There is girl power and then there is what happens when a pair of sisters are both very good. Kingsland girls basketball used a little sister power, and good efforts from its starting five, to post two (section) wins. The Lady Knights first hosted W-K. The Knights used a 12-0 late-first-half run to take a 33-21 lead. But by early second half, W-K was again even (40-40). Kingsland ran again 12-0 to lead 56-44 in the second half. That was it. Putting up a season-high in points, the Knights overwhelmed the Falcons-North 72-58. Junior Lauren Buchholtz had a 20-20 effort (23 pts, 7-9 FTs, 20 rebs, 14 defensive rebs, 4 stls). Ellie Buchholtz added an extremely well rounded game (16 pts, 8-9 FGs, 8 rebs, 5 assists, 8 stls). The Knights other three starters, Kori Kruegel (10 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assists), Lindsey Welch (10 pts), and Jocelyn Voeltz (9 pts, 4 assists) all contributed nicely. Jay Webster’s squad was a single point away from getting all five starters in double figures. Kingsland then trekked to Rushford. The Knights started the game 9-0 and 19-2. Ellie Buchholtz had the game’s first eight points. R-P got to within seven at halftime (30-23), but no closer. Kingsland prevailed 66-49. Ellie B., just a frosh, led the way with a career-high 19 points (8-12 FGs, 6 rebs, 4 assists, 5 stls). Her varsity career is just this year. Her two best scoring games have been versus W-K and R-P in succession. Both bettered her sister’s best game as a frosh (17 points). Lauren B. (15 pts, 6 rebs, 8 assists, 7 stls), Welch (14 pts, 7-9 FGs), Kruegel (9 pts, 5 rebs, 5 stls), and Voeltz (5 pts, 4 assists, 4 stls) again made the starting five golden. Mackenzie Eide (career-high 11 pts, 4-6 FGs), Megan Oian (10 pts, 9 rebs), and Lauren Lawston (8 pts, 7 rebs) led R-P. With the two wins, Kingsland improved to above-five-hundred in both the TRC (4-3) and overall (5-4). R-P fell to 0-6, 2-7. For the two game stretch, the Buchholtz sisters combined for 73 points, 40 rebounds, 18 assists, and 24 steals. Ellie shot 16 for 21 (76.2%).
Sister Power
