Hancock's Pacesetter Win

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SUMMER TOURNAMENTS
Hancock Girls Basketball Team Wins Pacesetter Tournament

On Saturday, July 7th, the Hancock Girls Basketball team traveled to Madison, MN to participate in a Pacesetter tournament. Once again, the teams were divided up into two pools and played each team for 20 minutes. Pool A consisted of Hancock, LQPV, and Buffalo. Pool B consisted of Montevideo, Morris, and Dawson-Boyd.

Hancock was matched up against LQPV in the first pool game and defeated them by a score of 26-13. Bree Holleman led the scoring with 9 points, followed by Jenny Noordmans with 6, Kelsey Olson with 4, Lindsie Cunningham with 3, both Chelsea Voorhees and Hannah Newhouse had 2.

In the second round of pool play, Hancock were matched up against a Buffalo a AAAA team. Buffalo jumped out to an early lead, but the Owls hung in there and defeated them by a score of 21-15. Jenny Noordmans led the scoring with 8, Bree Holleman scored 7, and Chelsea Voorhees 6.

Since Hancock went 2-0 in pool play, the Owls received a bye in the opening round of the tournament. Montevideo also went 2-0 in pool play; therefore, the Thunderhawks also received a bye. The Morris Area Tigers #2 seed defeated the #3 seeded LQP Eagles, so the Tigers advanced to the quarterfinals to take on the Owls. Hancock defeated the Morris Area Tigers by a score of 50-37. Stats were as follows:
Points Rebounds Steals Assists
Jenny Noordmans 14 12 1 5
Chelsea Voorhees 8 2 3 0
Bree Holleman 18 6 2 5
Kelsey Olson 0 1 0 1
Hannah Newhouse 2 4 0 1
Lindsie Cunningham 5 2 1 2
Kaylee Voorhees 3 3 0 0
Kendra Schmidgall 0 1 0 0
Lauren Nelson 0 1 0 0
Ali Reese 0 0 1 0
Shae Brown 0 1 0 0
Emily Wentler 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 33 8 14

Coach Holleman commented, "The girls came out on fire in the opening half and took an impressive 38-11 lead, but got caught on their heels a bit in the second half. Jenny Noordmans played an outstanding game with 14 points and 12 rebounds. It was great to get the younger kids into the game for some varsity minutes."

In the Championship round, the Owls were matched up against Buffalo as they defeated Montevideo in the semifinals. Buffalo jumped on Hancock early and led by as many as 8 points in the opening five minutes, but the Owls battled back and took the lead and never looked back. Hancock won this game by a score of 52-46. Stats were as follows:
Points Rebounds Steals Assists
Jenny Noordmans 14 8 0 4
Chelsea Voorhees 5 3 1 1
Bree Holleman 23 9 4 4
Kelsey Olson 0 1 1 0
Hannah Newhouse 0 2 0 1
Lindsie Cunningham 10 3 1 1
Kaylee Voorhees 0 0 0 0
Kendra Schmidgall 0 0 0 0
Lauren Nelson 0 0 0 0
Ali Reese 0 0 0 0
Shae Brown 0 0 0 0
Emily Wentler 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 26 7 11

Comments by Coach Holleman, "The girls took excellent care of the basketball from start to finish. You can tell that Buffalo is a Class AAAA school because they really know how to bang inside and apply extreme pressure out on the perimeter. I was very worried about fatigue and the heat, but the girls came out and brought on their "A" game. Sometimes it is tough to shoot the trey when our opponents are playing aggressive M-M defense, but the Owls managed to drain 10 treys in this championship game (Lindsie hit three, Bree hit six, and Jenny hit one). Bree and Jenny really crashed the boards hard pulling down 9 and 8 boards respectively. Chelsea and Hannah played some outstanding post defense the entire day. It will be great to have two post players this upcoming season. It was also great to see Lindsie score in double digits. Kelsey Olson and Kaylee Voorhees both received some quality minutes throughout the tournament and played some excellent basketball. Once again, I was the most impressed with the TEAM basketball that was played the entire day. These girls were encouraging each other, giving 110%, and most importantly, HAVING FUN! "

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