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RANDOLPH –The Osmond-Randolph Hawks started postseason play last Monday at Norfolk Catholic where they would take on the Lutheran High Eagles.
The Hawks came out to start the game with strong defense, holding the Eagles to only four first-quarter points and seven second-quarter points.
The Eagles showed they weren’t going down easy as they had a big third quarter and outpaced the Hawks 11-7 to take a 22-21 lead going into the fourth quarter. Lutheran High would start the fourth quarter extending their lead as they would build it up to a 27-21 lead with about four minutes remaining in the quarter.
The Hawks came charging back and knotted the game at 27 all with a little over a minute left in the final quarter.
With the Hawks over the foul limit in the quarter, they were able to defend without fouling for a good portion of the final minute.
Lutheran High would call a timeout to get a shot set up in the closing seconds.
The Eagles got the look they wanted but the shot did not fall. For the first time this season, the Hawks found themselves going into overtime to finish a game.
And that they did. In the fourminute overtime period, the Hawks would outscore the Eagles 7 to 2 to take the victory with a final score of 34-29.
Ella Scott had a major impact on the game as she finished with a team high 13 points and came down with eight rebounds.
Kaleigh Miller would chip in six points as she grabbed a team high 12 rebounds.
As a team the Hawks had their third straight game finishing with over 40 rebounds.
STATS Keli Aschoff, 5 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl; Ella Scott, 13 pts, 8 reb, 2 stl; Sophie Gansebom, 1 pt, 6 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl; Caydence Krienert, 5 pts, 5 reb; Kaleigh Miller, 6 pts, 12 reb, 2 stl, 1 blk; Erin Wagner, 2 reb, 1 stl; Juliana Kumm, 1 ast, 1 stl; Tessa Gardner, 4 pts, 7 reb OR: 8- 6- 7-6-7: 34 LH: 4- 7-11-5-2: 29 With the win, the Hawks would move onto the next round where they would face the No. 1 seed and host Norfolk Catholic Knights.
Right away the Knights showed why they were the No. 1 seed.
They attacked early and often and had built up a quick 17-1 lead after the first quarter.
Early in the second quarter, Norfolk Catholic had extended their lead to 23-1.
From this point on, the game started to flow better for the Hawks, as they found their rhythm on offense and got some stops on defense.
For the final two and a half quarters, the Hawks outscored the Knights.
Unfortunately it was not enough as the Knights would move on with a 53-33 win, ending the Hawks season.
For the five seniors: Ella Scott, Caydence Krienert, Juliana Kumm, Anabelle Vinson, and Tessa Gardner; it was the final time they would walk off the court after that final buzzer sounded.
STATS Keli Aschoff, 8 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast; Ella Scott, 10 pts, 1 reb; Sophie Gansebom, 2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Caydence Krienert, 3 reb, 1 stl; Kaleigh Miller, 2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast; Erin Wagner, 2 pts, 1 reb, 1 stl; Charley Aschoff, 1 ast; Juliana Kumm, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Piper Hoffman, 2 pts; Anabelle Vinson, 2 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl; Tessa Gardner, 5 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast.
OR: 1-12-5-15: 33 NC: 17-12-12-12: 53 With the loss, the Hawks season came to an end, finishing with a 7-16 record.
A season recap and season stats will follow up in next week’s paper.
