Hawarden, Iowa — Western Christian swept the West Sioux Falcons in Hawarden on Friday night. The Western girls got the win 55-37, and the boys won 79-27.
The Western girls and Falcons started off as a defensive battle as it was 6-6 after the opening frame. Western went on a 9-0 run in the second quarter behind a seven point outburst by Madison Vis and that gave the Wolfpack a 23-13 lead at the half. Western went on an 8-0 run in the third and had a 40-20 lead after three quarters of play. Western went on to win 55-37.
The Wolfpack had 3 players in double figures. Madison Vis had a game high 17, Lydia Van Kley put in 13, and Sienna Moss added 12 down low. West Sioux got a team high 13 from Emily Hulshof
With the win, Western improves to 2-1 on the year. West Sioux falls to 1-3 on the season.
The Western boys started their contest off hot with an 18-0 run, and had a 18-6 lead after the first eight minutes. The Wolfpack started the second quarter off with a 9-0 run and took a 39-13 lead into the intermission. Western rolled in the second half to come away with the 79-27 win.
Western had two players in double figures. Ashtin Van’t Hul had a game high 14 points, and Ty Van Essen put in 13. West Sioux had a team high 10 points from Jordan Rehder.
With the win Western improves to 2-0, and West Sioux falls to 1-1.
Coach Keizer said, “The group that started tonight really got us going by playing with a lot of energy. We were able to get out into transition early and built an 18-0 lead to start the game, all predicated off of the defense.
Our energy was outstanding all game. We had guys playing for one another and that is a lot of fun to see. I’m really happy for the group that goes against our starting group every day. They were able to gain some valuable floor experience and they deserve it, they’ve really been getting after the other guys in practice.
We had 19 offensive rebounds tonight, some of those were off of our own misses but it tells me we were hunting the ball and displaying a ton of effort in the paint.
We had 16 assists to 4 turnovers. Anytime you can have that type of ratio, you know you’re doing some good things on the offensive end.”
Up next for Western is their home opener against ELC on Tuesday, December 8th. West Sioux is on the road to Akron-Westfield
