Lady Bluebirds finish fourth at Berean tourney
Stucky, Goerzen selected to all-tournament team
By DELBERT PETERS
Contributing writer
Tuesday night the Goessel girls won their tenth game of the season by defeating Remington 57-40. The Bluebirds struggled to pull ahead, but three back-to-back three pointers, two by Tara Goerzen and one by Darla Funk, broke the game wide-open with four minutes left in the first half.
Goessel led 29-14 at the half and 46-32 at the end of three quarters. Remington would never come closer as the Bluebirds won by a 17-point margin.
Melinda Stucky led Goessel's scoring with 20 points, Goerzen 19, Lindsey Unruh six, Funk five, Brittany Goerzen four, and Becky Schroeder three.
Last week, the Goessel girls finished fourth in the Eli J. Walter Invitational Tournament at Berean in Elbing.
In first-round action, all nine girls scored in the Burrton game and Goessel won 59-49. The Bluebirds led 26-23 at halftime and continued to lead at the end of the third quarter.
Fourth-quarter free throws helped the Bluebirds to a 10-point win and advanced them to the winner's bracket.
Scoring for Goessel were Stucky and T. Goerzen with 14 points each, Schroeder with nine, Candice Bailey with eight, Lindsey Unruh seven, Carolyn Unruh, Brittany Goerzen, and Funk with two each, and Jessica Graber one.
Against Wichita Collegiate, a highly ranked 3A school, Goessel lost ground in the third quarter when the Bluebirds were limited to three points. Although Goessel picked up the pace in the fourth quarter, Collegiate's 23-point lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter was too much to overcome as the Bluebirds lost 58-42.
Scoring for the team were Stucky with 18, T. Goerzen 11, Schroeder and L. Unruh three each, B. Goerzen and Funk two each, and Bailey and Graber with one each.
Goessel played Marion for the third-place game. The Bluebirds trailed by eight at halftime. In the third quarter Goessel saw the Warriors extend their lead to 47-32. Although Goessel scored 21 points in the fourth quarter, Marion was able to secure a win by a final score of 68-51.
Scoring for the Bluebirds were Stucky with 21 points, T. Goerzen 16, L. Unruh five, Bailey four, B. Goerzen three, and C. Unruh two.
Melinda Stucky and Tara Goerzen were selected to the all-tournament team.
The girls' record is now 10-5 overall and 6-3 in the league. They will play at Sedgwick on Friday and be at home against Little river next Tuesday.
