Hull, Iowa — The Western Christian Wolfpack took both girls and boys varsity basketball games against Spencer in Lakes Conference Play Tuesday night at the Western Christian gym in Hull, in games heard on KIWA-FM 105.3.
In the girls game, Western jumped out to an 11-0 lead by the end of the first quarter, and never looked back, leading at all the breaks. The Wolfpack led 21-6 at halftime, 35-10 at the end of three quarters, and cruised to a 50-17 final margin of victory over the Tigers.
Neither team had any scorers in double figures. Western’s Olivia Granstra led all scorers with 9 points. Other Wolfpack scorers included twins Ally and Abby Postma with 8 points each, Cassie Van Otterloo and Macay Van’t Hul each added 6. Western got 5 points from Madison Vis, and 4 each from Emma Bousema and Courtney Kollis.
The Tigers picked up 5 points each from Alexa Johnson and Julia Feldmann, 3 from Autumn Noah, and two from Allison Piercy.
With the loss, Spencer drops to 1-3 on the young season, while Western runs their record to 1-3. The next outing for the Wolfpack comes Friday night when they travel to Estherville-Lincoln Central in Lakes Conference action. The Tigers next outing will be Friday night when they host Spirit Lake.
In the boys contest, Western and Spencer battled to a 12-12 tie at the end of the first quarter. By halftime Spencer had gained a 30-26 advantage. Western came roaring back in the third quarter, ending that period up by a score of 40-35, going on to defeat Spencer by a 53-48 margin.
Western’s Carter Broek led all scorers with 16 points. Other Wolfpack players in double figures were Dawson Feenstra with 12, and Clay Van Tol with 11 points. Cole Zevenbergen added 5 to the Woldpack offense, Dyson Kooima finished the night with 4, Parker Vis added 3, and Tate Winterfeld came off the bench to score 2 points.
For the Spencer Tigers, they were led in scoring by Marcus Klemme and Michael Storey who each accounted for 13 points, Karter Petzenhauser added 9, Colin Slattery scored 7 for the Tigers, with Griffin Garnatz and Chase Hough each contributing 3 points.
With the win, the Western boys extend their record to 2-1, and will travel to Estherville Friday night to face the ELC Midgets in Lakes Conference action. The loss drops Spencer to 1-3 on the season. Their next outing will be Friday night when they host Spirit Lake at the Spencer Fieldhouse.
Coach Keizer said he was pleased with the effort they put forth, especially on the defensive end. He thought Tate Winterfeld’s basket going into halftime gave them great momentum leading into the second half as they held Spencer to 5 points in the 3rd quarter which allowed them to comeback from their halftime deficit. The way the rebounded the ball in the second half was nice to see out of the guys. Western had the rebounding edge tonight 32-20 which all comes down to effort.
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