High School Girls Basketball
Lady Railers rip through the Cyclones 58-26

 

[December 02, 2023] 

The Lady Railers hosted the Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones on Friday night in a Central State Conference matchup that was another physical contest from start to finish. Kloe Froebe received a bloody nose in the second quarter and missed about a minute of the action on the court, but she still got the best of the Cyclones, outscoring the team with 27 points and helping her team to a 58-26 win.

First Quarter

Taryn Stoltzenburg’s three started the Lady Railers scoring versus the Cyclones. After two early free throws by Froebe Lincoln was up 5-0. Froebe would pour in two more baskets and Jenna Bowman would sink a three before the Cyclones coach called a timeout with the score 12-4. Froebe, Bowman and Tori Geriets extended the lead to 19-4. With Becca Heitzig tossing in two buckets the score was 23-10 as the first quarter came to a close.

Second Quarter

Lincoln managed just six points in the second quarter, with Stoltzenburg, Froebe and Heitzig responsible for the scoring. Lincoln held strong with a 29-19 lead at the half.

Third Quarter

Eight seconds into the third quarter, Froebe was fouled on a three and promptly sank three consecutive free throws, extending the lead to 32-19. A minute later, Froebe’s three increased the score to 35-19. Froebe swiped the ball at the 4:38 mark and shared it with Heitzig, who’s bank shot resulted in a 37-22 score. Whiteman took her turn going to the bank forty seconds later and the lead was 39-22. Froebe, Heitzig and Whiteman accounted for the rest of the offense in the third quarter and with the Cyclones scoring just a lone three in the quarter, Lincoln was on top 46-22.

Fourth Quarter

Here comes Lincoln, aiming for that running clock. Heitzig hit a jumper in the lane at the 7:31 mark and twenty seconds later Froebe stole the ball and scored on a layup. After Whiteman’s two points off the offensive rebound, the score was 52-24 and the running clock was within reach. Froebe put the Lady Railers over the hump near the four minute mark with a three and Lincoln was successful with a 55-24 lead. The starters exited the game as the running clock took effect. Makinley Knapp added one free throw and Lily Holmes scored on the offensive rebound to settle the final score at 58-26.

Kloe Froebe led Lincoln with 27 points.

Becca Heitzig added 10 points.

The Lady Railers Varsity team improves to 7-0 on the season. They are 2-0 in the Central State Eight Conference.

This concluded Lincoln’s run of seven games in a span of seven days. A day of rest is most likely needed.

In the JV game, the Lady Railers tore through the Cyclones 67-13. The score was 24-6 at the end of the first quarter. By halftime the score was 44-11. At the end of three quarters of play, Lincoln was in total control with a 61-11 lead. The 67-13 win was impressive and once again nine players entered the scoring column.

Piper Whiteman led the team with 14 points. Makinley Knapp tossed in 13 points.

The JV team is 6-0.

Lincoln will host Metamora on Wednesday night next week.

The JV game will tip-off at 5:30 p.m.

The Varsity game will tip-off at 7:00 p.m.

Varsity scoring

Lincoln 58

Froebe 27
Heitzig 10
Bowman 6
Whiteman 5
Stoltzenburg 5
Geriets 2
Holmes 2
Knapp 1

Sacred Heart-Griffin 26

M. Fleischli 10
Hassebrock 5
Huston 4
Fleischli 2
Watson 2
Murphy 2
Redpath 1

JV scoring

Lincoln 67

Whiteman 14
Knapp 13
Adams 9
Schneider 8
Clark 8
Holmes 6
McCloud 5
Gilbert 3
Perkins 1

Sacred Heart-Griffin 13

Fleischli 6
Gray 3
Burk 2
Harris 2

[Teena Lowery]