Trojan girls battle Riley County
Coming off a victory over Lyons, the Hillsboro Trojan girls' basketball team was ready for No. 1 seed Riley County Tuesday in the Trojan Classic. The state-ranked Falcons defeated Hillsboro 42-33, but not without a fight.
The Trojans overcame a 10-6 first quarter deficit to outscore the Falcons 14-10 and take a 20-20 tie into the locker room at half.
"We stayed with them the first half," said head coach Becky Carlson. "We played good defense and blocked out and we were in the game with the No. 1 ranked team in the state."
The second half was all Riley County. The Trojans appeared fatigued. The Falcon press caused several Trojan turnovers and scoring opportunities for Riley County.
"If we could have scored on a few more possessions and not turned the ball over so many times, it would have been a different ball game," Carlson said.
Carlson was pleased to see how her team played against the Falcons.
Sophomore JuliAnne Chisholm led the team with 11 points and seven rebounds. Senior Amy Duerksen had six points and eight rebounds. Sophomore Hannah Marsh scored six points and senior Emily Ratzlaff scored four points and pulled down nine rebounds.
Hillsboro plays Cair-Paravel Latin from Topeka at 6 p.m. Thursday in Brown Gym.
Hillsboro 46, Lyons 49
The Trojans didn't tame the Lions Lyons last Friday but they did quiet their roar with a 49-46 victory at home.
Hillsboro led 6-2 in the first four minutes of the game before the Lions were able to get on the board with a basket and free throw from Andrea Leiker who led all players with 18 points. The league-leading scorer also was nine of 10 from the free throw line.
The Trojans had a 12-10 first quarter lead. They were outscored by the Lions 15-13 in the second quarter with Lions leading by five with less than two minutes to play in the second quarter. Quick baskets by Duerksen and Chisholm brought the Trojans within three. Marsh drained a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game 25-all.
The second half began with sophomore Megan Peachey hitting a three-pointer answered by a three-pointer from Lyons. The lead see-sawed in the third quarter with Leiker making the back end of a free throw to tie the game at 34-34 at the end of the quarter.
With three minutes in the game, Hillsboro was up by six. A Lyons rally with one minute left to play got them within one.
At 47-43 and four seconds left in the game, Lyons hit a three-pointer. Peachey's two free throws at the end of the game gave the Trojans the hard-fought victory.
Duerksen led the team with 16 points and nine rebounds and Peachey had 11 points. Marsh scored seven points and had six steals. Chisholm scored seven points and pulled down eight rebounds.
JV, freshman girls lose at Hesston
The Hillsboro High School junior varsity girls' basketball team lost 44-24 at Hesston Jan. 11.
Jessica Heidel led the team with six points. Audrey Weinbrenner and Lora Andrews each scored five points; Amanda Faber, four points; and Laura Skiles and Jessica Klose, two points each.
The junior varsity defeated Nickerson 40-29 Jan. 7 at home.
Scorers included Heidel with 15 points; Andrews, eight; Weinbrenner, six; Skiles, four; and Amanda Bina, Faber, and Tina Frick, two points each.
Freshmen win one, lose one
The freshmen girls lost 36-30 to Hesston Jan. 11. Carlson and Jessica Klose led the team with six points each. Bina, Faber, and Neufeld scored four points each. Heinrichs, Fast, and Bebermeyer, each had two points.
The Hillsboro High School freshmen girls basketball team defeated Marion 51-17 Jan. 7.
Leading scorer for the Trojans was freshman Amy Neufeld with 20 points. Other scorers included Amanda Bina and Courtney Fast, 10 points each; Bobbi Jo Carlson, seven points; Samantha Heinrichs and Amanda Faber, six points each; and Chelsea Bebermeyer, two points.
