert (11-4) — Matt Ockey 6 0-0 14, Tucker Hanson 0 0-0 0, Birk Hanson 5 0-0 11, Nick Chasey 0 0-0 0, Jacob Papesh 8 0-0 17, Tony Terrones 5 2-2 14, Ethan Vesey 1 0-0 2, Jack Dresser 3 2-2 9, Justin Terry 0 1-2 1, Easton Johnson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 28 5-6 68.

Webster City (9-6) — Ty McKinney 1 1-3 3, Drake Doering 4 1-5 11, Trey Lyons 0 0-0 0, Tavis Eklund 2 0-0 5, Tyler Olson 6 5-6 17, Carter Neuroth 0 2-2 2, Lincoln LaSourd 1 0-1 2, Jamin Stuhr 1 1-2 3, Casey Kolbeck 1 0-0 3, Will Tasler 2 0-2 4. Totals: 18 10-21 50.

Gilbert 23 10 15 20 — 68

Webster City 14 15 7 14 — 50

3-point field goals — GIL 7 (Ockey 2, Terrones 2, B. Hanson, Dresser); WC 4 (Doering 2, Eklund, Kolbeck). Rebounds — WC 35 (Olson 10, Neuroth 6, Doering 6). Steals — WC 3 (Doering 2). Assists — WC 4 (Doering 2). Turnovers — WC 13. Team fouls — GIL 21, WC 10. Fouled out — GIL: T. Hanson).

Buzzer beater haunts Hawks

ELDORA — With the game locked at 60, South Hardin’s Kael Carr snagged an offensive rebound, and put up a six-foot shot just before the buzzer against South Hamilton here Saturday evening.

Nothing. But. Net.

Carr’s buzzer-beating field goal gave the Tigers a 62-60 victory over the Hawks, who stumbled for the second time in as many nights.

Carr scored 14 points and Beau Butler led South Hardin (11-6) with 15 points.

The Tigers owned a 19-6 scoring advantage at the free throw line.

South Hamilton (8-6) received 16 points from Cade Balvanz. Austin Busch added a career-high 12, as did Quinton Grove. Kyler Hodnefield and Doran Lutjen both finished with eight.

South Hardin 62, South Hamilton 60

Saturday at Eldora

South Hamilton (8-6) — Brock Galetich 0 0-0 0, Aaron Hegland 1 0-1 2, Carter Hewitt 0 0-0 0, Tycin Barkema 1 0-1 2, Doran Lutjen 3 0-0 8, Austin Busch 5 2-2 12, Quinton Grove 5 0-0 12, Freddie Lewis 0 0-0 0, Kyler Hodnefield 2 2-3 8, Cade Balvanz 7 2-3 16. Totals: 24 6-10 60.

South Hardin (11-6) — Kael Carr 5 1-2 14, Waylen Butler 0 0-0 0, Dante Dolash 6 2-4 14, Garrison Tripp 2 3-3 7, Gavin Ridout 1 2-2 4, Jesse Roe 0 0-0 0, Beau Butler 4 7-7 15, Ryan Walters 2 4-4 8. Totals: 20 19-22 62.

South Hamilton 12 11 21 16 — 60

South Hardin 18 10 18 16 — 62

3-point field goals — S. Ham 6 (Lutjen 2, Grove 2, Hodnefield 2); S. Har 3 (Carr 3). Team fouls — S. Ham 18, S. Har 15. Fouled out — none.

SH girls struggle, lose to Tigers

ELDORA — South Hardin outscored South Hamilton 15-1 in the second quarter and rode that momentum to a 46-29 non-conference girls’ basketball win here Saturday evening.

The Hawks (6-9) scored 14 points in the first quarter, but managed just 15 more over the final three quarters. They connected on just 6 of 18 free throws, while South Hardin (3-14) went 22 of 29 at the charity stripe.

Hallee Feaker scored eight points in a losing effort. Hailey Diersen, Caleigh Hewitt and Mackenzy Grady all finished with five.

South Hardin’s Emma Spiker led all scorers with 13 points. Cora Frohwein produced 11 and Josie Raska chipped in 10 more.

South Hardin 46, South Hamilton 29

Saturday at Eldora

South Hamilton (6-9) — Rocio Martinez 0 0-0 0, Emma Lewis 0 0-1 0, Hailey Diersen 2 1-2 5, Hallee Feaker 3 2-3 8, Brookelyn George 1 2-6 4, Caleigh Hewitt 2 1-2 5, Aspen Wibholm 0 0-0 0, Mackenzy Grady 2 0-4 5, Zoey Duns 1 0-0 2. Totals: 11 6-18 29.

South Hardin (3-14) — Kass Winter 0 6-9 6, Rylee Nelson 0 0-0 0, Josie Raska 3 2-2 10, Meghan VandePol 0 1-2 1, Maddie Maifield 1 0-0 3, Emma Spieker 2 8-10 13, Cora Frohwein 3 5-8 11, Morgan Havens 1 0-0 2. Totals: 9 22-29 46.

South Hamilton 14 1 7 7 — 29

South Hardin 8 15 5 18 — 46

3-point field goals — S. Ham 1 (Grady) S. Har 4 (Raska 2, Maifield, Spieker). Team fouls — S. Ham 26, S. Har 20. Fouled out — S. Ham: Diersen, Feaker; S. Har: Winter.

Mason a JV champ at Fort Dodge

FORT DODGE — Webster City freshman wrestler Austin Mason topped his bracket and brought home a gold medal from Saturday’s Fort Dodge Invite.

Mason pinned all three of his opponents in the first period. Finals opponent Zach Julander of Southeast Polk lasted just 20 seconds against Mason.

Curtis Heuton placed second for the Lynx, as he went 2-1 with one pin.

Other WCHS place winners included Kevin Velasquez (third), Skyler Scott (fifth), Kyle Gose (sixth), Aiden Feltz (sixth), Tristen Maxwell (seventh) and Eric Lomeli (seventh).