Cowgirls suffer season opening loss to West Hancock

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows varsity girls basketball team traveled to Britt last Tuesday to open their season against West Hancock. The home Eagles took a 72-37 win, taking a 35-20 halftime advantage followed by outscoring the Cowgirls 37 points to just 17 to take the win.

“The girls had a rough time handling their pressure,” stated head coach Kevin Kakacek. “When you are starting your first varsity game, and with most of them playing in their first varsity game ever, we expected this. The Eagles are a good team that likes to put pressure on. We came out a little slow and unsure of what we wanted to do. Some of them responded to the pressure well and others stepped back.”

Hannah TerHark banked in 13 points, including a trey, to lead the scoring column while  Mikayla Hennigar tossed in six points and Chloe Johnson six points on a pair of three’s. Lauren Odland and Megan Askelsen both added three points apiece, with Sid Magee, Mariah Frye and Vanessa Kolb all sinking a basket for two points each.

For the full story, see the December 1 edition of the Monitor.