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Ipswich hosted a difficult Lake Region Conference varsity basketball foe last Friday in the Tiger Den. And if you hadn't guessed they would be the Leola/Frederick Titans who would escape Ipswich with a 69-46 victory. They would lead at each of the quarter endings - 18-4, 32-17 and 60-34, respectively and of course by the final margin. They got balanced scoring led by Noah Kipley with 27 points and Brayden Sumption with 17 points and six additional LF players would score. Still without Trevor...
The North Central Thunder were stopped by McLaughlin 60-27 in a Region 6A encounter last Tuesday, Feb. 20 in Miller. The Thunder were only down 5-3 at the first quarter break but would then fall behind 24-9 at halftime. And they would trail 49-23 after three quarters of play. But they were able to receive a balanced scoring effort that was led by Amree Vander Vorst with seven points including one trey. Next would become Alaina Dosch with her five points that also featured a trey. Katelyn Engelhart and Tylee Vander Vorst each added four points...
We are quickly transitioning into post-season local sports events starting with Kadyn Weisser and Sophia Knittel going to the State B in wrestling for Ipswich-Bowdle. So good luck! Some other regional results were not available in time for this week's edition due to the Presidents Day Monday holiday. So for now there doesn't seem to be any major blizzards the next several days at least. So we will keep our fingers crossed on that! They are saying that if we would receive any precip it would be in the form of rain due to the unbelievably mild...
The Ipswich girls varsity basketball team was defeated 38-25 during a visit to Highmore-Harrold last Tuesday, Feb. 13. This confrontation evolved into somewhat of a defensive struggle with the hosts leading at respective quarter break 7-2, 22-14 and 34-19. They were led by Jade Baloun with 13 points. Addison McDonald added eight points and Elle Stagg was next with her six points. And three additional Pirates would get into their scorebook that evening. Ipswich received a balanced scoring effort led by Anna Nierman and Marley Guthmiler with six...
Playing without an injured Trevor Heinz at the Warner Classic Saturday, Feb. 17, the Ipswich boys basketball team still managed to put up a good fight in a 69-42 loss to Aberdeen Roncalli. But the Tigers would trail at each quarter break, 18-9, 36-25 and 56-33, respectively. Jace Konsor led their attack with his 15 points, despite a lot of attention from Roncalli defenders. He included one trey. Next would be Chet Peterson with 14 points that featured four treys. Tucker Kadlec added seven points and the Tigers who also used three two point...
Ipswich hosted Potter County last Thursday, February 15 in non-conference varsity basketball action. The outcomes were split. That was because the Tiger boys would compile a 48-34 victory following a girls 57-42 setback. The Tiger boys would slowly pull away from their visitors who would predictably attempt a fourth-quarter run and did get to within six points 38 to 32. But Trevor Heinz would respond with a pair of timely free throws and the Tigers would then continue to outscore their visitors...
The Thunder basketball program had a fruitful excursion to Sunshine Bible last Friday. And that's because the NC girls won 45-29 and the boys came home with a 50-31 victory. How did the girls accomplish all that? Well, it's because for one thing they played really well defensively, leading 8-7 after a quarter and 18-11 at halftime. They then carried a 30-20 lead into the final quarter and the rest was history. Offensively the Thunder were paced by Ella Batie with her 15 points and Amree Vander Vorst was next with 14 points that featured one...
The Thunder boys played a pair of West River varsity basketball opponents on Monday, Feb. 12 and on Saturday, Feb. 17. They would be defeated 71-41 by Wakpala in their earlier game on the road and then lost a 56-33 decision at home in Bowdle versus McLaughlin.. The earlier game featured a 16-16 first-quarter tie, but the hosts would go ahead 41-25 at halftime. They then led 63-35 with a quarter to play and coasted to their victory. The Thunder obtained 21 points by Raynor Sprague and he...
