Despite several scoring bursts, the Spirit Lake girls basketball team never found themselves out in front Thursday night, and eventually fell 58-51 at Western Christian in a Lakes Conference showdown of second-place teams. Brooke Wolterstorff owned the paint and the free throw line, scoring 20 points and hitting 8-of-9 at the stripe to lead the Wolfpack. KJ Veldman notched a double-double of 19 points and ten rebounds in the losing effort. She hit three from beyond the arc. Spirit Lake is now in third place at 9-3 and host Estherville-Lincoln Central tonight on KUOO.
Paige Naig’s 17 points sparked Emmetsburg to a fourth Lakes Conference win, as the E-Hawks took down winless Storm Lake 54-41. Two others, Nicole Leuer and Kaity Degen, were also in double-digits. Emmetsburg travels to Hull this evening to battle Western Christian on Y100.
Chances to steal a Cornbelt Conference victory escaped the grasp of the Harris-Lake Park Lady Wolves last night as they surrendered to West Bend-Mallard, 58-50. Anna and Lydia Brandt combined to score 32 of HLP’s points. The Lady Wolves currently sit at 11-6 overall.
Other girls basketball scores:
WCLT 58, Twin River Valley 46
North Sentral Kossuth 60, Newell-Fonda 55
West Lyon 38, Sibley-Ocheyedan 26
MOC-Floyd Valley 66, Sheldon 38
Sioux Center 57, George-Little Rock 51
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 50, Remsen-Union 45
Sioux Central 70, South O’Brien 36
North of the border:
Jackson County Central 64, Martin County West 40
St. James 65, Fairmont 61
Westbrook-Walnut Grove vs. Round Lake-Brewster, ppd. to Feb 7.
