Five early fast breaks provided the Spring Grove girls a lead they would not relinquish, and they held off Schaeffer Academy, 58-54, on Jan. 26 at Rochester. Freshman Siri Konkel piloted the attack with a career-high 24 points plus 6 assists. The Grove girls had only 9 turnovers, a season-best, as the third place Spring Grove Lions (7-10, 5-7 SEC) completed a season sweep of the fourth place Schaeffer Lions (5-11, 3-7 SEC). Grove had won 60-45 at home back in early December.
Photo by Lee Epps
Getting to the free throw line paid dividends for Spring Grove with Konkel hitting 11 straight charity tosses (11 for 12), all in the second half. Both teams went 4 for 19 with 3-point attempts (21%). Each team had 49 official 2-point attempts with Schaeffer going 16 for 49 and Spring Grove 15 for 49. Schaeffer had a two-point edge from the field, but Grove hit six more free throws (16 for 21, 76%) than did the home team (10 for 16, 63%).
In addition to Konkel’s 24 points, Kylie Hammel put in 9 points with 8 each from Brinley Middendorf and Lydia Solum. Middendorf and Hammel each rebounded 8 times while Solum collected 6 caroms. Grove secured a season-high 40 rebounds, but Schaeffer won the backboard battle with 46.
Spring Grove raced out of the gate to convert early defensive rebounds into 11 transition points, scoring on five fast breaks while taking a 13-3 lead. After a 2-2 tie score, Schaeffer never caught up again but remained close most of the way. Spring Grove led 30-28 at halftime and led by as many as 12 points (46-34) before Schaeffer hit back-to-back 3-balls to get back within three at 52-49 with 1:20 to play. Spring Grove stayed ahead by netting 6 of 8 late free throws.
Spring Grove has now won the last nine games in the series it leads, 25-1. The Spring Grove B-team (7-8) also completed a season sweep with a 48-14 win as did the seventh graders, 30-8.
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SG 58, Schaeffer 54
SCORE by HALVES
SG 30+28=58
SA 28+26=54
TEAM TOTALS:
all FG: SG 28% (19-68), SA 29% (20-68)
2-pt FG: SG 31% (15-49), SA 33% (16-49)
3-pt FG: SG 21% (4-19), SA 21% (4-19)
Free throws: SG 76% (16-21), SA 63% (10-16)
Rebounds: SG 40, SA 46 ; Turnovers: SG 9, SA 16 ; 2nd Chance pts: SG 7, SA 19; Fast break pts: SG 20, SA 6; Pts. in paint: SG 37, SA 27; Greatest lead: SG 12, SA 0; Fouls: SG 16, SA 16
SG INDIVIDUALS: P-points, R rebounds, A-assists, S-steals, B-blocked shots. Listed in order of jersey number. * starter. *Siri Konkel 24P, 3R, 6A 2S; *Lydia Solum 8P, 6R, 3S; Brinley Middendorf 8P, 8R, 1S; *Kendal VanMinsel 2P, 2R, 2S; *Addyson McHugh 3P, 6R, 2A, 2B; Izabel Kaufmann no stats; Carlie Halverson 3R, 1S; *Kylie Hammel 9P, 8R, 2A, 1S, 1B; Layla Kittleson 1R; Emerson Ingvalson 4P, 3R, 3A, 3S
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Spring Grove Girls Varsity Basketball
7-10 (5-7 SEC) varsity approximately 7:15 p.m. unless noted
Home games in bold; * denotes SEC game
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L vs. Lanesboro* 35-62
L at Kingsland*51-70
W vs. Schaeffer Academy* 60-45
W vs. Kee High 50-21
L vs. Grand Meadow* 34-51
L vs. Waukon 33-57
L vs. Annandale 34-60
W vs. West Lutheran 58-43
W at Lyle/Pacelli* 58-45
W vs. Southland*47-36
L at Grand Meadow*20-454
W vs. Mabel-Canton*57-45
L at Houston 49-58
L at Lanesboro*31-36
L vs. Kingsland*30-52
L at St. Charles 53-64
W at Schaeffer Academy*58-54
Fri., 01-27 at Fillmore Central
Mon., 01-30 LeRoy-Ostrander*
Thur., 02-02 at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons
Tues. 02-07 Lyle/Pacelli*
Thur., 02-09 at Southland*
Sat. 02-11 Rushford-Peterson 4 p.m.
Mon. 02-13 at LeRoy-Ostrander*6 p.m.
Tues., 02-14 at Mabel-Canton*
Fri., 02-17 Houston*
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Spring Grove Girls B-team
7 wins, 8 losses
L vs. Lanesboro 26-29
W at Kingsland 35-22
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 50-23
L vs. Grand Meadow 26-31
L vs. Waukon 24-47
L vs. Annandale 25-57
W vs. West Lutheran 44-23
W at Lyle/Pacelli 41-33 OT
L vs. Southland 11-28
L at Grand Meadow 24-27
L at Houston 20-43
L at Lanesboro 29-31
W vs. Kingsland 43-36
W at St. Charles 34-31 (2 OT)
W at Schaeffer Academy 48-14
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Spring Grove Girls 7th Grade
2 wins, 13 losses
L vs. Lanesboro 2-22
L at Kingsland 14-17
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 36-14
L at Kee 19-51
L vs. South Winneshiek 6-24
L vs. Grand Meadow 6-24
L at Caledonia 6-14
L vs. Southland 10-28
L at Grand Meadow 16-29
L vs. Mabel-Canton 12-25
L at Houston
L vs. Kingsland 11-14
L at Lanesboro 12-34
W at Schaeffer Academy 30-8
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