Friday, December 25, 2009

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Hancock Owls girls basketball is roughed up at West Central Area in a 45-43 loss


Kendra Schmidgall applies defensive pressure against WCA's Tee Rudnitski. Photo by Kris Beuckens, Hoffman Tribune.

Both teams left the court at Barrett with 4-2 records on Friday night, but it was West Central Area claiming the non-conference victory.


The Knights came back from a 21-16 halftime deficit in a game that resembled a football game at times, according to Owls coach Jodi Holleman.

The Owls are on a break now until January 5, when they travel to Belgrade to face the 0-5 B-B-E Jaguars, a Sub-Section 6A-South opponent.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Owls girls basketball wins at Dawson-Boyd 58-47 to go over .500

The Hancock Owls girls basketball team defeated the host Blackjacks, as they were led by Bree Holleman's 22 points and four three-pointers.

Kendra Schmidgall scored 12 and Illissa Koehl scored 10.

The Owls led by a slim margin of 24-23 at halftime.

Dawson-Boyd fell to 1-3 overall with the loss.

UP NEXT for the Owls: this Friday they host the 1-2 Montevideo Thunderhawks (Dec 11th).

Scoring: Bree Holleman 7 4-6 22, Kendra Schmidgall 5 2-2 12, Illissa Koehl 3 4-6 10, Lauren Nelson 2 4-6 9, Aria Walstad 1 2-2 4, Kaylee Voorhees 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 17-24 58.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Hancock Owls finish first week of 2009-2010 season action with a split - suffer first loss of the season at Evansville

The Hancock Owls girls basketball team took a hard-luck loss at Evansville on Thursday night in a 47-45 overtime finish against Brandon-Evansville, defending Sub-Section 6A-South champions.

Sophomore center Heather Strese scored the only two points of the overtime period on a layup with five second to go to life the Chargers to the victory.

Bree Holleman led the Owls with 22 points, including six three-pointers.

Up next for Hancock: a non-conference game at Dawson-Boyd (0-2 Camden North, 1-2 overall) next Monday night.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Hancock Owls girls basketball team throttles Battle Lake in 2009-2010 season opener

The Owls defeated the Battlers on the road on Tuesday night 43-33.

The hosts trailed 26-13 at halftime, then outscored Hancock 20-17 in the second half.

Bree Holleman notched 17 points, six rebounds, seven assists and five steals to pace the Owls. Illissa Koehl added 11 points and eight rebounds.

HANCOCK BOXSCORE – 17-48 FG (5-17 3-pt); 4-9 FT; 30 rebounds; 16 fouls. Scoring: Bree Holleman 17, Illissa Koehl 11, Kendra Schmidgall 5, Shae Brown 5, Laura Nelson 3, Aria Walstad 2. 3-point shots: Holleman 2, Koehl 2, Nelson 1. Rebound leaders: Schmidgall 9, Koehl 8, Holleman 6. Assist leaders: Holleman 7. Steal leaders: Holleman 5, Schmidgall 2.

Up next for Hancock: The Owls travel to a very inhospitable gymnasium in Evansville on Thursday night (Dec. 3) to face the 1-0 Brandon-Evansville Chargers, who destroyed last year's Sub-Section 6AA-West champion Osakis 50-15 last night.

B/E led 30-4 at the half and held Osakis to 10.4% (5/48) shooting for the night, while holding a 37-25 edge on the boards.

Coaches' quotes after the game from Craigolsonsports.com = "We have a veteran outfit with eight seniors on the roster and four returning starters," stated head coach Dick Simpson of the Chargers. "They are a very young team and played hard, we just had too much for them to contend with."