Le Mars, Iowa — The Western Christian Wolfpack got the sweep against former Lakes Conference foe Le Mars Bulldogs Saturday afternoon in Le Mars. The girls game went to Western 61-57, and the boys won 66-54.
The Western girls overcame a slow start in the first quarter after they found themselves down 12-6, but had a one point advantage at the half 22-21. Western’s lead was 31-29 after three, and Western hit some key free throws late to come away with the 41-35 win.
Western got a game high thirteen from Ally Postma. She was joined in double figures by Olivia Granstra with 11. Le Mars got a team high 8 from Shaniah Temple.
With the win, Western improves to 3-2 on the year, and Le Mars falls to 2-3 on the season. Up next for the Western girls is a home contest Tuesday night at 6:30 pm against South Central Calhoun.
The Western Christian boys led at all the breaks in the their contest. After one Western had a 19-13 lead, and at the half the Wolfpack’s lead was 33-28. Le Mars would tie it in the third quarter at 35 each, but Western then went on a 9-0 run, and after three had a 51-47 lead. Western started the fourth quarter on a 9-0 run and kept Le Mars scoreless for the first four minutes and went on to win 66-54.
Western got a game high 31 from Dawson Feenstra. Le Mars got a team high 23 from Spencer Mackey.
Up next for the Western boys is a home contest on Friday against Cherokee.
Comments from Boys Head Coach Derek Keizer
We did an outstanding job on the boards tonight. We were able to get 9 offensive rebounds and those led to some easy baskets for us.
Dawson Feenstra was able to assert himself early with some points in the paint and then was able to stretch the floor as he got hot from the 3-Pt line, hitting hitting 3 in a row at one point in the third quarter. Our inside presence gave them fits. We wanted to establish that from the beginning and we stay committed to it throughout the game.
LeMars is a tough team to guard as they screen really well for Mackey. I thought our team defense was pretty good for the most part as we limited them on the offensive glass. Very happy we could finish the week with 3 road wins after a tough start to our season. We are a work in progress, but we have great group of kids that are willing to practice hard and work through the process of who we are trying to become.
