Two More Summer Tournaments

#3 posting 6.29.2008
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PACESETTER TOURNAMENT
NEW LONDON-SPICER
Hancock Varsity GBB team goes 3-1 at New London Spicer Pacesetter Tournament
On Saturday, June 21st, the Lady Owls participated in the annual NLS Summer Pacesetter tournament. Hancock went 3-1 on the day against some quality schools and ended up Consolation Champions. In the opening round, the Owls were matched up against Rocori (Class AAA) and defeated them by a score of 52-27. The girls came out strong and led 33-16 at halftime and never looked back. Stats were as follows:
Points Reb. Assists Steals
Hannah Newhouse 1 5 1 1
Bree Holleman 29 (5 treys) 4 2 2
Lindsie Cunningham 3 (1 trey) 1 4 2
Kaylee Voorhees 0 2 2 3
Lauren Nelson 6 4 0 1
Aria Walstad 3 (1 trey) 0 0 3
Kendra Schmidgall 10 4 0 0
Abby Ascheman 0 3 0 0
Shae Brown 0 0 0 0
Courtney Greiner 0 2 0 0
Ali Reese 0 1 0 0
Serandon Bigalke 0 0 0 0
Emily Wentler 0 0 0 0
Sami Schmidgall 0 0 0 0
Lexi Nohl 0 0 0 0
"It was great to get all of the young kids into this game. They have all been working extremely hard and were very excited to get to play in a varsity game," said coach Holleman.

In the next round, Hancock was matched up against a very aggressive and tall Pipestone team. The Owls ended up losing this battle by a score of 35-33. The girls played with a lot of heart and intensity, but we came up short at the end. The Pipestone team became State Champions in Class AA in 2007 in the same year that the Owls were runner up in Class A. Stats were as follows:
Hannah Newhouse 1 3 0 1
Bree Holleman 27 (6 treys) 3 0 4
Lindsie Cunningham 3 (1 trey) 0 0 1
Kaylee Voorhees 0 2 2 1
Lauren Nelson 0 5 0 0
Aria Walstad 0 2 0 0
Kendra Schmidgall 2 1 0 2
"I was very proud of how hard the girls fought until the very end. They left everything on the floor in this game," said coach Holleman.

In the third round, Hancock was matched up against Montevideo (Class AA) and defeated the Thunderhawks by a score of 48-26. The Owls led 26-10 at halftime and played outstanding defense the entire game. Stats were as follows:
Hannah Newhouse 6 4 2 1
Bree Holleman 21 (6 treys) 4 3 1
Lindsie Cunningham 0 1 3 0
Kaylee Voorhees 5 (1 trey) 1 0 2
Lauren Nelson 6 (2 treys) 1 2 2
Aria Walstad 4 1 0 1
Kendra Schmidgall 2 5 1 0
Abby Ascheman 2 1 0 0
Serandon Bigalke 2 0 0 0
Sami Schmidgall 0 1 0 0
Ali Reese 0 0 0 0
Shae Brown 0 0 0 0
Emily Wentler 0 0 0 0
Courtney Greiner 0 0 0 0
Lexi Nohl 0 0 0 0

In the final round, the Owls were matched up against Delano (another quality Class AAA school) and defeated the Tigers by a score of 40-35. Stats were as follows:
Hannah Newhouse 3 4 0 2
Bree Holleman 29 (4 treys) 1 3 5
Lindsie Cunningham 3 (1 trey) 2 0 1
Kaylee Voorhees 2 2 0 2
Aria Walstad 0 2 0 5
Kendra Schmidgall 3 5 0 1
"I was really proud of the discipline that the girls showed in this game. The girls took excellent care of the basketball in the final minute to clinch the win. Kaylee Voorhees really stepped it up and knocked down two huge free-throws in the final seconds to seal the deal. Aria Walstad was also very aggressive on the presses and picked off 5 steals. Abby Ascheman was called on to play the post position in this game when we got into foul trouble and did a wonderful job out on the court. I was a bit worried as this was our fourth game of the day, but the girls battled strong and picked up the victory! Lindsie Cunningham did an excellent job of handling the ball the entire tournament and can take over the point guard position with ease. Bree continues to knock down the trey with consistency and is an excellent leader out on the court. Kendra Schmidgall can play both inside and outside on the perimeter and is playing some excellent basketball. Hannah Newhouse is an absolute trooper. She was on a mission trip (service project) the entire week and got home at 1 am on Saturday. She still got up early (with about six hours of sleep) and played some excellent basketball. Lauren Nelson is the biggest surprise this summer. She has really stepped up her game on both ends of the floor. Overall, I was very proud of all of the girls! I saw a ton of excellent team work and love the intensity on defense. I was also pleased with the 3 point shooting as the Lady Owls knocked down 28 treys on the day! These girls are very fun to coach and it is great to see them smiling and having fun out on the court," said coach Holleman.

LAKEVILLE SOUTH/BREAKDOWN
Lakeville North went South for a tournament and beat Northfield, Park-Cottage Grove, and New Prague to claim the Lakeville South/Breakdown tournament.

thanks to the readers for the reports.

Next up: I will do abbreviated editions of the out & abouts from 13 games from the Dakota Showcase. There is a lot to digest.