The North Central Thunder girls basketball team met up with Great Plains Lutheran on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in Aberdeen and would sustain 56-35 defeat from the powerful Watertown-based team. The GPL contingent had got off to an impressive 10-4 first-quarter start and then led 29-18 at the half. They would also lead 46-26 with a quarter to play. Both teams were led by a 21-point scorer. They would be Amree Vander Vorst for the Thunder and Abby Kjenstad for GPL They each featured three treys and GPL would have one additional trey from Hallie Bauer who...
North Central met Leola/Frederick in a key Lake Region Conference girls varsity basketball match on Thursday, February 15 and the Thunder sustained a 60-30 setback in Leola. But the Thunder only trailed 13-9 after a quarter and were still very much in striking distance with a 28-23 halftime deficit. However the hosts would then grab a 43-27 edge with a quarter and got even more separation during the final stanza. They were led by Laura Sumption with 24 points, followed by Jillian Ellwein with 15 points and Sofia Losure also into double-figures...
Aren't overtimes exciting? Just ask the Super Bowl fans. Although I should admit that this OT was just a little past my usual bedtime. Maybe one too many commercials, that's for sure! But there can be overtimes or the equivalent of an OT in just about any sport at any level of competition. For instance major league baseball has its tenth innings and volleyball teams have to win a fifth set by at least two points. North Central's girls and boys basketball teams have already had an OT or two in their regular seasons. And the rest of high school...
Ipswich journeyed to Wilmot last Thursday for a non-conference girls varsity high school basketball clash. But the hosts would end up with a 58-42 victory. That was mostly due to Addison Heinje's school record 50 points that included her 25 appearances at the free throw with 21 accurate foul shots. Ipswich had dominated the first half with a narrow 9-8 first quarter edge and a 18-16 halftime lead. But the Wolves would grab a 34-24 lead with a quarter to play and added some crucial fourth-quarter points to ensure a victory for the hometown fans....
The Ipswich girls varsity basketball team obtained back-to-back wins last weekend. They indeed topped Waverly-South Shore 43-29 on Saturday during Warner's Classic after edging Sunshine Bible Academy at home on Friday by a 53 to 44 verdict. They played well defensively vs. WSS. They would lead 9-5 after a quarter and then be ahead 24-14 at halftime. They increased their advantage to 34-18 after three quarters and coasted to a victory. The Tigers used some balanced scoring led by Jalyssa Hutson with her nine points including a trey. Kaylin...
Ipswich hosted a girls/ boys Lake Region Conference twinbill in Ipswich vs. Aberdeen Christian with split results on Feb. 6. The IHS varsity girls would indeed defeat their rivals from Aberdeen by a final 40-24 verdict, but the AC Knights boys hang on for an eventual 67-63 verdict. Lake Region Conference confrontations often turn out to be a defensive struggle and that was certainly true of the girls game. Especially after the opening quarter when Ipswich would escape with a 17-5 lead! The...
The North Central Thunder boys varsity captured a 65-59 overtime win over Herreid/Selby Area there on February 10. The fourth-quarter buzzer ended a 56-56 standoff. But the Thunder would outscore their hosts 9-3 in the first OT to abruptly settle the issue. What more can you want? The hosts scored 18 first-quarter points compared to NC's 13. And the half found the Thunder emerging with a 22-20 lead of their own. The third quarter would end up with the Wolverines back in control at 41-36. But not...
The North Central Thunder met the Northwestern Wildcats in Lake Region Conference league play last Friday in Mellette. The Thunder girls got off to a great start with their 51-43 varsity win but the NC boys would then drop a 55-28 varsity outcome. The NC girls had fallen behind 7-6 after quarter, but that wouldn't deter them for very long. That's because they would carry a 28-16 halftime lead into the lockers. The hosts would hang around, though and still trailed 38-28 with a quarter to play. But the Wildcats would only be able to trim their de...
North Central attended a high school basketball extravaganza in Highmore last Saturday. The NC boys would defeat Lyman 57-50 in that event, while the Thunder girls were sustaining a 43-27 setback to Jones County. The Thunder boys had to overcome a 7-14 first quarter deficit. They survived for a 46-46 regulation tie. NC then scored 11 in the OT, and Lyman, only four. The Thunder boys had three double figure scorers in that encouter led by Raynor Sprague with his 13 points and five assists. He included one trey. Next would be Dawson Walz with 12...
