Blue Jay Girls Drop Three Games
Stanley’s varsity girls’ basketball team had three games on their schedule last week, all at home. On Tuesday, Feb. 10, they hosted the DLB Lakers, dropping the game with a score of 49 to 63. On Thursday, Feb. 12, they hosted Dunseith, losing by a score of 54 to 75. On Friday, Feb. 13, the South Prairie Royals came to town, claiming the 86 to 49 win.
Stanley vs. DLB
At home on Tuesday, Feb. 10, the Blue Jays hosted the DLB Lakers. The Blue Jays held a four point lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Lakers came back in the second quarter to take a three point lead into the half. DLB continued to outscore Stanley in the second half on their way to the 63 to 49 victory.
As a team, Stanley made 9 of their 24 two point and 8 of their 21 three point attempts. They converted 7 of their 17 free throws. The Lakers made 11 of their 36 two point, 6 of their 25 three point, and 23 of their 34 free throw attempts.
The Blue Jays had 5 offensive and 21 defensive rebounds. They had 12 assists, 10 steals and 3 blocks. They committed 20 turnovers. DLB had 22 offensive and 27 defensive rebounds, 13 assist, 17 steals, 5 blocks, and committed 14 turnovers.
Taya Niemitalo led the team with 15 points, followed by CeeJay Bohmbach with 10, Kiplee Nordloef with 9, Annie Roise with 5, Payton Lystad with 4, and Evy Davis and Jacee Johnson with 3 each.
Annie Roise had 5 rebounds, followed by Taya Niemitalo with 4, Payton Lystad with 3, Evy Davis and CeeJay Bohmbach with 2 each, and Jacee Johnson, Maycee Copeland, Kiplee Nordloef and Kennedi Murphy with 1 each.
Annie Roise had 4 assists, followed by Taya Niemitalo and Kiplee Nordloef with 2 each, and Evy Davis, Jacee Johnson, Payton Lystad and CeeJay Bohmbach with 1 each.
Taya Niemitalo had 6 steals, followed by Evy Davis, Jacee Johnson, Payton Lystad and Kiplee Nordloef with 1 each.
Annie Roise had 2 blocks, followed by Payton Lystad with 1.
Stanley 20 10 8 11 - 49
DLB 16 17 12 18 - 63
Stanley vs. Dunseith
Stanley hosted Dunseith on Thursday, Feb. 12 in a game that had been rescheduled from earlier in the season due to weather. The Dragons got out to a 42 to 20 lead at the half. Although the Blue Jays cut that lead by thirteen at the end of the third quarter, it was not enough as Dunseith went on to win by a score of 75 to 54.
As a team, Stanley made 12 of their 42 two point and 4 of their 27 three point attempts. They made 18 of their 27 free throw attempts. Dunseith made 21 of their 41 two point, 7 of their 26 three point, and 12 of their 21 free throw attempts.
The Blue Jays had 12 offensive and 25 defensive rebounds. They had 8 assists and 13 steals. They committed 13 turnovers. Dunseith had 18 offensive and 39 defensive rebounds, 16 assists, 10 steals, 3 blocks, and committed 24 turnovers.
Taya Niemitalo led the team with 13 points, followed by Annie Roise with 12, Kennedi Murphy with 9, Kiplee Nordloef with 7, Jacee Johnson with 6, Evy Davis with 4 and CeeJay Bohmbach with 3.
Payton Lystad and Annie Roise each had 7 rebounds, followed by Taya Niemitalo with 6, Jacee Johnson and Carly Rismon with 4 each, Kiplee Nordloef with 3, CeeJay Bohmbach with 2, and Maycee Copeland and Kennedi Murphy with 1 each.
Evy Davis had 3 assists, followed by Taya Niemitalo with 2, and CeeJay Bohmbach, Carly Rismon and Annie Roise with 1 each.
Taya Niemitalo had 4 steals, followed by Evy Davis, Jacee Johnson and Payton Lystad with 2 each, and CeeJay Bohmbach, Kiplee Nordloef and Kennedi Murphy with 1 each.
Stanley 11 9 20 14 - 54
Dunseith 20 22 7 26 - 75
Stanley vs. South Prairie
The Blue Jays had their last home game of the season on Friday, Feb. 13 when they hosted number one ranked South Prairie. This was a game that belonged to the Royals as they held a 53 to 20 lead at the half on their way to the 86 to 49 victory.
Stanley made 9 of their 33 two point, 9 of their 27 three point, and 4 of their 6 free throw attempts. South Prairie made 26 of their 56 two point, 6 of their 15 three point, and 16 of their 20 free throw attempts.
The Blue Jays had 14 offensive and 19 defensive rebounds. They had 7 assists, 7 steals and 1 block. They committed 23 turnovers. The Royals had 21 offensive and 27 defensive rebounds, 18 assists, 18 steals, 9 blocks, and committed 13 turnovers.
Annie Roise led the team with 18 points, followed by CeeJay Bohmbach with 9, Jacee Johnson with 7, Kiplee Nordloef with 5, Evy Davis and Kennedi Murphy with 3 each, and Taya Niemitalo and Tylie Johnson with 2 each.
Payton Lystad had 6 rebounds, followed by Annie Roise with 5, Taya Niemitalo and Jacee Johnson with 4 each, Kiplee Nordloef with 3, Maycee Copeland with 2, and Teigan Moe, CeeJay Bohmbach, Carly Rismon, Kennedi Murphy and Tylie Johnson with 1 each.
Taya Niemitalo, Jacee Johnson, Teigan Moe, Payton Lystad, Annie Roise, Kiplee Nordloef and Tylie Johnson each had 1 assist.
Jacee Johnson, CeeJay Bohmbach and Kiplee Nordloef each had 2 steals, followed by Evy Davis with 1.
Stanley 10 10 16 13 - 49
South Prairie 29 24 22 11 - 86
Up Next: After traveling to New Town on Monday, Feb. 16, the Blue Jays’ next action will be in the Region 3 Tournament. Action is set to tip off on Monday, Feb. 23 at the Minot State University Dome. Stanley will play South Prairie in the first game of the day at 3:00 p.m., followed by Bottineau vs. Dunseith, Turtle Mountain vs. Nedrose, and ending with Rugby vs. DLB. Winners advance to semifinal action on Tuesday, Feb. 24 starting at 5:30 p.m. The third place game starts at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, followed by the championship game.