Girls basketball roundup: Thunder Hawks respond to knock off BOLD

MONTEVIDEO — The Montevideo girls basketball team responded well after a tough loss to second-ranked New London-Spicer on Thursday by beating another state-ranked team, the BOLD Warriors.

Montevideo, ranked 11th in Class AA, beat BOLD 61-39. The Warriors are ranked No. 8 in Class A.

“I thought we did a good bouncing back,” Montevideo head coach Anthony Jackson said. The Thunder Hawks lost 65-29 Thursday at New London. “We did really nice defensively against BOLD.

“We have a lot of respect for BOLD. Their guard play especially was outstanding. They split with Sauk Centre this year, which really got our attention. They can play with a lot of (state-ranked) teams out there.”

Avery Koenen, the 6-foot-3 senior post, led the Thunder Hawks with 28 points and nine rebounds. Tenley Epema chipped in with 11 points and six rebounds.

Lily Dean led BOLD with 11 points.

“I thought our girls executed really well (Friday) after not doing as well (Thursday). It was frustrating the way we lost to New London the way we did. … We play (BOLD) again in a week. We’re appreciative that we got the win tonight.”

BOLD is now 7-2 in the West Central Conference. Montevideo is 7-0.

BOLD plays West Central at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Barrett. Montevideo plays Morris/Chokio-Alberta at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at Morris.

BOLD (15-4)                13   26 — 39
Montevideo (15-3)       26   35 — 61

BOLD - Scoring: Lily Dean 11, Kenzie Visser 7, Lainey Braulick 4, Mari Ryberg 4, Anna Moorse 4, Shay Skold 3, Layla Pfarr 2, Peyton Sander 2, Kenna Henriksen 2 … 3-point shots: n/a … Rebound leader: Visser 7 … Assist leader: Dean 3 … Steal leader: Ryberg 4 ... Block leaders: Visser 1, Ryberg 1 

MONTEVIDEO - Scoring:  Teagen Epema 3, Lilly Eisenlohr 2, Tenley Epema 11, Avery Koenen 28, Kiera Foley 6, Hailey Dirksen 7, Brooke Lindeman 4… 3-point shots: Tea. Epema 1, Ten. Epema 3, Koenen 2, Dirksen 1 … Rebound leaders: Ten. Epema 6, Koenen 9 … Assist leaders: Tea. Epema 7, Kierz 4 … Steal leaders: Ten. Epema 2, Tea. Epema 1 ... Block leader: Koenen 1

New London-Spicer had 10 players score in the victory at New London. NLS ranks No. 2 in Class AA.

Dakota Rich led the Wildcats, who ranked second in Class AA, with 17 points. Avery Rich had 14 points and five steals and Jaden Coahran contributed 13 points and four steals for NLS.

Julia Houghton led Rockford with 17 points.

NLS plays Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at New London.

Rockford (6-12)      13   17 — 30
NLS (19-0)               33   36 — 69

ROCKFORD - Scoring: Kaycie Roggenkamp 1, Julia Houghton 17, Kaitlyn Eilderts 8, Amelia Ehlers 4  … 3-point shots: Houghton 5 … Rebound leader: n/a … Assist leader: n/a … Steal leader: n/a ... Block leader: n/a

NLS - Scoring: Ayla Caskey 3, Jaden Coahran 13, Avery Rich 14, Ava Carlson 3, Ellary Peterson 4, Dakota Rich 17, Miller Holland 1, Emma Revier 3, Delaney Hanson 7, Katelynn Tortorella 4   … 3-point shots: Caskey 1, D. Rich 3, Revier 1, Hanson 1 … Rebound leaders: Hanson 11, Coahran 6, Peterson 6 … Assist leaders: D. Rich 4, Hanson 3, Carlson 3… Steal leaders: A. Rich 5, Coahran 4, D. Rich 4, Carlson 3 ... Block leader: Coahran 1, Hanson 1, Caskey 1

Harley Roering led Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa with 12 points in the Jaguars’ victory over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City at Grove City.

BBE ranks No. 6 in Class A.

