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Channler Henle and a Blue Devils player fight for the rebound mid-air in Friday nights contest in Mount Ayr. The Raiderettes would go on to win with Henle scoring 13 points and snagging six rebounds along with two blocks on the night.
Mt. Ayr 50, MStM 47
The Raiderettes had a tall order to fill Friday night with a contest against the Martensdale-St. Mary Blue Devils. Starting off strong in the first quarter, outscoring the Blue Devils 20-11, Mount Ayr let up in the second, allowing the Blue Devils press defense to create turnovers and opportunities to score, closing the gap to 30-27 by halftime.
Heading into the locker room, the Raiderettes were excited to be leading, but opening up the third, the Raiderettes fell behind and Martensdale-St. Mary’s led 38-37. The Raiderettes pulled back ahead early in the fourth on a Sam Stewart bucket, followed by a Jaycee Knight layup that gave the Raiderettes a three point lead. The Raiderettes stayed just out of reach for the rest of the quarter to win the contest, 50-47.
Sam Stewart led the team with 25 points, just three points shy of the All-Time scoring record at MACHS.
“What a heck of a game between two very good teams,” said coach Thad Streit. “We discussed that both teams are going to make runs and to stay the course. We started out hot and the Martensdale-St. Marys made some runs, but when it came down to it, you could tell our girls lift weights, you could tell we were in shape and you can tell our girls have guts. We made plays on both ends down the stretch to get this W all because our girls have guts!”
Stats
1 2 3 4 F
MA 20 10 7 13 50
MStm 11 16 11 9 47
Offense
Pts FG 3 FT
M.Jones 3 1-3 0-1 1-1
M.Stewart 4 1-2 1-1 1-3
C.Henle 13 3-13 1-5 0-0
S.Stewart 25 10-21 1-2 4-4
J.Knight 5 2-5 0-0 1-2
Anderson 0 0-1 0-0 0-0
R.Sobotka 0 0-7 0-0 0-0
Defense
R Ast S B
M.Jones 3 1 0 0
M.Stewart 5 2 1 0
C.Henle 6 2 2 2
S.Stewart 4 3 4 1
J.Knight 7 0 0 0
Anderson 7 0 1 1
R.Sobotka 10 2 1 0
Mt. Ayr 59, Lenox 30
Before the big win over the Blue Devils, the Raiderettes defeated Pride of Iowa rivals in the Lenox Tigers.
The two teams had met earlier in the season in Lenox, however, this team had a slightly different look with TJ Stoaks back in the lineup.
The Tigers were hot to start, stunning the Mount Ayr home crowd, putting the Raiderettes in an 11-0 hole in the first before the Raiderettes changed up the defense and went on a 23 point run to take the lead. By halftime, the Raiderettes led 31-16.
The Raiderettes didn’t look back in the second half and outscored the Tigers 28-14 to take the victory.
In the win, Sam Stewart led the way with 25 points, shooting 11-for-14 inside, and hitting three-of-four from the line along with have seven rebounds and a team high six steals.
Rachel Sobotka had 14 points, shooting five-of-13 from inside the paint, four-of-seven at the line and snagging eight rebounds and two steals.
Stats
1 2 3 4 F
MA 14 17 14 14 59
LT 11 5 7 7 30
Offense
Pts FG 3 FT
M.Jones 3 1-7 1-5 0-2
M.Stewart 7 3-13 1-4 0-0
T.Streit 0 0-0 0-0 0-0
P.Lambert 0 0-0 0-0 0-0
C.Henle 9 2-7 1-2 4-4
S.Stewart 25 11-14 0-0 3-4
J.Knight 1 0-3 0-2 1-1
H.Whittington 0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Anderson 0 0-3 0-0 0-0
R.Sobotka 14 5-13 0-0 4-7
H.Barnes 0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Defense
R Ast S B
M.Jones 1 1 0 0
M.Stewart 1 3 5 0
T.Streit 0 0 0 0
P.Lambert 1 0 0 0
C.Henle 9 2 3 3
S.Stewart 7 4 6 0
J.Knight 1 2 0 0
H.Whittington 0 0 0 0
Anderson 4 1 1 0
R.Sobotka 8 1 2 1
H.Barnes 0 0 0 1
