Lady Vikings make it four in a row with huge win over Glenwood City Hilltoppers

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by Marlys Kruger

Sports Correspondent

COLFAX — The Colfax girls stayed on their home court and blew out the Glenwood City Hilltoppers 71-21 January 9, then had a road game against Mondovi scheduled for Friday night postponed due to the possibility of bad weather in the area.

Colfax has now won four straight games and are 8-6 overall and 4-2 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference play.

The Vikings hosted Somerset last evening (January 16) in non-conference action before starting a second swing through the Dunn-St. Croix with a Thursday re-match versus Durand-Arkansaw in the Panthers’ gym. Colfax returns home next Tuesday to welcome the Bulldogs of Boyceville.

Glenwood City

The Toppers led 2-0 after Izzy Davis hit a pair of free throws, and after McKenna Shipman tied it with a bucket, Tori Ohman scored for a 4-2 Topper lead. But the Vikings used a nine-point run to pull ahead 11-4 and never trailed from there on. After a Glenwood City free throw, the Vikings, with help from a triple and a deuce from Sierra Shipman went on another run of nine points for a 20-5 advantage.

Meadow Keltner picked up five quick points on a long ball and a drive through the lane to make it 25-9 and the Vikings just kept on scoring. Kaysen Goodell knocked down a free throw and drove through the lane for two, Sierra Shipman scored off an in-bounds pass and under the hoop again, Brynn Sikora came up with a personal seven-point run with a trey and two shots in the paint, Jordyn Bowe scored on a fast break and Sikora drilled another triple and it was 44-9.Ohman broke the Colfax streak with a free toss and that was the final point of the half for the Toppers. Bowe hit from close range before the buzzer to make it 46-10 at the break.

Glenwood City was unable to get into any offensive rhythm against the Colfax half court defense and they turned the ball over time after time. McKenna Shipman opened the second half with a deuce for the Vikings,and Goodell scored on an end to end steal and shot, then added another bucket in the paint for a 52-11 lead. Sierra Shipman scored on a put back, Autumn Niggeman added two points from close range, Sierra Shipman hit a shot and a free throw to go with it and points by Jeanette Hydukovich and Jordyn Bowe upped the Colfax advantage to 67-16. Jaycey Bowe flew down the court and took a pass from her sister Jordyn for a layup, and with five minutes left, the Vikings went into a weave on offense with the clock on running time due to the large lead. Clara Hydukovich hit a short jumper for her first varsity points  to finish off the Viking scoring. 

Sierra Shipman, just a sophomore, had herself quite a game with a double-double, leading the Vikings with 15 points and in rebounds with ten. She also led the team in assists with five. All told, 11 different Colfax players put points up as Sikora picked up 12, Goodell 11, Jordyn Bowe and McKenna Shipman eight each, Keltner five, Jeanette Hydukovich four and Jaycey Bowe, Niggemann, Jada Anderson and Clara Hydukovich all had two. Goodell and Niggeman both snared five rebounds, Jeanette Hydukovich finished with four assists and a trio of steals, Jordyn Bowe added four assists and McKenna Shipman had three blocked shots. Colfax made just 3-of-9 free throws with four triples.

The Hilltoppers were led by Davis with nine points and her team was 3-for-4 from the charity stripe and did not connect from long range.