Cloud Clips Cards, Tigers Sink Vikings

Tigers' Ashbaugh rips nets for 31; Edwards, Reeve  hit double figures for Cloud

Photos by April Ringler

White Cloud 49 Mason County Eastern 20
After a bus trip to Custer it took a bit for White Cloud to get rolling in their matchup with the Cardinals.
But once they caught fire there was no looking back.
Leading 11-10 after one, the visitors slammed the door on defense in quarter 2  shutting out their hosts while building their lead to a 24-10 advantage at intermission.
Coach Wilk: “We came out extremely flat in the first quarter. We had a quick chat with our team, and then the 2nd quarter was all White Cloud. Going into halftime I knew our team didn’t play very well in the 1st quarter, and we didn’t want to repeat that coming back out for the 3rd quarter. We urged our players to come out with more intensity, and they did a great job in the 2nd half.”
The Cloud took control in the 3rd adding another dozen to their lead and coasting to the win. 
Kiara Edwards returned to the WC lineup and dropped 20 on the Cards. Gaby Reeve brought her lunch box to work and added another 15 points while Jaden Gomez, Kadence Nickoloff, Annie Feldpausch, and Tanayah Klammer totaled 14 points to round out the rest of the scoring.
Coach Wilk: “It is hard to complain about a 29 point win, but our coaching staff has high expectations for these ladies. Pretty soon we will start conference play and the competition is going to get tough. We need to start putting together four good quarters in a row otherwise we might be on the wrong side of the win/loss column. We play Tri County on Friday, and we want to keep the winning streak alive.”
Friday’s game against the Vikings is the conference opener for White Cloud.

Grant 53 Whitehall 43
Down by 5 after the first quarter the Tigers roared back with a 21-9 second quarter run to take a 7 point lead at the half. After intermission they managed to keep the Vikings at bay and secured the non conference win.
Coach Delamater: “Whitehall played an aggressive 2/3 zone and, being early in the season, it shocked the girls at the start. Coupled with all of the fouls it was hard for us to get into a rhythm offensively. It was another very physical game with a ton of fouls called. Both teams were in the bonus for the majority of both halves.
“With four young girls getting significant time and having no varsity experience we are a month away from being comfortable with who we are as a team. I've seen lots of growth already and when we really start to mesh, we will be very competitive.”
 Julie Ashbaugh put together another huge night firing in a game high 31 points while pulling down 11 boards. Ashbaugh was red hot from the charity stripe draining 19 out of 20 attempts.
Grant (0-1, 2-1) will return to conference play Friday when they host Lakeview (0-1, 1-2). Game time is 6pm.