Four WACO girls’ basketball players received postseason recognition from the Southeast Iowa Super Conference being named to the all conference teams.
Ellah Kissell was the headliner being named to the first team in the South Division. The 5’10’’ sharp shooter had the most made threes in the division with 50 on the season while shooting at a 38% clip. Her 14.3 points a game ranked fifth in the league and the sophomore also hauled in 5.5 rebounds a night, totaled 55 assists, and 38 steals. Morgan Graber was named to the second team. The 5’10’’ senior was a defensive force with a conference leading three blocks an outing while chipping in with 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds. Aubri Garnsey and Grace Coble rounded out the selections being named honorable mention. Garnsey paced the team with 72 assists and 54 steals while Coble averaged 5.7 points and 6.6 boards a contest. Also a part of the postseason accolades was head coach Lisa Graber, as she received Coach of the Year hono
The Southeast Iowa Superconference Shoot Out is here for area girls teams. The annual event happens at the end of the conference season for both boys and girls squads where teams are paired together based on their finish in the north and south division standings for one contest.
The defacto championship game features the winners of the south division West Burlington and north division champions Winfield-Mt. Union. The Lady Wolves come into the game unbeaten on the year at 16-0 and a perfect 10-0 in the SEISC. The Wolves are ranked No. 9 in the latest poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. In their last game they got by Louisa-Muscatine 44-43 with Farrah Nelson’s 11 point 10 rebound double double. On the season, WMU is led by Bradie Buffington at nine points per game, Nelson’s seven boards per contest, and Kyndal Townsley’s three assists and two steals per night. West Burlington is 17-1 overall, 14-1 in the Superconference. They beat Cardinal on Tuesday 79-38. On
With six of their 11 losses being single-digit affairs, the WACO girls’ basketball team has been on the cusp of a breakthrough performance. On Monday they got just that. Welcoming a 13-win Van Buren squad to Wayland, WACO looked like the superior team all night and turned some heads in a 68-43 rout.
WACO laid the groundwork for a successful outing early, as the Warriors stormed out to a 16-2 advantage after one and led 30-17 at the break. Any chance of a Van Buren comeback was eliminated in the third with a 20-9 quarter in favor of the home team that led to the 25-point beatdown. WACO’s Ellah Kissell brought the offense with 21 points and Aubri Garnsey added 18. Morgan Graber was also in double figures with 15 points and Grace Coble snagged 10 boards. Van Buren (13-4) star Isabel Manning was her usual productive self with 25 points, but they had limited contributions elsewhere by shooting just 24% as a team.
Eldon featured a girl/boy basketball doubleheader on Friday with WACO invading Cardinal High School and walking away with a split.
The Warrior girls managed a season sweep of the Comets with a 51-26 win. They got out to a slow start trailing 14-10 after one, but the defense allowed only 12 points in the final 24 minutes en route to the big victory. Molly McLaughlin led a balanced attack with 12 points and seven rebounds. Ellah Kissell added 11 points and 10 boards while Aubri Garnsey tallied 10 points and six assists. The Warriors improve to 5-9 and the Comets are 4-10.
After getting blown out by 37 points in their first meeting in December, the Warrior boys showed improvement falling just 43-38 Friday. They trailed 31-17 after three and made a furious 21-12 fourth quarter comeback that came up short. Simeon Reichenbach recorded a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds. Hunter Hughes added 13 points and eight boards off the bench. The team shot just 24% from the floor. WACO