Hawkettes End Season in Regional Loss

SWG ROLLS TO 69-25 WIN; EG FINISHES 2-20

Southeast Webster-Grand rolled over East Greene 69-25 on Thursday, Feb. 9 in Burnside in opening regional action for both teams. SWG moved on to the quarterfinal round and beat Northeast Hamilton (Blairsburg) in overtime, 51-46, on Tuesday, Feb. 14. SWG meets seventh-ranked Newell-Fonda tonight in a regional semifinal game in Manson.

SWG took it to the Hawkettes early, jumping out to a 15-8 first quarter led and extending that to 36-15 at the half. The Hawkettes continued to struggle in the second half, as the Eagles outscored them 33-10. EG was held to just 2 points in the final quarter.

Only four Hawkettes registered on the score sheet. Chelsi Wilkens had 14 points and Hannah Onken tallied 7. Brittany Gunn added 3 points and Shelby Cooklin 1. Wilkens lead the rebounding effort with 9 with Onken pulling down 6 and Jolee Wessling 3. Wilkens also had 3 blocked shots.

The Hawkettes ended the season 2-20, but the entire squad returns next year as the team is comprised of two juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen. The Hawkette junior high team this year had eight eighth graders, so the numbers for next season’s final year of EG Hawkette basketball are expected to be higher—both in participants and victories.

Rolling Hills Conference Girls Basketball 2011-12

Final Conference and Overall Season Records
Elk Horn-Kimballton/Exira               17-1                 18-4
Adair-Casey                                      16-2                 19-3
Iowa Christian                                  14-4                 17-5
Orient-Macksburg                             11-7                 13-9
CAM (Anita)                                      9-9                   9-13
Walnut                                                7-11               10-13
Ankeny Christian                                6-12                 6-16
Glidden-Ralston                                 5-13                 6-16
Paton-Churdan                                    3-15                 3-18
East Greene                                         2-16                 2-20

Seven of the 10 Rolling Hills Conference teams were beaten in the first round. The three survivors fell by the wayside in the quarterfinal round. Glidden-Ralston was drubbed by Newell-Fonda 88-24, Woodward-Granger beat Iowa Christian Academy 40-32, and No. 15 Coon Rapids-Bayard edged league champion Exira/Elk Horn Kimballton, 36-35.

The big surprise in last Thursday’s opening round was Earlham’s 56-42 win over No. 12 Adair-Casey, which came into the game with a 19-2 record and runner-up spot in the Rolling Hills. That and other losses left the RH with a 1-5 record against teams from other leagues. The only other wins were those of conference teams beating other conference teams.

Class 2A teams Jefferson-Scranton and Ogden were both sidelined in their regional opening games. Ogden was drubbed by 89-16 by IKM-Manning. Jefferson-Scranton fell to Audubon, 49-42. The Rams ended the season 5-19 and 4-14 in the Rolling Hills Conference. Ogden ended its season 4-18 and 2-16 in the West Central Conference. Ogden’s only wins were over Class 1A teams—Madrid (twice), East Greene and Southeast Webster-Grand. Like East Greene, both teams were very young this season, with only one senior and quite a few freshmen on each squad’s varsity roster.