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Durant’s Shannon Telsrow (20) puts up a shot in a crowd of Beavers during the Wildcats

45-37 win over rival Wilton. Pictured are, Megan Kublik (35), Olivia Reifert (15) and

Jenna Brammeier (right, partially hidden). Durant’s Courtney Ralfs, left, (partially hid-

den) tries to get into rebounding position as well in the play. Durant advanced to play

West Branch in the second round. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.

Wildcats Move On With 45-37 WinDURANT — Rivals Durant and Wilton met in the first round

of the class 2A district tournament last Saturday, each hold-

ing a victory during the regular season against the other.

Saturday, it was a key run in the third quarter by Durant that

helped in a 45-37 victory. Durant will play at West Branch

 Tuesday night at 6. The Wildcats won at West Branch while

the Bears returned the favor, beating Durant in Durant. The

Wildcats won a first round game for the second year in a

row.

 “It was nice to just find a way to win tonight,” said Durant

head coach Doug Frett,”

“We didn’t have one of our best night’s offensive, but our

defense came through and was the key to the win. I thought

that the girls stayed strong and did what they needed to do.

It’s the old tournament mantra - survive and advance to the

next round and tonight we did,” he said.

  Durant held a 12-10 lead after the first quarter. Shannon

 Telsrow scored six of the 12 Wildcat points in the quar ter.

Jenna Brammeier had four points for the Beavers in the

opening quarter.

Each team scored six points in the second quarter with Du-

rant holding an 18-16 halftime lead. Durant took control of

the game in the third quarter with a 12-4 run to take a 30-20

lead after the third quarter.

 Wilton however, seeing its season coming to an end, came

out on fire in the final quarter. Grace Austin drilled three,

three pointers in the quarter and helped the Beavers to a

17-11 run to get to within four points, 41-37 with just over

1:30 left in the game. The Beavers had a chance to cut the

lead to two with free throws, but missed and could get no

closer in the game.

  Wilton coach Jeremy Putman said that his team had toomany turnovers (19) and that was a big difference in the

game.

 “We had a lot of careless pa sses, passing before we looked,”

said Putman.

 “They’d be open five seconds earlier and then we’d think

they’d be still open and we’d still make that pass.”

  Putman said that despite the turnovers his team was still

able to battle back and remain in the game down to the

end.

 “That’s what I told the girls right after the game. I was very

proud of their effort to get back into the game and try to

get a win. We played with a lot of fire in the fourth quarter

and I think that everyone on our bench was pretty excited,”

said Putman.

 Durant shot near 50-percent for the game, making 18-of-

41 from the field. All five Durant starters had at least six

points in the ball game. Shannon Telsrow had a team high

10 points for the Wildcats. Telsrow scored six of her 10 in

the first quarter. She also had a team high 6 rebounds and 4

assists. Courtney Ralfs scored 8 points and had 6 rebounds,

4 steals and 2 assists. Jaclyn Ralfs had 6 points and a team

high 5 steals. Janey Botkins had 9 points including two

three pointers and Miranda Cox had 7 points. Wilton was led in scoring by Grace Austin and Jenna Bram-

meier with 14 points each. Olivia Reifert had 7 points and

15 rebounds and 3 assists. Brammeier had 6 rebounds and

3 assists.

Wilton ends their season at 7-15 overall. The Beavers lose

three seniors in Reifert, Brammeier and Kokjohn.

 Saturday, February 15 at Durant  1 2 3 4 FinalWilton 10 6 4 17 37Durant 12 6 12 15 45

WILTON (37): Olivia Reifert (f) 3-13 1-5 7, Hannah Christensen(g) 1-2 0-0 2, Jenna Brammeier (f) 5-14 0-0 14, Sam Kokjohn (g)1-5 1-2 3, Grace Austin (g) 5-14 0-0 14, Falloyn Grunder 0-0 0-00, Megan Kublik 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 15-46 3-11 37.

DURANT (45): Janey Botkins (g) 3-10 1-2 9, Jaclyn Ralfs (g) 3-50-1 6, Shannon Telsrow (g) 4-9 2-3 10, Courtney Ralfs (f) 4-5 0-08, Miranda Cox (f) 3-4 1-2 7, Aubrey Werthmann 1-2 3-6 5, Pey-ton Miedema 0-6 0-0 0, Hannah Ralfs 0-0 0-0 0, Anna Bentley

0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-41 7-14 45.

