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St. Peter girls basketball
Lilly Ruffin, SO, forward Katie Peterson, JR, forward Abby Haggenmiller, JR, guard
By PAT BECK pbeck@stpeterherald.com St. Peter Girls Basketball
COACHES
MOVED ON
Head coach: Bob Southworth, 10th year Assistant coaches: Bill Stuewe, 10th year, plus 9 seasons as the head coach Corey Wiebusch, 2nd year Dave Nixon, 7th year
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2019-20 SEASON OUTLOOK
KEY PLAYERS
Sarah Conlon, SR, G/F, 3 year lettler winner, captain 823 career points, 390 career rebounds. Last year averaged 15 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2 assists. Shot 41% from 3 last year Morgan, JR, F, 2 year letter winner, captain 493 career points, 297 career rebounds, 100 career blocks. Last year averaged 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2.5 blocks. Shot 46% from 3 last year “We will rely on Sarah and Morgan pretty heavily this year,” Southworth said. “They are very similar players and are both very competitive. Last year after practice, they would play 1-on1 against each other and those games would get competitive in a good way. They make each other better by practicing against each other. They are both able to score inside, from the perimeter, and also taking it to the basket. They both have long arms which really
St. Peter forward Sarah Conlon drives for two of her game-high 20 points against WEM last season. (Pat Beck/St. Peter Herald) gives them an advantage on the able minutes off the bench,” defensive end of the floor.” Southworth said. “Maddie is a good defender and rebounder. We will rely on her for a little Madison More, JR, guard. more offense this season.” 2 year letter winner. “Maddie reEmma Jones, JR, guard. 1 ally came on towards the end of year letter winner. “Emma was a last year and provided us valu- starter for us last year and played
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really good defense for us,” Southworth said. “She has the ability to hit the open 3 and will need to hit that consistently this season for us to be successful.” Josie Wiebusch, SO, guard/ forward. “Josie also gained valuable experience as a freshman
2018-2019 record 16-12, 1st Place in section and state participant. “Moving to Class AAA will be a new adventure for our basketball team,” Southworth said. “I am excited for the challenge and feel we will be able to be competitive. The competition will be more challenging, but I think our girls are up for the challenge. One of the challenges this year will also be learning about our section opponents. As a coaching staff, we really understood our section opponents since we have been in the same section for the prior 10 years. Not knowing our section opponents a lot yet, it is really hard to pick a favorite. One thing I do know is that the section will be very challenging and from talking with other coaches is every game within the section will be a challenge.
last year,” Southworth said. “She is a good defender and rebounder and has the ability to get to the basket. We will need Josie to become a more consistent scorer for us this year.” Grace Remmert, SO, forward continued on page 4
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