The Mountain Lake Area (MLA) Wolverine girls basketball team was edged out by the visiting Cedar Mountain/Comfrey (CM/C) Cougars by seven in last night’s (Friday, December 29) 2017 MLA Holiday Basketball Tournament contest, the Maroon-and-Silver stopped 41 to 48.
The Wolverines were down by one – 19 to 20 – at the game’s halftime break.
Margo Stoesz hit for 10 points for MLA, with Taylor Naas netting nine, and Jenneel Rodney tallying eight – along with grabbing down 16 boards.
For CM/C, Abby Jemmings scored 22 points and Erica Bock had 11.
The girls are at home their next two games, facing Fulda on Thursday, January 4 and Madelia on Friday, January 5.
Named to the Girls All-Tournament Team were:
From MLA – Margo Stoesz (5’9″ sophomore guard).
From CM/C – Taylor Rose (5’8″ senior forward) and Abby Jemmings (5’2″ senior guard).
From Westbrook-Walnut Grove – Grace Woelber (5’4″ junior guard).
From Legacy Christian Academy – Lindsey Smitsdorff (6’1″ junior forward).
MLA’S TAYLOR NAAS, a 5’5″ junior guard, left, locks arms with CM/C’s 5’8″ junior guard, Kirsten Myers, right, in a scramble for control of the loose ball.
5’6″ WOLVERINE SENIOR forward Jewel Soutthivong, center, drives to the hoop around the Cougars’ Erica Bock, a 5’7″ senior forward, right. At back left is MLA’s Jenneel Rodney, a 5’7″ senior center.
JENNEEL RODNEY GOES up for two despite being double-teamed.
THE WOLVERINE DEFENSE sets their places, led by, at front, 5’9″ sophomore Margo Stoesz, right, guarding CM/C’s Taylor Rose, a 5’8″ senior forward, left. At back, Jenneel Rodney, right, takes on 5’10” junior forward #20, Lexi Toll, left. At back left, MLA”s Jewel Soutthivong keeps an eye trained on the ball handler.
WOLVERINE SENIOR MARTA STOESZ, center, a 5’9″ guard, muscles her way between a pair of Cougar defenders, Erica Bock, left and 5’2″ senior guard Abby Jemmings, right.
SOPHIE CARRISON, #21, left, a 5’5″ sophomore guard for the Wolverines, along with her sophomore teammate, 5’1″ guard Destiny Sybounheuan, right, work to stave off the drive of Taylor Rose, center, to the basket.
