Lady Falcons prevail over Raiders

The Sheboygan Falls Falcons pounded the Kiel Raiders 63-41 in Eastern Wisconsin Conference girls basketball action Thursday, Feb. 4, in Sheboygan Falls.

Falls lost its leading scorer senior Lauren Carman with an injury early in the third quarter. Carman but didn’t see any action the rest of the game.

Senior Emilie Leffin had a huge game inside, with 15 points and 14 rebounds, including five offensive boards. Junior Cassie Quirt added 10 points and junior Amanda Milne finished with nine.

The Falcons improved to 9-0 in the EWC (10-5 overall) to remain two games ahead of second-place Kewaskum.

Kiel kept the game close in the first quarter at 14-12, but Falls went on a 12-2 run to open the second quarter.

Quirt opened the door with six consecutive points and a Milne jump shot put the Falcons ahead 26-14. Falls led 30-17 at the half.

Early in the third quarter, Carman went down with an injury. Leffin picked the team up with three straight baskets and senior Alyse Hucke nailed a long shot to put the Falcons on top 40-23.

Kiel mounted a brief comeback bid, as Brittany Meyer led the way with five points in the fourth quarter to cut the Falcons’ lead to 48-38.

Buehler connected for a basket and dished off a steal to Leffin, who converted on the fast break. Falls freshman Staci Hasler sealed the victory, with a big 3-pointer to extend the lead to 58-40.

“Kiel played physical with us, because of our size,” said Falcons coach Leroy Hamilton. “They pushed us hard, making us battle-tested.”

Hamilton felt that Carman should be ready to play in two big EWC games this week against New Holstein and Plymouth.

The Falcons lost another tough road game Tuesday, Feb. 2, as they fell to Union Grove 50-47. Carman led Falls with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Leffin scored 12 points with 10 boards. The Falcons shot just 25 percent from the field (12-of-48) and missed nine free throws (19-of-27).

The Falls junior varsity team held off Kiel 38-32, after starting the game with a 15-6 first half lead.

Kelly Jens led Falls with nine points and Allison Latsch put in seven for Falls. With the victory, the Falcons improved to 6-3 in the EWC.

Jensen Hamilton scored 24 points to lead Falls freshman squad past Kiel 63-30. Erica Duda tallied 17 points and Maggie Manning had 10 points.

The Falls freshman squad improved to 9-0 in the EWC. “We pushed the ball well as a team,” said coach Tammy Ison.

GIRLS
BASKETBALL
KIEL
	41
SHEBOYGAN
FALLS 63

Score by Quarters
Kiel………………….…12 5 11 13 - 41
Sheboygan Falls….14 16 15 18 - 63
Kiel scorers: Maxine Becker 2, Abby Gilsdorf 4, Alexis Genke 4, Erin Schuler 3, Sami Krupp 4, Ashley Meisner 8,
Brittany Meyer 7, Katrina Jacobs 9.
Sheboygan Falls scorers: Alyse Hucke 4, Allie Danneker 4, Cassie Quirt 10, Lizzy Graumann 1, Brooke Buehler 6,
Emilie Leffin 15, Staci Hasler 7, Lauren Carman 7, Amanda Milne 9.
Three-point goals: Kiel - Meisner 2. Sheboygan Falls - Milne, Hasler.
Statistics: Kiel - field goals 14, free throws 11-18 (61 percent). Sheboygan Falls - field goals 22-51 (43 percent), free
throws 17-29 (59 percent), 44 rebounds, 14 turnovers.

SHEBOYGAN
FALLS	47
UNION
GROVE 50

Score by Quarters
Sheboygan Falls……...5 17 12 13 - 47
Union Grove……….…..11 7 17 14 - 50
Sheboygan Falls scorers: Lauren Carman 14, Emilie Leffin 12, Cassie Quirt 7, Staci Hasler 6, Brooke Buehler 5,
Amanda Milne 3.
Union Grove scorers: Bekah Jasperson 14, Haly Fink 11, Alyssa Thomas 8, Kaitlyn Wilks 7, Megan Lee 6, Kelsey
Kujellis 2.
Three-point goals: Sheboygan Falls, Quirt, Hasler, Buehler, Milne. Union Grove, Jasperson 2, Fink 2, Thomas, Wilks.
Statistics: Sheboygan Falls - field goals 12-48 (25 percent), free throws 19-27 (70 percent), 39 rebounds, 15
turnovers. Union Grove - field goals 17, free throws _______________________ 8-12 (67 percent).