Storm Lake, Iowa — The Western Christian Wolfpack got the sweep over Storm Lake Friday night in Storm Lake. The Western girls won 72-37, and the boys won 71-26.
The Western girls started out strong, jumping out to a 7-0 lead early and finished the first quarter on an 8-0 run to give Western a 15-2 lead heading into the second quarter. Western continued their scoring ways in the second quarter taking a 38-9 lead into halftime. Western had a 45-27 lead after three, and the Wolfpack went on to win 72-37.
Western had three players in double figures. They got a team high 13 points from Lydia Van Kley, 12 points from Stella Winterfeld, and 10 points from Apiyo Harberts. Storm Lake got a game high 14 from Holly Dierenfield.
With the win Western improves to 3-7 on the season, and 1-3 in the Lakes. Storm Lake falls to 1-9 on the year, and 0-5 in the in conference.
The Western boys started fast and never looked back. The Wolfpack started the game off on a 10-0 run and had a 36-8 lead after the first quarter. At half, the Western lead was 48-16. In the third quarter, the offense picked up again, starting the second half off with a 14-0 run giving Western a 63-18 lead heading into the fourth. The Wolfpack went on to win 71-26.
Western got a game high 21 points from Tyson Boer, 13 from Wyatt Gulker, and 11 points from Ty Van Essen. Storm Lake got a game high 7 points from Sam Slight.
With the win Western improves to 7-3 on the year, and 3-1 in the Lakes. Storm Lake falls to 5-3 on the season and 2-3 in the conference.
Up next for the Western girls is a Saturday night matchup against West Lyon at Western. For the boys is a home contest against Sioux City North on Tuesday.
Coach Keizer said “Our energy and focus was the best we’ve had all year. Really proud of the guys to come out of the gate and sustain the energy the entire game.
We really got after them to start the game. Our defensive pressure got us some early steals and everything snowballed from there.
We forced 24 turnovers. Wyatt Gulker was extremely active in the passing lane all night, getting 9 steals which led to some baskets for his teammates.
Tyson Boer put himself in great positions tonight and shot it really well. He just seemed to be in the right spot all night.
We were so unselfish all night, the ball never stopped moving and it led to some great shots for us.
All guys played a lot and guys were genuinely happy for one another throughout the game, that’s a great sign moving forward.”
