Victories have been hard to come by for Northeast Nodaway’s junior high girls, but they got a rare one Thursday when they beat West Nodaway 14-6. They used a stifling defense to shut down the Rockets and turned back their efforts to get back in the game. NEN had only won one game in its last two years.
Dalanie Auffert scored from inside off a pass from Jaden Atkins and then Atkins added a drive to put Northeast up 4-0. The Rockets could not get anything going against Northeast’s stifling defense. The teams traded buckets in the second quarter, with Atkins scoring from the baseline off a pass from Emily Moran and Anastyn Nielson getting a putback to break the shutout for West Nodaway.
The lead grew to eight in the third quarter as Ruby Wilmes hit Dalanie Auffert inside and Atkins connected again. Atkins got loose in transition early in the fourth to make it 12-2.
Erika Cook tried to bring her Rockets back into the game, driving at will at one point and getting four straight as West Nodaway got to within 12-6 at the 3:11 mark. But a made free throw that would have brought it closer was wiped out by a lane violation and Lauren McIntyre hit a dagger late for Northeast.
Jaden Atkins had 8 for Northeast to lead the Bluejays. Dalanie Auffert had 4 and Lauren McIntyre 2.
Delanny Hopper had 9 boards to lead Northeast. Ruby Wilmes and Jaden Atkins each had 3, Dalanie Auffert, Jill Boswell, and Meredith Adwell each had 2, and Lauren McIntyre had 1.
Jill Boswell had 3 assists for NEN. Jaden Atkins had 2, and Ruby Wilmes had 1.
Jill Boswell had 6 steals for Northeast. Ruby Wilmes had 5 along with Jaden Atkins, Delanny Hopper and Lauren McIntyre had 2 each, and Dalanie Auffert and Meredith Adwell had 1.
Jill Boswell and Meredith Adwell had 5 tips each. Lauren McIntyre and Jaden Atkins had 3 each. Ruby Wilmes and Delanny Hopper had 2, and Dalanie Auffert had 1.
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