Audubon at Newell Fonda- Class 1A Region 2
Newell Fonda: 78
Audubon: 36
The Audubon Wheelers had a tough match up against the Newell Fonda Mustangs Friday night, where they would fall to the defending state champions. The Wheelers would begin the contest pretty well scoring the first four points and going toe to toe with the Mustangs. At one point, both teams would be tied up at 11 points in the first quarter with Aleah Hermensen and Jaci Christensen leading the charge. But, the Mustangs were able to close out the first quarter with a 7-0 run to lead it 18-11. The Mustangs would take charge in the second quarter and play the aggressive, in your face style of basketball that most teams have come to know. The Mustangs would score 22 points in the second quarter and cause many Wheeler turnovers to take a 40-21 lead at halftime.
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Carroll hung tough for the 1
st half but for the second time this season Ballard was able to pull away in the 2
nd half. Kennedy Lein helped spark the Tigers early as Carroll got up 5-2 and 6-4. Ballard grabbed their first lead at 8-6 and didn’t trail again but Carroll only trailed 14-11 after the 1
st quarter. Carroll pulled within 17-13 early in the 2
nd quarter and the lead remained around 6 points until Ballard scored just before half to take a 21-13 lead into the locker room. The Tigers struggled coming out in the 3
rd quarter and Ballard took advantage outscoring them 22-9 in the quarter to lead by 21 heading to the 4
Carroll received a good defensive effort on the road and used a pair of 3’s in the 2
nd quarter to improve to 6-5 overall and 4-5 in the Raccoon River Conference. The Tigers have won 3 straight to start the 2
nd half of the season. Gabi Hammer and Laura Sweeney knocked down some big 3’s in the 2
nd quarter as Carroll rallied from down 3 at the end of the 1
st quarter to take the lead for good at 23-20 at half.
Ella Collison led the way in the win with 11 points.
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