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By Missy Klatt
Sports Correspondent

It was a long road trip for the Boyceville girls’ basketball team as it played three away games this past week with mixed results.

First up was the long trip down to Mondovi to take on the Buffaloes last Monday, January 20th. The Bulldogs came up short in this outing, 36-60.

Next they ventured south to Elmwood to take on the Elmwood/Plum City Wolves on Thursday, the 23rd. This match up resulted in their second conference win of the season by a score of 57-43.

Their final game of the week had the Bulldogs taking on the Mounders in Elk Mound last Friday, January 24. And though they ended up on the short end, 52-67, it was a good game.

The Bulldogs are currently 2-6 in conference play and 5-9 overall. They played a pair of home games, hosting state-ranked Clear Lake in a non-conference game this past Monday, January 27th and Glenwood City last evening, Tuesday the 28th. Boyceville will also travel to Chetek-Weyerhaeuser next Tuesday, February 4.

Mondovi

The Buffaloes, who currently have an 8-7 overall record and are 6-2 in the Dunn-St. Croix conference (tied for second with Durand), were too much for the Lady Dawgs to handle January 20.

According to head coach Jolene Bird, the Bulldogs were unable to match the intensity of the Buffaloes from the start. She credited Emma Ouellette for doing a great job of handling the Buffaloes’ full-court press but she said their half-court defensive quickness made the Bulldogs rush too many of their shots.

The Buffaloes outscored the Bulldogs 27-16 in the first half and 33-20 in the second.

Bird also commented that they didn’t shoot well from the free throw line, only hitting 6 for 15 for a 40% accuracy. She said as a team they need to do better there. Bird thought that their half court defensive play was good but they couldn’t handle the speed of the Buffaloes in transition.

Ouellette was the big scorer for the Bulldogs with 12 points.

Boyceville
(36)

FG-FT-F-T: Ouellette 3-4-3-12, Lagerstrom 1-0-0-3, Hillman 1-1-1-3, Hintzman 0-0-5-0, Boesl 0-0-2-0, Grambow 2-0-1-5, Kostman 4-0-2-8, Evenson 2-1-0-5. Total 12-6-13-36.

Mondovi
(60)

FG-FT-F-T: Clark 6-8-2-20, Hulke 0-1-4-1, Evenson 2-0-0-4, Poeschel 10-1-0-22, Allemann 0-0-0-0, Thompson 1-1-4-3, Johnson 1-02-3, Berg 0-0-0-0, Fedie 3-0-3-7. Total 22-11-15-60.

Boyceville 16 20 – 36
Mondovi 27  33 – 60

3-point goals: Boyceville: Ouellette 2, Lagerstrom, Grambow. Mondovi: Clark 2, Poeschel, Johnson and Fedie.

Elmwood/Plum City

Last Thursday in the game against the Wolves, things started pretty evenly matched with both teams at twelve points for the first part of the first half.

The Bulldogs then soared ahead thanks in part to Mya Lagerstrom who hit for four from outside the arc. Emma Ouellette also added ten points during this same period and the Bulldogs took a 36-23 lead into the locker room at halftime.

The second half was closer with the Bulldogs only outscoring the Wolves by one at 21-20.

Coach Bird was pleased with her team stating, “We did some really good things. We shot well from the arc and finished shots inside.”

They also improved on their free throw shooting, shooting 58% for the night. Defensively, Bird admitted to putting the Wolves on the line too many times in the second half. The Wolves shot 21 for 33 from the line (for the entire game).

Bird concluded by noting that, “Emma Ouellette was very tough and Mya Lagerstrom shot the long range ball very well. Overall a good win for the team.”

Ouellette had 20 points for the night and Lagerstrom finished with 13.

Boyceville (57)

FG-FT-F-T: Ouellette 6-6-2-20, Lagerstrom 4-1-3-13, Hillman 2-4-3-8, Hintzman 1-2-4-4, Boesl 0-0-3-0, Grambow 0-1-3-1, Kostman 4-0-2-9, Harnish 0-0-0-0, Evenson 1-0-3-2. Total 18-14-23-57

Elmwood/Plum City (43)

FG-FT-F-T: Fleishaus 0-0-1-0, McDonough 2-7-0-12, Feuker 1-6-5-8, Glaus 2-4-4-8, Woodard 0-0-0-0, Baier 1-0-2-2, Blanford 1-4-4-7, Seipel 2-0-4-6, Parker 0-0-0-0, Krogstad 0-0-0-0. Total 9-21-20-43.

Boyceville 36 21 – 57
Elmwood/Plum City 23 20 – 43

3-point goals: Boyceville: Ouellette 2, Lagerstrom 4, Kostman. Elmwood/Plum City: McDonough, Blanford, Seipel 2.

Elk Mound

On Friday night, the Bulldogs were in Elk Mound to make up the game that got postponed due to the previous Friday’s snow storm.

It was a bit of a rough game with both teams garnering over 20 fouls.

At one point in the first half ,Tyra Kostman was knocked back hard and hit her head hard on the floor. She was taken into the locker room to check for concussion but was able to return late in the half.

At halftime, the Bulldogs trailed the Mounders by only three points, 28-31. Unfortunately in the second half,  the Mounders surged ahead when they got hot beyond the arc. The Bulldogs also sent the Mounders to the charity line many times in the last eight minutes of the game causing Kady Grambow, Emma Ouellette and Megan Hintzman to foul out. At the end of the second half, the Mounders had outscored the Lady Dawgs 36-24 to take the 67-52 win.

“I was very proud of the team and the play Friday night,” remarked Bird. “Although the score doesn’t reflect a win we did some really good things.”

One of those being better at the free throw line, shooting 69% as a team with Mya Lagerstrom, Jensine Boesl, Megan Hitzman, and Tyra Kostman all shooting 100% at the line.

Bird again praised the play of Emma Ouellette. Bird is hoping that this play will continue into the second half of the season.

Boyceville (52)

FG-FT-F-T: Ouellette 5-2-5-13, Lagerstrom 5-2-1-13, Hillman 1-0-4-2, Hintzman 0-4-5-4, Boesl 1-5-0-7, Grambow 2-1-5-6, Kostman 1-2-1-5, Evenson 0-2-2-4. Total 15-18-23-52.

Elk Mound (67)

FG-FT-F-T: Emery 5-0-2-14, Rubenzer 0-0-0-0, Hollister 0-0-2-0, T. Blaskowski 1-9-4-11, K. Rhude 0-0-0-0, H. Blaskowski 2-7-5-11, Schreiber 0-0-3-0, S. Rhude 0-0-0-0, Cedarblade 5-2-4-17, Schaffer 6-2-1-14, Schindler 0-0-0-0. Total 19-20-21-67.

Boyceville 28 24 – 52

Elk Mound 31 36 – 67

3-point goals: Boyceville: Ouellette, Lagerstrom, Grambow. Elk Mound: Emery 4, Cedarblade 5.