The winning ways continued Friday night for the Spirit Lake girls basketball team as they secured their eight consecutive win and fifth straight Lakes Conference victory, 61-48, over Cherokee, sweeping the season series. Sophomore KJ Veldman again paced the Indians with 23 points, hitting four three-pointers in the process. Leah Hilpipre also reached double-digits with 15 points. Spirit Lake remains a game back of first place at 9-2 in the league and now 13-3 overall.
Spencer and Emmetsburg continued their rivalry last night, and the Tigers used a 32-point second half to trounce the E-Hawks 48-27. Ashley Williamson was tops with twelve points for Spencer, while Paige Naig had a dozen for Emmetsburg. Spencer improves to 7-4 in the league, while Emmetsburg drops to 3-8. The Tigers sweep the season series.
The Okoboji girls remain stuck on one win in the Siouxland Conference following last night’s 57-43 setback at Central Lyon.
Other girls basketball scores:
Western Christian 72, Le Mars 48
Estherville Lincoln Central 71, Storm Lake 14
Boyden-Hull 45, West Lyon 38
MOC-Floyd Valley 59, George-Little Rock 37
Sioux Center 52, Sibley-Ocheyedan 35
Twin River Valley 59, Clay Central-Everly 40
North Sentral Kossuth 59, Graettinger-Terril 28
West Bend-Mallard 45, Ruthven-Ayrshire 32
Ventura 56, Armstrong-Ringsted 18
Hinton 65, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 38
Sioux Central 56, Laurens-Marathon 16
North of the border:
St. Clair 32, Martin County West 31
Hills-Beaver Creek 44, Round Lake-Brewster 37
