Cowgirls lose to Clear Lake

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows varsity girls basketball team struggled mightily on offense against a good Clear Lake squad that went to state in 2015 and almost made it again last year. That proved to be their doom in a 66-22 Lion win.

“We were outmatched, and we are not sure of our confidence right now,” stated head coach Kevin Kakacek. “We are not coming out in games with the confidence we need and it is showing. The Lions came out with a press and we panicked and did not know how to get the ball up the floor. We need to get the confidence in everything we do and play ball. We are hesitating with the ball and not attacking the defender, and when you don’t attack you are playing to not get the ball taken away from you.”

That press he mentioned, and the resulting panic, led to a 28-6 Lion lead after one quarter. It then became 43-15 at halftime. The red and black only managed seven points the entire second half. Hannah TerHark scored six points, with Sid Magee, Chloe Johnson, Maya Jackson, Courtney Harle, Lili Swanson, Megan Askelsen, Vanessa Kolb and Mikayla Hennigar all finished at two points each. Kolb grabbed five rebounds to lead that column, with Magee and Swanson both making three each. Harle and Hennigar both handled two caroms each, with Johnson, Jackson and TerHark all getting in on one apiece.

 

For the full story, see the December 22 edition of the Monitor.

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