3-Pt. FG: Wilton 4-12 (Austin 4-9, Kokjohn 0-2, Reifert 0-1), Durant 2-10 (Botkins 2-8, Miedema 0-2). Rebounds: Wilton 31 (Re-ifert 15, Brammeier 6, Kokjohn 4, Kublik 2, Austin 2, Christensen2), Durant 23 (Telsrow 6, C. Ralfs 6, Werthmann 4, J. Ralfs 3,Cox 2, Botkins 1, H. Ralfs 1). Assists: Wilton 9 (Reifert 3, Bram-meier 3, Kokjohn 2, Kublik 1), Durant 11 (Telsrow 4, J. Ralfs 3,

C. Ralfs 2, H. Ralfs 1, Werthmann 1). Steals: Wilton 2 (Reifert2), Durant 15 (J. Ralfs 5, C. Ralfs 4, Telsrow 3, Cox 2). BlockedShots: Wilton 1 (Brammier 1), Durant 1 (Bentley 1). Total Fouls:Wilton 16, Durant 16. Fouled Out: Wilton none. Durant none.

Third Time A Charm, Knights

On To Second Round Game BELLEVUE — The North Cedar Knights knew that it would

hard for Bellevue to beat them for a third time this season.

North Cedar lost both contests with Bellevue in the regular

season including their most recent one at Bellevue January

14 in a nine-point loss. However, the Knights pulled off a big

win, 56-43 to advance to the second round of the class 2Adistrict tournament. The first round win was the first, first-

round win for the Knights since 2006 when the Knights won

at Mt. Vernon.

 North Cedar improved to 10-12 overall while Bellevue fin-

ished off their season 13-10. The Comets end the season on

a three-game losing streak.

 North Cedar got a big momentum rush in the first quarter,

outscoring the Comets 12 to 4 in the first quarter. North Ce-

dar then used a 21-13 run in the second quarter to take a

33-17 haftime lead.

 Bellevue trimmed the Knight lead by three in the third quar-

ter, but still trailed 45-32 after three quarters. Each team

scored 11 points in the final quarter of the game.

 The Knights shot 39-percent for t he game and were 13-for-

23 from the free throw line.

 North Cedar had four players reach double figures in scor-

ing in the game. That balance helped the Knights cause.

In their two prior meetings Bellevue had only two in each

game. Seniors Alison Malaby and Allison Jensen each had a

team high 12 points followed by Jordan Bendixen and Cort-

lyn Kasik with 10 points each.

 Bellevue was led by the 1-2 punch of Ali Reeg with 21 and

Carly Ruebel with 14. North Cedar will play at second ranked Cascade Tuesday,

February 18. The Kni ghts have lost both games to the Cou-

gars including a 46-40 loss at Cascade in the first game of

this season. The Knights will have a tournament like game

to play in and can be big-time spoilers if they can replicate

their recent success they have showed on their current three-

game winning streak. North Cedar last played Cascade in

the postseason in 2007. That season, the Kni ghts nearly up-set the Cougars in Cascade during a 50-45 loss to Cascade

who was ranked 8th at the time of the game. Cascade is

ranked #2 and has a 22-0 record coming into the game.

Saturday, February 15 at Bellevue  1 2 3 4 FinalNorth Cedar 12 21 12 11 56

Bellevue 4 13 15 11 43

NORTH CEDAR (56): Emily Flockhart (g) 1-2 0-0 2, CortlynKasik (g) 4-7 2-4 10, Jordan Bendixen (g) 3-10 4-6 10, AlisonMalaby (g) 6-12 0-1 12, Allison Jensen (f) 3-11 6-7 12, Emily Hay2-2 0-1 5, Meranda Thimmes 1-4 0-0 2, Steph Jones 1-5 1-4 3.Totals: 21-53 13-23 56.

BELLEVUE (43): Maci Reeg 0 0-0 0, Mariah Steines 0 0-0 0, AliReeg 7 3-4 21, Shaye Junk 0 0-0 0, Alicia Urbain 0 0-0 0, JackieKremer 2 2-2 6, Nicole Beckely 0 0-0 0, Carly Ruebel 4 6-7 14,

Ali Bottoroff 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 11-13 43.

