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Nate McMinamen
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT â Baxter s boys basketball team couldn t get going offensively last week during a pair of losses.
The Bolts opened the week with a 49-41 loss to Meskwaki Settlement School during Iowa Star Conference South Division play on Dec. 8. They shot just 33 percent from the floor, made only 3-of-13 from long range and missed seven free throws.
Baxter (2-3 overall, 1-2 in the conference) trailed by three after three but the Warriors (3-0, 3-0) outscored the Bolts 17-12 in the fourth to pull away.
Cody Damman scored 14 points to lead the way, while Nate McMinamen added eight points and 11 rebounds.
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Carson Scroggins
BAXTER â A 25-2 first quarter was enough for the Baxter girls basketball team against Don Bosco on Tuesday night.
The Bolts only outscored the Dons by six the rest of the way, but the damage had been done in a 52-23 home win during Iowa Star Conference cross-division action.
Elie Tuhn scored 17 points, dished out four assists and swiped six steals to lead the Bolts, who are 6-1 and have won six straight games.
McKenzie Eslinger finished with seven points and seven rebounds, Maddie Pierce tallied six points, two rebounds and four steals and Sophie Meyer and Brooke Bacon each had seven points and two steals.