Showing posts with label Orono. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orono. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Out & About: Orono/Delano

#10 posting 3.5.2008
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6AAA SEMIFINALS
ORONO spartans 48,

DELANO tigers 44, overtime

#2 seed Orono rallied from 8 down early in the second half to beat Delano in overtime 48-44 in the rubber match between the two highway 12 schools. Shelby Barnum scored the first four points for Orono in overtime. This game had rallies, lost opportunities and, to paraphrase the latest movies "there will be blood."

Delano drew first blood, but it was Orono that held the early advantages up 9-4 after a pair of Barnum free throws. Delano tied it at 9 on a Ashley Torblaa basket and the rest of the half both teams were neck and neck. There were five ties in the first half. There was a technical foul called after a jump ball call. Apparently Orono's Libby Kruse said something the refs didn't appreciate. That is when Delano tied it up at 9. Delano was scoring on transition while Orono had 9 points at the line in the first half, a six point differential. Orono was able to get the ball inside against the Delano zone. Cecily Checkal of Delano was aggressive and all over the floor. She was the engine for the Tigers. She had 6 points, and 7.5 d wraps in the first half. Barnum had 9 for Orono, five at the line. The Spartans tied the game up right before half at 27 with a &1 by Erin Garfield.

Delano started the second half with vigor. They scored the first eight points and it looked like the begining of a route at 35-27. The hard charging Checkal again was in the forefront with four points, a steal and an assist. After the time out she would only score two more points. The Spartans made sure they looked inside on their next possession. Sarah Luse was able to get the ball at the block and had &1 opportunity. The critical factor on that possession was that Delano's center Bingea picked up foul #3. She sat down and the Delano mojo soon was a distant memory. The Tigers fell into a 10 possession drought. Three were turnovers, but there were some missed opportunities. Delano had a couple of transition chances that petered out. Also Brynn Caslavka took a shot and a rebound was there for the taking, if folks were aware. instead Garfield got the board. Orono tied the game at 39 on a Luse post up. They took their first lead in the second half on another Luse post up. Both were assisted by Barnum. Then Orono looked to milk the clock, but that took them out of their rhthym. They turned it over on two of their next three possessions. However Delano was dealing with their own problems. Cecily Checkal had a bloody elbow and had to leave the game to get patched up. Once she returned she had to leave to change her jersey as it had blood on it. After a fumble by Chelsea Durland, Delano had a crack at the win trailing 42-41. Cody Krieg let a distance shot fly which was off the mark. Caslavka rebounded and was fouled. She made the first and then Orono tried to ice her with a time out. It worked as she missed. Durland rebounded and the game was destined for OT.

The tip went to Orono and Barnum scored on the first possession. Delano's first two possessions ended up as turnovers. However Orono wasn't effiecient either. A fumble by Barnum ended up in Caslavka's hands and Krieg tied the game at 44. There was about 36 seconds left when Barnum scored again for the game winner. With 13.9 left Orono was fouled and Luse missed both free throws. Delano's Teresa Vernig got the rebound and took time out at mid court. After checking the defense, they took another time out with 10 seconds left. The Tigers tried to set up Checkal for the last shot. Bingea was called for an illegal screen with 4.6 seconds left. It was her fifth and the game belonged to Orono. Tara Schinke was fouled right away and she scored twice at the line. Checkal tried a desperation three, which Orono tried to block (probably ill advised), but it was off the mark and there were no fouls. Orono advances to play #1 DeLaSalle on Saturday.

photos: #1. Shelby Barnum of Orono is fouled on the way up by Ashley Torblaa. #2. Cecily Checkal drives into Sarah Luse. #3. jubilation for Orono. photos by Teas.

key: player (grad year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ORONO
STARTERS
Chelsea Durland (08) 2, 8, 25.0, .125
Sarah Luse (09) 16, 15, 106.7, .600
Tara Schinke (10) 2, 9, 22.2. .111
Libby Kruse (10) 4, 7, 57.1, .429
Shleby Barnum (09) 13, 13, 100.0, .538
BENCH
Erin Garfield (09) 7, 5, 140.0, .600
Alicia Johnson (11) 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000
Haley Erickson (11) 0, 2, 0.0, .000
Megan Peterson (09) 0, 1, 0.0, .000

DELANO
STARTERS
Kelly Rensink (09) 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Brynn Caslavka (08) 7, 9, 77.8, .444
Cecily Checkal (08) 12, 14, 85.7, .429
Teresa Vernig (08) 2, 5, 40.0, .200
Sarah Bingea (09) 6, 12, 50.0, .250
BENCH
Ashley Torblaa (08) 4, 4, 100.0, .500
Laura Nagorski (08) 6, 6, 100.0, .500
Cody Krieg (08) 3, 8, 37.5, .125

TRENCH PLAYER
Sarah Luse

BY THE NUMBERS
Orono 48, 62, 77.4, .419
Delano 44, 62, 71.0, .355
made 3s: Orono 0, Delano 0
ftm/fta-ft%: Orono 12/20-.600; Delano 6/9-.667
bench: Delano 13, Orono 11

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ORONO
Chelsea Durland 9
Sarah Luse 6
Tara Schinke 6
Libby Kruse 4
Erin Garfield 4
Shelby Barnum 3
Alicia Johnson 2
Totals: 34

DELANO
Brynn Caslavka 11
Sarah Bingea 9.5
Cecily Checkal 8.5
Kelly Rensink 3
Teresa Vernig 2
Laura Nagorski 1
Cody Krieg 1
Linsey Clements 1
totals: 37

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Out & About: Orono/Delano

#8 posting 1.15.2008
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ORONO spartans 53, DELANO tigers 41

In a showdown between undefeated (in conference) Wright County teams it was the host Orono Spartans beating Delano 53-41. Orono finished with a 13-0 run to close out the game. Delano did not score the last 7:30 of the contest.

