ALBANY -- West Central North champion Albany was too much for Minnewaska Thursday as the Huskies posted a 66-49 win in the West Central Inter-Conference championship game in girls basketball.
Albany (23-2) owned an 18-point lead at halftime and had Sam Larsen lead all scorers with 23 points. The Huskies, ranked second in Class AA, also had Taylor Voss net 16 points and Jennie Noreen pile up 14 points and seven assists.
Cassie Jacobs had 10 points for the South champion Lakers (17-6).
Albany 66, Minnewaska 49
Minnewaska (17-6) 17 32 -- 49
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Albany (23-2) 35 31 -- 66
MINNEWASKA - 20 FG (2 3-pt); 7-12 FT; 14 rebounds; 21 fouls ... Scoring: Sara Faehnrich 5, Kendra McIver 3, Sara Roering 4, Amie Chan 3, Maren Greenwaldt 4, Emily Roering 8, Brittany Mensing 6, Alicia Pfeninger 4, Allie Ostrander 2, Cassie Jacobs 10 ... 3-point shots: Mensing 2 ... Rebound leaders: Chan 3, Pfeninger 3, Robyn Midthun 3 ... Assist leaders: Mensing 3, Pfeninger 3 ... Steal leader: Pfeninger 3
ALBANY - 22 FG (2 3-pt); 20-26 FT; 22 rebounds; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Taylor Voss 16, Jennie Noreen 14, Sam Larsen 23, Hannah Hylla 4, Sarah Jepsen 2, Becca DeGeest 2, Ashley Goebel 2, Katrina Hendrickson 1, Nicole Ramler 1, Amanda Pilarski 1 ... 3-point shots: Noreen 1, Voss 1 ... Rebound leaders: Jepsen 4, Larsen 4 ... Assist leaders: Noreen 7, Larsen 6 ... Steal leaders: Larsen 4, Noreen 3
Sauk Centre 62, ACGC 58
Livja Christianson was 4-for-4 at the free-throw in the final 40 seconds for Sauk Centre to seal the win and snap Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City's 10-game winning streak. It was the ninth straight win for the Mainstreeters (19-6).
Liberty Slinden had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead the charge for ACGC (15-9), which was hurt by going only 7-for-13 at the free-throw line. Kayla Dallmann followed with 13 points.
Sauk Centre (19-6) 33 29 -- 62
ACGC (15-9) 34 24 -- 58
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SAUK CENTRE - 22-47 FG (0-5 3-pt); 18-24 FT; 22 rebounds; 17 fouls ... Scoring: Megan Rieland 16, Livja Christianson 4, Kelli Olmscheid 11, Kali Paschel 18, Jill Gruber 11, Kayla Voller 2 ... 3-point shots: none ... Rebound leader: Olmscheid 10 ... Assist leader: Christianson 8 ... Steal leader: Paschel 3
ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY - 24-50 FG (3-7 3-pt); 7-13 FT; 32 rebounds; 19 fouls ... Scoring: Lauren Kinzler 6, Kathy Lamecker 2, Steph Nelson 6, Miranda Hopp 4, Kayla Dallmann 13, Liberty Slinden 23, Hailey Williams 4 ... 3-point shots: Kinzler 1, Nelson 2 ... Rebound leaders: Slinden 11, Kinzler 5 ... Assist leaders: Dallmann 4, Hopp 3, Lamecker 3 ... Steal leaders: none
Benson 75, Wheaton 48
The Braves improved to 13-11, while Wheaton fell to 2-20. No details were available at press time.
