South Winn senior Liz Tieskoetter attacks the rim during the Warriors’ tight loss Friday night at Postville. Tieskoetter had a team-high 12 points in the loss. (Zakary Kriener photo)

Warrior girls struggle in early season battles

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

The South Winneshiek girls’ basketball team began its 2019-2020 campaign with three straight road matchups against Central, MFL/MarMac, and Postville. The young Warrior team struggled to find consistency in the three Upper Iowa Conference matchups as it fell to 0-3.

Central

The Warriors opened the season Tuesday, Nov. 26, in Elkader as South Winn fell by a score of 59-22.

Central jumped out to a 19-2 lead in the first quarter before extending the lead to 39-9 at the half. South Winn kept it close in the second half, but was still outscored 20-13.

Senior Liz Tieskoetter led the team with 16 points and five rebounds. She also knocked in three treys.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

1 2 3 4 Final

SW 2 7 7 6 22

C 19 20 10 10 59

SW (22) – Tieskoetter, 16; J. Zweibahmer, 3; Kleve, 2; Courtney, 1. 

3-pointers – Tieskoetter, 3.

Rebounds – Tieskoetter, 5; Hemesath, 2; Heying, 1; Courtney, 1; Kleve, 1; Zweibahmer, 1.

Assists – Courtney, 1; Tieskoetter, 1.

Steals – Heying, 2; Kleve, 2; Courtnet, 1; Willey, 1; Biraschi, 1.

Blocks – N/A.

MFL/MarMac

South Winn took to the road Tuesday, Dec. 3, for game No. 2 of the season as the Warriors took on the No. 7-ranked MFL/MarMac Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs got out to a hot start and did not look back as they led 24-5 after the first quarter. In the second quarter, M/MM extended its lead to 47-9 before adding 14 in the third and three in the fourth to close out the 64-22 win over the Warriors.

Individual statistics and coach’s comments were not available at press time.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

1 2 3 4 Final

SW 5 4 5 8 22

M/MM 24 23 14 3 64

Individual statistics not available at press time.

Postville

South Winn came within seconds of pulling off its first win of the season, but a late Postville surge that ended with a buzzer-beater dashed the Warrior hopes.

“The girls got to know what it’s like to play a close game tonight. It came down to execution and we didn’t follow through,” said coach Kayla Ross after the loss. “The girls did a lot of good things tonight, despite the loss. This was a learning experience and I know we will continue to have our heads held high and keep fighting.”

The Warriors were led by senior Liz Tieskoetter’s 12 points. She, along with Mary Frana, each tallied five rebounds as well.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

1 2 3 4 Final

SW 8 6 6 5 25

P 7 2 9 9 27

SW (25) – Tieskoetter, 12; Frana, 5; Zweibohmer, 3; Kleve, 2; Zweibahmer, 2; Biraschi, 1.

Rebounds – Frana, 5; Tieskoetter, 5; Heying, 3; Zweibahmer, 3; Biraschi, 3; Kleve, 2; Willey, 1; Zweibohmer, 1; Dietzenbach, 1.

Assists – Tieskoetter, 1; Zweibohmer, 1.

Steals – Tieskoetter, 2; Frana, 1.

Blocks – N/A.

The Warriors hosted North Fayette Valley on Tuesday evening; however, results and statistics were unavailable at press time.

Next up, South Winn heads to Clayton Ridge on Friday and then will take on Denver on the road Saturday.