Lady Vikes drop two games

Posted January 10th, 2008

It was another tough week of basketball for the Ventura girls team as they dropped two non-conference match-ups.

SCMT 61, Ventura 26
   The Lady Vikes traveled to Sheffield on Thursday, Jan. 3, to play Sheffield-Chapin/Meservey-Thornton.
   The Spartans were off and running from the beginning, outscoring Ventura 16-1 in the first quarter. The next two quarters were more of the same, with SCMT outdistancing the Lady Vikes 7-14 in the second quarter and 8-20 in the third. Ventura picked it up in the fourth and played even with the Spartans, but it wasn’t near enough as they fell, 61-26.
   “We struggled with our shooting from the field,” said Coach Lucas Kreuscher. “They jumped on us early, and it’s hard to recover when you play a team like SCMT.”
   Freshman Hannah Vavrik led the team in scoring with eight points. She was followed closely by Brittany Boehnke, who picked up six. Rounding out the scoring was Kaley Imhoff and Allie Schuler with three points apiece and Megan Schuler, Morgan Welp and Alicia Chrisitians each had two points.
   Boehnke led under the boards with seven rebounds. Allie Schuler had five rebounds, while Welp and Vavrik each grabbed four. Allie Schuler led the team in steals with three.

Northwood 54, Ventura 36
   The Lady Vikes held tough in the first half, but couldn’t hold on in the second half. They fell, 54-36, to Northwood-Kensett on Saturday, Jan. 5, in Northwood.
   “Northwood always had a 6-10 point lead, and we just couldn’t close the gap on them,” said Coach Lucas Kreuscher. “We need to get more stops when we score a basket, rather then just trade points.”
   Hannah Vavrik once again led the team in points with seven. Another freshman, Morgan Welp, contributed six. Also scoring for Ventura was Kaley Imhoff and Blair Berhow-Goll with five points each, Megan Schuler sunk four, Amber Smith picked up three and Allie Schuler contributed two points.
   The team was able to capitalize on their speed to pick up quite a few steals. Allie Schuler was all over the floor, collecting seven steals. Smith also had a good night with three steals and Boehnke had two steals.
   Smith led the team in assists with five, while Megan Schuler and Boehnke each had two. Boehnke led the team in rebounds with six. Allie Schuler grabbed four boards and Vavrik had three rebounds.
   “We did have one of our best games as far as team assists, which means we are improving our moving without the basketball,” said Kreuscher.
   The 1-10 Lady Vikes travel to Graettinger on Friday, Jan. 11, to play Graettinger-Terrill in a 6:30 p.m. contest.