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Stockton tops Lady Cats in conference battle By Trent Scheiddeger REPORTER
The River Ridge/Scales Mound girls basketball hosted the Stockton Blackhawks last Thursday for a battle in the Northwest Upstate Illini - West Conference. The game was set to be a heated matchup as the Wildcats and Blackhawks were tied for the second place spot amongst the top of the conference. Whoever would pull out the victory would not only get the win, but would take full ownership of the second place position. Eastland currently holds the top spot in the conference. Stockton got on the board first with a three-pointer but the Wildcats quickly responded with a two of their own as the offense swung Claire Wienen open for a midrange jumper. The Blackhawks then went on a 6-0 run, capped off by a set of free throws from Tiana Timpe, giving Stockton an early 9-2 lead in the contest. The Wildcats would end the run with a free throw from Tabria Thomas, followed up by a threepointer from Maddi Frey as they made the score 9-6. Stockton would quickly answer with a three of their own from Timpe, pushing their lead back up to six.
Stockton would go on a nine point run to end the first quarter. Timpe grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the put back layup just before the buzzer, giving the Blackhawks an 18-6 lead heading into the second quarter. Kara Conklin would get the first Wildcats basket of the second quarter, ending the Stockton run, by hitting a three-pointer to make the score 20-9 Stockton. Stockton opened things up midway through the second quarter as Timpe hit another three-pointer to put the Blackhawks up 27-11. The lead would remain at 16 until just before the half when Frey hit her second three-pointer right before the buzzer. The teams would go into the break with Stockton leading 33-20. Reese Miller would hit the first Wildcats basket of the second half with a layup underneath the basket. Just when RRSM found themselves down 17, Miller scored once again, hitting a pair of free throws to make the score 39-24. The Wildcats would cut the Stockton lead to 11 when Thomas fought her way to the hoop for a short range jumper, bringing the score to 39-28. Conklin would follow up with another three of her
own, cutting the Blackhawks lead to 10, down 41-31. It was a game of runs for Stockton as the Blackhawks went on another 8-0 run near the end of the third. Miller would end the run with a basket underneath as the Wildcats went into the fourth trailing 49-33. Things were a bit back and forth to start the final quarter, but Miller scored from underneath once again to cut the Blackhawks lead to 52-41. Thomas would then cut the lead to just 10 with a free throw, as the Wildcats looked to make their move on a comeback. The Lady Cats were strong from the free throw line as Morgan Shetler hit both of her shots late in the fourth to bring the Blackhawks lead to just eight. Stockton would hold off the Wildcats comeback efforts, however, as they took home a 59-48 victory over River Ridge Scales Mound. The loss put the Wildcats record at 16-7 (6-3) while the Blackhawks moved up to 20-3 (6-1). Miller led the way with 13 points, while Frey finished with 11, and Conklin had eight for the Wildcats. Timpe led the way for the Blackhawks with yet another impressive offensive game, scoring 25.
River Ridge boys dominant over West Carroll REPORTER
Last Wednesday the Wildcats hosted West Carroll for an inner conference matchup. The Wildcats, who sit near the top of the Northwest Upstate Illini - West conference, looked to make a statement as The West Carroll Thunder held the last place spot with a 0-3 conference record. The River Ridge boys came in hot as they were riding a fivegame win streak into Wednesday’s game. The first quarter featured a tight matchup as the Wildcats spread the ball around on offense to start. Every River Ridge starter scored in the first as they worked out to a 16-13 lead heading into the second quar-
ter. It was in the second quarter that the Wildcats really started clicking on offense. Jacob Speer and Ben Crist found their rhythm as Speer dropped 12 while Crist totaled 8 points in the quarter alone. The duo helped lead the way to a 26 point second quarter as the Wildcats went into halftime with a 15 point lead up 42-27. Speer and Crist continued to have the hot hand in the third quarter as the Wildcats exploded once again offensively. Crist led the way with nine third quarter points while Speer went three of four from the free throw line. Andrew Merkle provided four third quarter points of his own as the team combined for 23.
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The Wildcat defense was equally impressive, holding the Thunder to just 13 points, which led to a 65-40 lead for River Ridge heading into the fourth. Bennett Reese, who went scoreless throughout the game, led the way for the Wildcats in the fourth. Reese scored half of the teams fourth quarter points with eight, as COURTESY PHOTO The Scoop Today
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