Monday, December 7, 2015

NEN Girls Secure Consolation at PVC Tournament

Northeast Nodaway’s girls, after dropping their first two games, turned around and won their next two, topping 60 both times and securing the consolation title at the Platte Valley Tournament Thursday as they beat Stewartsville 61-42. Dallis Coffelt blocked two shots early and Talina Nelson blocked one in the first two minutes of the game. Jill Spire hit Makayla Adwell for a backdoor layup and consecutive steals from Adwell and Spire made it 8-3 at the 3:33 mark. Northeast kept pulling away in the first quarter as Spire hit Dallis Coffelt inside, Makayla Adwell grabbed a putback, Dallis hit Allie Runde on the left wing, and Makayla Adwell found Dallis Coffelt inside to put Northeast up 17-6 after one. Dallis Coffelt had three blocks in the period.

For only having five players dressed out, Stewartsville was not a bad team and Northeast spent the rest of the game fending off attempts by the Cardinals to get back into the game. Allyson Kauth went off on Northeast during the night, getting 20 points to lead Laura Wallick’s Cardinals. But Northeast always got enough scoring to keep control of the game. Five different players scored for Northeast; after an initial push by Stewartsville that got them within 17-11, Dallis Coffelt put in a missed shot and Northeast got back in control, taking a 28-16 lead at the half.

Stewartsville kept pushing the action, but was never able to get the lead back under double digits in the second half. Northeast let a double digit lead against Albany slip away the week before, but this time, they kept right on scoring, getting 23 points in the third quarter to push their lead over 20. Once again, Joyce Stiens’ Bluejays had five different players score in the period; Dallis Coffelt, Makayla Adwell, and Jill Spire all had 6 in the quarter. Vanessa Riley’s backdoor pass to Adwell gave Northeast its biggest lead of the night early in the fourth at 57-30.

All eight players on the roster scored, led by Dallis Coffelt with 19. Makayla Adwell had 17, Jill Spire 10, Taylor Coffelt 5, Vanessa Riley 4, and Talina Nelson, Gerry Runde, and Allie Runde all had 2.

The boys only had six players available in their game with South Nodaway and were denied the trophy 47-29. Rowdy West led the Bluejays with 9 points and took a charge on defense. Max Giesken had 6, Chet Spire and Colton Wilmes had 5, and Andrew Freemyer had 4.

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