Cowgirls lose to Iowa Falls-Alden

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows varsity girls basketball team went on the road last Friday for their only contest of the week, suffering a 57-32 loss at Iowa Falls-Alden. The Cadets built a 24-13 halftime lead and expanded on it through the third quarter for the win.

“This game came down to missing about five easy baskets, all in the first half,” stated head coach Kevin Kakacek. “When we get down by 10 points at the half, we will struggle to get those points back. We start to panic and try too hard, and that is when we get turnovers. With about two minutes left in the second quarter, we had the score to within five poi ntd and were moving the ball well on offense. They made a couple of baskets which put us in panic mode and we lost control of the half.”

Hannah TerHark netted 10 points, with Megan Askelsen close behind at eight points which included two treys. Courtney Harle and Vanessa Kolb both scored four points each, with Sid Magee, Chloe Johnson and Lili Swanson all adding two points each to the total. Both TerHark and Kolb grabbed five boards apiece, with Magee, Harle and Mikayla Hennigar all getting their hands on three caroms each.

For the full story, see the Decembe 15 edition of the Monitor.