CAMBRIDGE — The Glarner Knights picked up a pair of wins last week against Cambridge and Fall River. On Jan. 21, New Glarus beat Cambridge 60-46, and two days later ousted Fall River 61-28.
“Playing on the road and being our second round of conference games is something we haven’t done much this year,” girls coach Kevin Parman said. “It was nice for this team to come out and control the game with tough ‘D’ and run the floor together.”
The Knights led Cambridge 31-22 at halftime, then outscored the home team by five in the second half to seal the Capitol South win. In the nonconference affair against Fall River, New Glarus jumped out to a 30-10 halftime lead and cruised after the break.
“Saturday afternoon games look a lot different than they used to,” Parman said. “I was happy our focus wasn’t effected. We came out applying pressure and looking for each other in transition early, opening up a big lead and never looking back.”
Leading the way on the court for the Knights was senior guard Jaylynn Benson, who had 24 points against Cambridge and 21 at Fall River. She is a semifinalist for the Wisconsin Sports Network’s Senior Point Guard Award.
“Jaylynn Benson reached another great milestone in her career and in the history books, becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer,” Parman said. “What an amazing accomplishment for Jaylynn and all of her past and present teammates and coaches. I’m very proud of the player and the leader she is.”
Lindsey Schadewalt had 13 points against Cambridge and 17 in the win over Fall River. Alex Atwell had 9 against Cambridge, and Emma Marty finished with 11 at Fall River.
Albany 48, Belleville 46
ALBANY — The Comets sneaked past the Wildcats in a nonconference game Jan. 23. The home team held a 25-20 advantage at halftime, but the game came down to the final minute.
Brianna Dahl led Albany with 17 points, and Payton Wachholz added 11. Ava Foley led Belleville with 15 points, while Kenna Edge finished with 10.
Albany 69, Pecatonica 33
ALBANY — The Comets jumped out to a 40-19 lead at halftime, then outscored the Vikings 29-14 in the second half of their game Jan. 21.
Albany’s Lily Brewer finished with a career-high 15 points to lead all scorers. Dahl had 14, Alana Durtschi 11 and Avary Briggs 9.
Anna Tisch led Pecatonica with 13 points.
Jefferson 49, Brodhead 33
JEFFERSON — The Cardinals trailed by eight points at the intermission but couldn’t get the offense jumpstarted in the second half of their game Jan. 21.
Madisyn Kail led Brodhead with 15 points, while sophomore Abbie Dix, who went into the week in the top-20 in the state averaging, finished with just four points. Dix, who is receiving interest from in-state college like Marquette, Wisconsin and UW-Milwaukee, is averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds per game this season.
Darlington 55, Iowa-Grant 27
DARLINGTON — Laura Sturtz had a career-high 20 points thanks to six 3-pointers, helping lead the Redbirds to victory Jan. 21.
Taylor Wedig added 12 points for Darlington, which collectively hit nine 3-pointers in the game.
Two days later, the Redbirds lost to Division 4 No. 3 Mineral Point 56-39.
In other area girls basketball action, Barneveld defeated Juda 60-21 on Jan. 23, while Monticello edged Belmont 49-48 the same day.