3-Pt. FG: North Cedar 1-1 (Hay 1-1). Rebounds: North Cedar 32(Bendixen 9, Jensen 7, Malaby 5, Jones 4, Kasik 2, Thimmes 2).Assists: North Cedar 10 (Jensen 3, Malaby 2, Bendixen 2, Hay2, Kasik 1). Steals: North Cedar 15 (Kasik 4, Jensen 3, Malaby2, Hay 2, Flockhart 1, Bendixen 1). Blocked Shots: North Cedar

4 (Jensen 2, Jones 1, Kasik 1). Total Fouls: North Cedar 16.Fouled Out: North Cedar none.

Tipton guard Carsyn Grage (31) gets ready for a lay-up attempt under heavy NE Goose

Lake pressure last Saturday in Tipton’s frst round game at Goose Lake. The Tigers lost

56-33. Photo by Ross Eberhart, DeWitt Observer.

 GOOSE LAKE — The Tipton girl’s basketball season came to

an abrupt end last Saturday at Northeast Goose Lake. There,

the hometown Rebels took a 56-33 first round contest, end-

ing the Tigers season. Tipton bows out of the class 3A district

tournament with a record of 5-18 overall. The Tigers end the

season with three straight losses. Tipton lost 55-14 at North-

east Goose Lake earlier this season. Nort heast improved to17-6 and will play Camanche in the next round.

 The Rebels took the Tigers out of the basketball game in just

one-quarter. Northeast used a 22-6 run in the first quarter

to build a comfortable lead. The Rebels then outscored Tip-

ton 10 to 8 in the second quarter to take a 32-14 lead into

halftime.

 The Rebels came out after halftime and scored the first eight

points of the half to take a 40-14 lead, effectively ending any

thoughts of a Tiger comeback. In the quarter, Tipton out-

scored the Rebels from that point on, 12 to 11, but trailed

51-26 after three quarters. Tipton finally outscored the Reb-

els in the final quarter, 7 to 5, but is was too little, too late.

 The Tigers made 12 field goals in the game and only 8-of-

16 of their free throw attempts. Jill Kofron scored 15 points

for the Tigers. The Rebels held the other Tipton starters to

10 points combined. Carsyn Grage, Kelsey Lange and Ellie

Siech each had three points in the loss.

 Northeast made 22 field goals in the game and made 8-of-

12 free throws in the game. Three Rebels reached double

figures in the game led by Addie Obermann with 16. Alee-

nah Marcucci scored 12 and Breanne Butler scored 11 for the

Rebels.

Saturday, February 15 at Goose Lake  1 2 3 4 FinalTipton 6 8 12 7 33

NEGL 22 10 19 5 56

TIPTON (33): Jill Kofron (f) 6 3-6 15, Kara Gravert (g) 1 0-0 2,Bailey Kepford (g) 1 0-0 2, Carsyn Grage (g) 1 1-2 3, Ellie Siech(f) 1 1-2 3, Jennifer Shaffer 0 2-2 2, Katelin Mohr 1 0-0 2, KelseyLange 1 0-0 3, Caitlin Himes 0 1-4 1. Totals: 12 8-16 33.

NEGL (56): Aleenah Marcucci (g) 5-12 1-2 12, Addie Oberman(g) 6-12 2-2 16, Laikyn Schaefer (g) 2-8 0-0 4, Breanne Butler (f)5-10 1-2 11, Courtney Stoll (f) 1-7 0-0 2, Tara Klemme 1-5 0-0 3,Nicole Delarm 1-3 0-0 2, Ashley Kruse 1-3 4-6 6, Leah Schaefer

0-0 0-0 0, Allison Obermann 0-0 0-0 0, Stephanie Delarm 0-0 0-00. Totals: 22-60 8-12 56.

NE Statistics:3-Pt. FG: 4-9 (Addie Oberman 2-4, Marcucci 1-3, Klemme 1-2).Rebounds: 29 (Schaefer 8, Oberman 6, Kruse 5, Butler 5). As-sists: 17 (Addie Oberman 7). Steals: 15 (Butler 3, Addie Ober-man 3). Blo cked Shots: 6 (Butler 4). Total Fouls: 12. FouledOut: none.

Tigers Season Ends At Northeast, 56-33

Tipton’s Kara Gravert brings the ball up

the court during the Tigers frst round

game at NE Goose Lake last Saturday

night. The Tigers fell 56-33 to the Rebels

ending their season. Photo by Ross Eber-

hart, DeWitt Observer

Grace Austin goes up for two of her

14 points in the game during the

17-point Wilton 4th quarter last Sat-

urday. Photo by Ryan Stonebraker.