Double-H Girls Run Streak to Four

Sports are cyclical.  Most teams have high years and down years.  Houston girls basketball has had its players in the past five years, including two 1,000-point scorers (Abbey Loken and Kelly Jerviss).  But they’ve had only one 4-1 start in the last 13 years (plus), the season with both Loken and Jerviss (2013-2014).  They have had only one four-game win streak in the last ten years.   This year’s group should be different.  They’ve already accomplished both feats.  Houston downed LeRoy-Ostrander 66-32.  Junior Alyssa Rostad paced the double-H’ers with career-high scoring night (26 pts, 8 rebs, 8 stls).  Amber Chapel chipped in 18 (pts) and 9 (rebs).  The Cardinals got all but three of their points from Haley Hungerholt (14 pts) and Kayla Hanson (15 pts, 13 rebs).  Houston then dropped Schaeffer Academy 55-41.  Rostad led the way (16 pts, 6-10 FTs, 4 stls) with help from Jessica Kitching (14 pts, 3-6 three’s, 6 rebs, 4 stls).  To end the week, the ‘Canes got a good close win over HVL squad, Cannon Falls.   Houston trailed 42-41 with around a minute left.  A Becca Lee offensive rebound put-back gave the Hurricanes the 43-42 lead.  Lee, a senior, then took a charge on the other end.  Emma Geiwitz made a free throw and a Bomber bomb was no good giving Houston a 44-42 win.   Rostad was again the lead scorer (16 pts, 5-6 FTs, 9 rebs, 4 stls).  She’s led Houston offensively all five games this year.  Chapel had 9 (pts) and 6 (rebs).  Jenny Albrecht was big defensively and on the glass (5 pts, 15 rebs, 5 stls).  She averages 3.8 points, but 9.6 rebounds, and 3.6 steals from the center position.  And with that, Dale Moga’s girls are 4-1 (1-1 in SEC) and have won four in a row.