Northeast Nodaway's girls suddenly caught fire after being buried 49-29 by North Andrew for Homecoming. They dug themselves a hole in that game and realized too late they could play ball with the Cardinals. Having to play a makeup game against South Nodaway Monday, they had no time to dwell on the loss or any bad calls or breaks they may have had; they turned right around and beat South Nodaway 47-40 in a game in which they looked like a completely different team out on the floor. Fairfax was in a slump as they rallied against Nodaway-Holt only to come up short 60-54 Friday. It looked like the Bulldogs would blow Northeast right out of the gym; Northeast had played a grueling game the night before against South Nodaway and were supposed to be exhausted after the win. It certainly looked that way at first, but then as the game progressed, it was Northeast who got stronger and stronger and Fairfax who wore down as NEN pulled away for the 46-26 win.
Bulldog skipper Michael Carpenter had every reason to expect his team to click on all four cylinders in the first few minutes of the game as Northeast threw the ball away three times in its first three possessions and Ryan Hopkins scored on each of her first three possessions to give Fairfax a 7-0 lead. But then all of a sudden, Northeast started getting their legs under them as they settled down and started chipping away, getting their deficit back to three at 11-8 after one despite a swarming trap that created problems for them all night long. They got it down to one late in the first half, and late in the frame, Dallis Coffelt stuffed Hopkins hard as she was going to the basket, knocking her to the floor. That seemed to change the momentum as Northeast took control after that.
Coffelt's free throw tied it up at 15 and then Jill Spire knocked down a triple to put Northeast up for good. From there, Gerry Runde played the best game of her career so far, getting loose on a lob pass from Taylor Coffelt and then connecting on a high post shot after getting another pass from Taylor. Taylor came out with 2:32 left in the period with four fouls, but it didn't matter as Jill Spire hit from the left side off a Dallis Coffelt kickout and then Makayla Adwell jumped a lazy inbounds pass and scored to make it 28-18 and put Northeast up double digits for good.
Makayla Adwell's play seemed to take some more fight out of Fairfax as Northeast continued to increase its lead despite battling foul trouble the rest of the way. Dallis Coffelt picked up her fourth foul late in the third, but stayed on the floor and didn't pick up another one; in the meantime, Gerry Runde got loose inside again twice; Jill Spire at one point passed up a perfectly good shot to get her the ball.
Fairfax extended its pressure and twice cut it to 12 in the fourth after trailing 34-18 at one point; Northeast couldn't buy a board, Taylor Coffelt picked up her fifth foul, and Jill Spire picked up her fourth. But a couple of blocks by Dallis Coffelt on defense and a pair of baskets from Jill Spire, a drive from Coffelt, and six late points from Adwell finished Fairfax and prompted them to throw in the towel with 1:24 left in the game.
Jill Spire led the scoring with 14. Makayla Adwell had 12, Dallis Coffelt 11, Gerry Runde had 8 (career high), and Taylor Coffelt 2. Taylor Coffelt had 6 assists, while Jill Spire and Dallis Coffelt each had 3, Allie Runde had 2, and Gerry Runde and Talina Nelson had 1. Dallis Coffelt had 4 blocks. Makayla Adwell had 7 steals and Jill Spire had 2. Dallis Coffelt had 14 boards while Talina Nelson and Gerry Runde had 4 each. For Fairfax, Ryan Hopkins got her points, getting 18 for the night. However, the rest of the team combined only had 8 points, something that has not been typical for the squad.
In the South Nodaway game, Northeast built up a 16-11 lead after one quarter and made it stand up the rest of the way. Dallis Coffelt had 15, Taylor Coffelt 12, Makayla Adwell 8, Jill Spire 6, and Talina Nelson 6.
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