Abby Berge and Tiyana Schwinghammer each scored 10 points to aid BBE. Schwinghammer also had six rebounds and two assists. Anna Jaeger contributed seven steals for the Jaguars.

Elli Roemeling and Grace Kahler led the Falcons with seven points apiece.

ACGC plays at 2 p.m. Saturday at Benson. BBE plays Browerville at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Belgrade.

BBE (14-3)          34   19 — 53
ACGC (4-13)       16   18 — 34

BBE - Scoring: Harley Roering 12, Abby Berge 10, Tiyana Schwinghammer 10, Brooklyn Fischer 6, Bree Thieschafer 4, Allison Dingmann 4, Adley Hagen 4, Anna Jaeger 3 … 3-point shots: Roering 4, Jaeger 1, Fischer 1, Berge 1 … Rebound leader: Schwinghammer 6 … Assist leader: Schwinghammer 2 … Steal leader: Jaeger 7 ... Block leader: Berge 1

ACGC - Scoring: Elli Roemeling 7, Mikali Johnson 5, Taylor Frericks 3, Ruby Klinger 6, Brooke Brekke 4, Mackenzie Powers 2, Grace Kaehler 7 … 3-point shots: Roemeling 1, Johnson 1, Frericks 1, Kaehler 1 … Rebound leaders: Roemeling 12, Klinger 7 … Assist leaders: Klinger 3, Roemeling 2 … Steal leaders: Brekke 3, Roemeling 2 ... Block leader: Klinger 5

Jordan Munson’s 14 points and eight rebounds led Tracy-Milroy-Balaton to a road win over Dawson at Dawson.

Kate Dahl was the Blackjacks’ top scorer with 12 points. Alyssa Swedzinski followed up with nine points and six rebounds.

Dawson-Boyd plays MACCRAY at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Dawson.

TMB (12-7)                       32   29 — 61
Dawson-Boyd (6-13)       24   17 — 41

TMB - Scoring: Jordan Munson 14, Jaelynn Carter 6, Marin Knott 3, Hailey Gernentz 7, Kyli Carter 12, Elizabeth Fultz 3, Grace Dolan 5, Katelyn Ruppert 1, Brianna Swanson 4, Emma Edwards 6 … 3-point shots: Gernertz 1, Carter 2, Fultz 1, Dolan 1 … Rebound leader: Munson 8 … Assist leader: n/a … Steal leader: Dolan 4 ... Block leader: Munson 1 

DAWSON-BOYD - Scoring: Ayiana Hastad 2, Chelsie Husby 2, Kate Dahl 12, Hayley Anderson 8, Alyssa Swedzinski 9, Carolyn Hanisch 2, Rachel Jorgens 5, Allison Estling 1 … 3-point shots: Dahl 4, Swedzinski 1 … Rebound leader: Swedzinski 6 … Assist leader: Hastead 1, Husby 1 … Steal leader: Husby 2 ... Block leader: none 

Hannah Stark’s 18 points helped Yellow Medicine East to improve to 8-10 against Ortonville at Granite Falls.

The Sting had two more scorers in the double-digits. Bayli Sneller notched 14 and Stella Schuler had 10.

YME plays Lakeview at 6 p.m. Monday at Cottonwood.

Ortonville (1-16)      18   18 — 36
YME (8-10)               39   22 — 61

ORTONVILLE - Scoring: Kendall Gronholz 10, Kadyn Gronholz 8, Lily Streich 6, Chloe Rabe 6, Emma Anderson 4, Claire Kellen 2 … 3-point shots: none … Rebound leader: n/a … Assist leader: n/a … Steal leader: n/a ... Block leader: n/a

YME - Scoring: Hannah Stark 18, Bayli Sneller 14, Stella Schuler 10, Ella Cherveny 6, Ruby Bones 5, Alana Almich 4, Hope Stark 4 … 3-point shots: Ha. Stark 4, Sneller 4, Schuler 2 … Rebound leader: Ha. Stark 10 … Assist leader: Ho. Stark 4 … Steal leader: Ha. Stark 4 ... Block leader: Almich 4