These two highway 12 rivals struggled from the field early. Orono had the early advantage with a 6-0 advantage. Sarah Luse scored the first four points for Orono. Delano was mired in a 0/9 offensive sequence with four turnovers that didn't help matters. Sarah Bingea did score on three consecutive possessions to tie it up for Delano. Four of those points were the result of second chancers. Delano went on an 11-0 run to go up 19-12. The Tigers were 5/6 in their offense at that time. It was Orono's time to hibernate on offense with 6 empty trips. Finishing, a task that eluded Delano in the second half, also was missing in action in the first half. Delano led 21-16 when Orono finished with a 11-3 run. Delano was only 1/8 to finish the half. Orono, or Luse, crashed the offensive boards hard. She scored on four possessions in their run for 8 points, all on second chancers. Orono led 30-24 at half.

Chelsea Durland scored on the first possession to push Orono's lead to 8. Delano went on a 13-1 run to take a 37-33 lead. Bingea had 6 of the points in Delano's run. Orono was stuck in a 1/10 offensive sequence. Orono regained the lead after a drive by Durland and on the next possession drained a three. Delano grabbed their final lead at 41-40 with an elbow shot by Kelly Rensink. After that it was into the deep freeze with an unlucky 13 unrequited possessions. Four ended as turnovers, but they never got clean looks. Orono finished with a 13-0 run. Six of their eight scoring possession came at the line. Speaking of the line Delano did not make one free throw all night and only had two attempts. Orono made 13 for the night.

photos: #1 Cecily Checkal looks to drive for Delano. #2. Sarah Luse wrestles for a rebound with Sarah Bingea. photos by Teas.

key: Player (year) points, possessions, pp100, floor %
ORONO
STARTERS
Chelsea Durland (08) 12, 13, 92.3, .462 scored all her points in the second half and initiated the Orono comeback. did make a three. looked to attack the basket.
Sarah Luse (09) 15, 14, 107.1, .571 relentless on the offensive boards. 8 points directly on second chancers.
Tara Schinke (10) 3, 8, 37.5, .250 quick point guard. smaller than average.
Libby Kruse (10) 10, 9, 111.1, .444 scored off drive/pull up.
Shelby Barnum (09) 9, 12, 75.0, .333 perimeter. made a three. went to the line three times. needs to gain strength.
BENCH
Alicia Johnson (11) 4, 3, 133.3, .667 aggressive, physical forward. battled inside.
Erin Garfield (09) 0, 1, 0.0, .000
Jena Chuba (11) 0, 3, 0.0, .000

DELANO
STARTERS
Teresa Vernig (08) 3, 7, 42.9, .143 made one three. left feet on defense.
Sarah Bingea (09) 16, 21, 76.2, .381 has a quick first step. followed her shot quickly. has bursts of energy
Brynn Caslavka (08) 0, 11, 0.0, .000 post player, turnovers plagued her.
Cecily Checkal (08) 8, 13, 61.5, .308 perimeter player. looks to drive. runs the floor. did take a long two. tendency to pick up charge.
Kelly Rensink (09) 4, 5, 80.0, .400 point guard.
BENCH
Ashley Torblaa (08) 4, 2, 200.0, 1.000 scored inside.
Cody Krieg (08) 6, 5, 120.0, .400 made two threes in the first half, but didn't get good looks in the second half.

TRENCH PLAYER
Sarah Luse

BY THE NUMBERS
Orono 53, 63, 84.1, .413
Delano 41, 64, 64.1, .297
made 3s: Delano 3, Orono 2
ftm/fta-ft%: Orono 13/21---.619; Delano 0/2---.000
bench: Delano 10, Orono 4

DEFENSIVE WRAPS
ORONO
Chelsea Durland 6
Libby Kruse 5
Shelby Barnum 5
Sarah Luse 4
Alicia Johnson 4
Tara Schinke 3
totals: 27

DELANO
Sarah Bingea 7
Teresa Vernig 5
Cecily Checkal 4
Brynn Caslavka 3
Kelly Rensink 3
totals: 22

OTHER
Woodbury beat Forest Lake 41-40. At half it was FL up 15-14. Woodbury trailed by 9 in the second half. With 10 seconds to go FL was ahead 40-39. Kassey Kallman had 16 points with 10 of 12 coming at the line. Christoffel went to the line with six seconds left. She made the first to tie the game and, after a FL time out, swished the second for the win. Anne Berner of Forest Lake had 18.

Mpls Southwest beat Mpls Roosevelt 61-51