The Aberdeen Christian Knights girls and boys made a trip over to Bowdle last Tuesday for a Lake Region Conference high school basketball twinbill. And when it was all said and done the visitors would come up short vs the Thunder girls, but the Knights would win the boys game. The Thunder girls enjoyed a 10-8 lead during the first quarter and then obtained a 17-14 halftime lead. The Thunder would then go ahead 32-27 with a quarter to play. But the Knights would continue to hang around in the final quarter. The Thunder did indeed get a little...
Ipswich hosted Leola/ Frederick Area in a girls only Lake Region Conference showdown last Tuesday, but the visitors would escape with a 54-29 varsity victory. The Titans only led 8-5 after a quarter. But they stretched their advantage to 22-11 at intermission and then outscored Ipswich 19-11 in the third quarter and 13-7 in the final quarter to seal the deal. But Ipswich was led by Brianna Geditz and Anna Nierman with five points each, followed by Marley Guthmiller with four points and Rylee...
Ipswich traveled to Miller for a girls/boys twinbill last Thursday and sustained a pair of non-conference varsity defeats. The Tiger girls would drop a 38-29 decision and the boys sustained a 75-59 setback. In that girls game the Tigers would trail 6-2, 14-12 and 25-22 at the respective quarter endings. Miller would then own a 13-7 final quarter scoring edge in what turned out to be quite a defensive struggle. The hosts were led by J. Palmer's 10 points and seven more Rustlers would score at least one point. Ipswich countered with eight points...
Talk about a January thaw! We went from -40° windchill to over 40° plus air temperatures over the weekend. And then some! There are ice fishing derbys coming up. This weekend the fishing will be on the Roscoe Lake. Don’t fall through the ice whatever you do. And will we have a February thaw? Only time will tell! Or just ask the groundhog this week! Who knows - there must be more than one groundhog in the country. The original — “Phil” can be found in Pennsylvania....
Ipswich was defeated by Herreid/Selby Area 49-21 in non-conference high school varsity basketball action on January 26 in Selby. The Tigers would trail 17-9, 23-14 and 36-17 at each respective quarter break. They were led in scoring by Marley Guthmiller's 10 points that included two treys. Next would be Anna Nierman with four points. Rylee Kleffman had a trey for her three points, while Tristan Geditz also netted three points. Kaylin Onken netted a free throw. Jordyn Rossow led the hosts with her 14 points and Stephanie Allbee would score 11 po...
The North Central Thunder varsity girls faced a pair of difficult opponents last weekend. First off they would host Strasburg/Zeeland on Friday in Eureka. dropping a relatively narrow 43-36 decision. Thursday in Hoven they would come up on the short end of an 61-36 outcome vs. Potter County. Against S/Z they would trail 16-10 after a quarter and would then shave that to a five-point deficit at intermission, 21-16. The hosts then maintained their deficit to five points this time at 34-29 with a quarter to play. Some reasons might be Addison...
North Central would split a pair of recent boys varsity basketball appearances. The Thunder boys were defeated by Potter County 62-35 in Hoven on January 25 and were then able to pick up a victory at home in Eureka on Friday vs. Strasburg/Zeeland by a 59-26 verdict. In that one Raynor Sprague poured in 21 points including six treys and Cooper Oxner got 12 points with four treys. Next would be Tim Rucker with seven points, followed by Dawson Walz with six points. Cole Beitelspacher had five points with one trey and Harrison Beyers, three...
The Ipswich boys hosted a pair of Region 6B high school basketball opponents last weekend in the Tiger Den with mixed results. (These were both non-conference outcomes.) The Tigers didn't have a whole lot of trouble vs. Herreid/Selby Area last Thursday enroute to an impressive 73-43 victory. But two days later the Tigers would lose a hard-fought 46-44 nail-biter to Highmore-Harrold. But first things first. Ipswich would indeed gradually pull away from the Wolverines. The Tigers would go ahead...