Kelsey Sperry nearly had an unconventional double-double for Gilman City’s girls as she had 13 boards and 9 assists in Gilman City’s 56-29 semifinal win over North Harrison Thursday. Two Hawks did get double-doubles as Khloey Sperry had 20 points and 11 boards and Shelby Gibson had 10 points and 10 boards. Lani Briggs did all she could to keep North Harrison’s season going, scoring 12 points, but big second and third quarters powered the Hawks to their win.
Previously, North Harrison had a 34-41 first round win over Winston to avenge a regular-season loss while Gilman City had a bye. They started off strongly as Ava Rinehart had one of her best quarters of the year in putting up 10 points in the period as the Shamrocks led 12-9 after one. They were playing good defense on Shealyn Pliley, holding her to six points for the game.
But then Rinehart got into foul trouble and the Redbirds started catching up, getting their deficit down to 18-17 at the half.
But once again, Gracie Young sparked the Shamrocks, this time hitting a 3-pointer in the third quarter, and the Shamrocks started rebuilding their lead again, going up 26-20 after three.
The Redbirds have hung with a lot of teams this year and made things interesting at the end, but Gracie Young had 5 points in the fourth quarter and the Shamrocks were able to hold on for the three point win. Winston hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cut the margin to three.
Ava Rinehart had 12 points for the Shamrocks. Gracie Young and Lani Briggs had 8, and Jaxcynn Hansel and Hali Smith had 3.
The first quarter of the Gilman City game started off well for North Harrison. Alli Burke hit Khloey Sperry backdoor for three to make it 3-0, but then Hali Smith hit Ava Rinehart at the top of the key for three. Then, Ava Rinehart pushed one up the floor, and then Jaxcynn Hansel saved an errant pass to Hali Smith to put the Shamrocks up 5-3.
But then Avery Gregg hit Khloey Sperry inside to tie it up and then Sperry grabbed an offensive board and drew Hali Smith’s second foul, hitting one of two to make it 6-5. Without Smith on the floor, Gilman City started finding a lot of easier looks and the game started to snowball. Khloey Sperry got a third chance putback, then Avery Gregg took on two Shamrock defenders and scored to make it 10-5 after one.
Lani Briggs cut it to 10-7 to start the second, but then Kelsey Sperry started dishing out dimes at will, hitting Alli Burke for three. Khloey Sperry jumped a pass and scored to make it 15-7.
Jaxcynn Hansel did all she could to slow the tide; she scored from inside to make it 15-9. Hansel had 8 blocks for the night and is a candidate to put up the kind of shotblocking numbers that Kinsley Johnson of Pattonsburg did this year. But Shelby Gibson hit Khloey Sperry inside and Avery Gregg hit a 3-pointer to make it 20-9.
Shelby Gibson picked up her third foul fighting with Hali Smith for a board, and Lani Briggs started carrying the Shamrocks on her shoulders, driving at will in the closing minutes of the half to bring her team to within 23-13 at the half.
But like so many other teams, the Shamrocks wilted under the pressure of the constant crashing of the boards by the Hawks. The rebounding margin was only 17-12 in Gilman City’s favor at the half, but the bottom dropped out in the second half, with Gilman City outrebounding the Shamrocks 28-11.
Kelsey Sperry hit Khloey inside and then Shelby Gibson hit Avery Gregg for three to make it 28-13. Jaxcynn Hansel, who has had a good midrange shot for the Shamrocks, stepped back and hit a 3-pointer and Hali Smith followed with a drive to cut it to 31-18, but then the floodgates opened for the Hawks as Avery Gregg drove and scored and then hit a 3-pointer. Shelby Gibson got loose in transition and Alli Burke hit a free throw to make it 39-18.
Ava Rinehart countered with a 3-pointer to make it 39-21. Shelby Gibson scored from inside, only for Lani Briggs to pull up and hit a logo three at the third quarter buzzer, channeling her teammate from last year, Erica Gerken, who hit two crazy triples. That score made it 41-24 after three.
The Shamrocks had a glimmer of hope at the end of three, but the Hawks got a stop on defense and Avery Gregg went coast to coast to start the fourth and added a pair of free throws to push it over 20 again at 45-24. Khloey Sperry followed with a putback to make it 47-24. Lani Briggs did all she could to stop the bleeding, driving at will, getting on the line, and hitting three of six, but the Hawks continued to pull away as Shelby Gibson scored the next five, Alli Burke scored off a drive, and then hit Colbi Webb for a layup at the end.
North Harrison has nowhere to go but up if they can get 10 bodies on the floor next year. They return all seven of their players from this year; the goal is to get three more so that the team can rest players and the starters can scrimmage against five players in practices.
For the Shamrocks, Lani Briggs had 12, Jaxcynn Hansel 7, Ava Rinehart 6, and Hali Smith 4.
Jaxcynn Hansel had 8 blocks.
Gracie Young had 6 boards. Hali Smith, Ava Rinehart, and Stella Rinehart had 4, Jaxcynn Hansel 3, and Addison Milligan 2.
Jaxcynn Hansel had 4 assists. Hali Smith, Ava Rinehart, and Lani Briggs had 2.
Ava Rinehart had 2 tips. Lani Briggs, Addison Milligan, and Stella Rinehart had 1.
Lani Briggs and Ava Rinehart had 2 steals. Jaxcynn Hansel had 1.
For Gilman City, Khloey Sperry had 20, Avery Gregg 17, Shelby Gibson 10, Alli Burke 7, and Colbi Webb 2.
Alli Burke had 2 blocks and Khloey Sperry 1.
Kelsey Sperry had 13 boards. Khloey Sperry had 11, Shelby Gibson 10, Avery Gregg 5, Alli Burke 4, Colbi Webb 1, and Caitlynn Chalfant 1.
Kelsey Sperry had 9 assists. Alli Burke had 5, Avery Gregg 4, Shelby Gibson 3, and Khloey Sperry 2.
Alli Burke had 5 tips. Khloey Sperry had 3, Shelby Gibson 2, and Avery Gregg 2.
Alli Burke and Khloey Sperry had 3 steals and Avery Gregg had 2.
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