Girls Basketball

Girls Basketball: Menahga’s second half flurry sinks the Lady Pirates 54-45

Posted by Mike Isola

on 02/22/2010 - 9:29am

Tarah Cleveland dropped a game-high 24 points and Lindsey White scored 14 to help the host Menahga Lady Braves overcome a 26-21 halftime deficit to defeat Verndale 54-45 in Park Region Conference play Friday.

The Lady Braves used a flurry of second-half free-throws to sink the Lady Pirates. They converted 23-of-44 (52 percent) from the charity stripe. Menahga finished with 43 percent (14-for-32) from the floor on the evening.

Elizabeth Johnson led all Verndale scorers with 13 points in the loss.

Menahga (6-16) travels to Browerville at 7:30 p.m. Monday (today)

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Girls Basketball: Lillquist, Schwartz spark Sebeka past Lady Pirates 66-34

Posted by Mike Isola

on 02/16/2010 - 10:45am

Jessica Lillquist scored a game-high 15 points and Taylor Schwartz added 12—including a perfect six-for-six from the free-throw line—to help spark the host Sebeka Lady Trojans past Verndale 66-34 in Park Region Conference action Friday.

The Lady Trojans cruised to a 48-16 halftime lead en route to improving to 17-3 on the season.

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Girls Basketball: Noga, state-ranked Parkers Prairie sinks Verndale 84-33

Posted by Mike Isola

on 02/05/2010 - 3:52pm

Sari Noga drained a game-high 33 points—including five from beyond the arc—as third-ranked Parkers Prairie blew past the host Verndale Lady Pirates 84-33 Thursday.

The Panthers also got 25 points—and four three pointers—from Madison Dorn and Kaylee Dorn added 10.

Parkers Prairie ended up connecting 11 shots from downtown to scorch the Lady Pirates, and carried a comfortable 43-13 lead at halftime.

Jordy Schluttner led Verndale with a team-high nine points while Elizabeth Johnson added 8.

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Girls Basketball: New York Mills stifles Lady Pirates 76-21 (Reposted)

Posted by Mike Isola

on 02/03/2010 - 8:26pm

Hannah Rutten scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Alicia Boe drained 22 points—three from beyond the arch—as eighth-ranked New York Mills stifled the host Verndale Pirates 76-21 in Park Region Conference play Monday.

The Lady Eagles couldn’t miss in the first half as they dropped 61 percent of their shots to carry a 39-point lead into halftime, 51-12.

New York Mills ended up shooting 56 percent (28-for-50) from the floor but it was their defense that gave the Lady Pirates fits.

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Girls Basketball: Lady Braves surge past Verndale 64-52 to end four-game slide

Posted by Mike Isola

on 01/20/2010 - 4:55pm

Katie Miller drained a team-high 19 points and Tarah Cleveland added 18 to help Menahga end their four-game slide with the 64-52 Park Region Conference victory over host Verndale on Tuesday.

Verndale (2-11) was led by Elizabeth Johnson with a game-high 27 points but the Lady Pirates continue to remain winless in conference play.

Arielle Pihlaja contributed 11 points and Lindsey White had nine as Menahga improved to 4-9 overall and 2-4 in the conference.

The Lady Braves host Wadena-Deer Creek at 7:

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Girls Basketball: Lady Trojans trounce Verndale 92-27

Posted by Mike Isola

on 01/11/2010 - 8:36pm

Betsy Olson drained a game-high 29 points and Bridget Martini scored 21 as the Sebeka Lady Trojans trounced host Verndale in the 92-27 Park Region Conference victory Friday.

The Lady Trojans raced to a 67-11 halftime lead.

“Everything was going right for us and Verndale had trouble with our defense,” Sebeka coach Mike Heino said.

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