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Oberlin Teams Defeat St. Francis

On Valentine's Day, Thursday, February 14, the Oberlin junior high girls basketball teams came to St. Francis to compete with the young Lady Indians.  Oberlin won both games.  The score of 7th grade game was St. Francis 13, Oberlin 28.  The eighth grade game was very close with Oberlin escaping with a narrow 26-24 victory.  The junior high teams will next compete in the first round of the NWKL Tournament on Monday, February 18th (see related article).  Comments from Coach David Morrow follow.

B Team: Junior High Girls Basketball
Loss to Oberlin
2/14/08
13-28

"We played much better in the second half of this game. Oberlin was able to build a considerable lead by halftime, but we played much “looser” in the second half and started scoring some points. Once we started having some fun out there, we played better.  The junior high league tournament begins next week, and by the time the paper comes out on Wednesday, we will have played our first-round game with the Quinter Bulldogs. We are the 7th seed in the tournament this year."

Scoring: Laura Brunk, 7; Clarice Neitzel, 6.

A Team: Junior High Girls Basketball
Loss to Oberlin
2/14/08
24-26

"This was another winnable game, but our slow start and the 5-point cushion we gave Oberlin in the first half were too much for us to overcome. This game was similar to almost all the others we've lost. We started the first half slowly, clawed back to within a couple of points by the 4th quarter, tied the game with a couple minutes left, and had to fight to give ourselves a chance to win.
We had every chance we needed to win, but in the last minute of the game we made some mistakes that allowed the Red Devils to overtake us with a few seconds left. We will be playing Colby in the first round of the tournament."

Scoring: Kaitlyn Figgins, 14; Jenna Hill, 8; Trista Orth, 2.