Girls Game
Okoboji fell to Class 2A fourth ranked Central Lyon 55-34 on Friday night in Milford. The Lions started the game with an 11-4 burst but Okoboji would settle in and trim that lead to 12-8 at the end of the first quarter. Okoboji cut the lead to 16-12 midway through the . second frame before the Lions would push it back to 22-14; a late 3-pointer by Lynnae Abrahamson cut the lead to five at the half. Central Lyon would open things up in the third quarter with a 10-3 run to start the frame and push that lead to 38-24 entering the fourth quarter. The Lions would continue to build their lead with tough defense and an efficient offense and pull away for the victory. Montana Wilson led Okoboji with 10 points and 5 rebounds and Lynnae Abrahamson chipped in with 6 points. Central Lyon had a balanced attack with three players in double figures, led by Kaylee Davis with 14 points. Okoboji falls to 10-9 on the season while Central Lyon improves to 16-1. Okoboji will continue their tough stretch when they host Class 3A #2 West Lyon on Tuesday.
Comments From Okoboji Coach John Adams
Central Lyon is really good, they’re well-coached, they guard well, they move without the ball on offense and they are so balanced; there’s a lot of reasons they are 16-1. I loved our energy and attention to detail early, and we competed very well for 20 minutes but they wore us down with their tough defense, and we are just struggling to put the ball in the basket right now. I know that this group will respond, and we have no time to hang our heads with a great West Lyon team coming to town on Tuesday. We want to thank Coach Grafing and her Central Lyon program for their acts of kindness with their donation to our Pioneers vs Cancer Night as well as their senior forward Brooklyn Krull for leading both teams in a very inspirational prayer before the game; really a class-act program.
Boys Game
The Pioneers hosted Central Lyon Friday night. Central Lyon started off well taking a 25-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. Both teams competed into half with a 44-32 Central Lyon lead. The Lions built their lead in the third with a 62-41 going into the final quarter. The game ended in a 73-50 victory for the Lions. The Pioneers were led by Lucas Lorenzen’s 27 points. Zach Lutmer scored 21 for the Lions. Andrew Austin contributed 16, and Rex Van Whye 11.
Comments From Okoboji Coach Ryan Stumbo
Give Central Lyon a lot of credit. They are a great team. We struggled to set a tone defensively early tonight and could not get enough stops throughout the game to tighten the score. They had many different guys step up to hit shots and guarded us well to make things difficult for us offensively in the second half. We will need to learn from this one and keep working to get better as we end the regular season.
