Edgewood handles Cheesemakers with ease
By Natalie Dillon
ndillon@themonroetimes.com
MONTICELLO — The Ponies snuck away with a 50-46 conference win over Argyle on Thursday, Jan. 5.
Argyle trailed by four at half and kept pace with Monticello in the second, but the effort wasn’t quite enough.
Dalana Trumpy and Jaden Zuber led the Ponies with 18 and 11 points, respectively. Trumpy drained a pair of threes, while Zuber sank three 3-pointers. Karlee Wilkins chipped in eight points, while Ellie Gustafson tallied seven. The remaining six points came from Molly Olson (five points) and Sadie Wilkins (one point).
Conversely, Argyle had three players in double figures: Jaylin Hartwig (16 points), Sadie Steiner (11 points) and Hannah Gierhart (10 points). Steiner and Hartwig accounted for all four of the Orioles’ threes.
On Saturday, Jan. 7, the Ponies picked up another win 64-31 over Williams Bay.
Trumpy scored in double figures again, this time with 16 points. Gustafson led the team with 22 points, while Olson was just one point shy of double figures with nine points.
EDGEWOOD 75, MONROE 29
MADISON — Taylor Jacobson scored over one-third of Monroe’s points, as the Cheesemakers dropped a road conference game on Friday, Jan. 6.
Jacobson was the only player in double figures with 11 points. She converted one three-point play at the free-throw line, her only point from the charity stripe. Sophia Douglas and Sydnee Conway chipped in six points each. Conway accounted for both of Monroe’s 3-pointers.
BRODHEAD 44, JEFFERSON 31
JEFFERSON — With a road conference win on Thursday, Jan. 5, the Cardinals are tied in the Rock Valley Conference with McFarland (7-1). The two teams are half a game behind Edgerton (8-1).
Brodhead had a slim 21-20 lead at half but limited Jefferson to just 11 points in the second for the win.
The trio of Abbie Dix (11 points), Addie Yates (10 points) and Taetum Hoesly (10 points) led the Cardinals by scoring in double figures. Alecia Dahl trailed close behind with nine points, while Alexis Kammerer and Makenna Schooff each had two.
NEW GLARUS 65, WATERLOO 36
WATERLOO — Lindsay Schadewalt scored 27 points — the same number of points as the Pirate’s top four scorers combined — in the Knight’s win over Waterloo on Thursday, Jan. 5.
After scoring just 23 points in the first half, New Glarus kicked into gear in the second, scoring 42 points.
Grace Nommensen joined Schadewalt as the second Knight scoring in double figures with 12 points and seven rebounds. Alex Atwell led New Glarus on the boards with nine rebounds, though. At the line, the Knights went 6-for-8.
BARNEVELD 66, ARGYLE 33
BARNEVELD — The Orioles couldn’t shake their loss from Monticello the previous day, as they dropped another conference game on Friday, Jan. 6.
Mya McNett was the only player to score in double figures with 10 points, going 5-for-6 from the free-throw line. Hartwig trailed with eight points, while Gierhart tallied seven. The Orioles shot 70% from the charity stripe, going 7-for-10.
In other local basketball games, Juda fell to Barneveld 58-23.
