No. 5 Cadets defeat JCHS

A run to close the third quarter got the Patriots back in the game. But they couldn’t sustain the momentum.
The visiting Class 3A No. 5 Concordia Cadets scored the first five points of the final period and held strong the rest of the way for a 42-30 victory over the Jay County High School girls basketball team.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Alex Loy and Kassi Hemmelgarn followed by a steal and basket from Catherine Dunn pulled the Patriots (5-2) to within 28-23 at the end of the third quarter. But Concordia scored on a put-back bucket on its first possession of the final period, and then got a 3-pointer from Lauren Marinko to push its advantage back to double digits.
‘They took the shot we wanted, and we didn’t block out,” said JCHS coach Chris Krieg. “We can’t out-rebound anybody without blocking out.”
The Cadets (4-1) led by at least nine points the rest of the way, with Marinko scoring a game-high 14.  Breanne Smith joined her in double figures with 10 points, and Courtney Smith scored six.
“We weren’t as sharp as I hoped we would be,” said Concorida coach Dave Miller. “But at the same time, you’ve got to credit Jay County for a lot of that. I thought that they took a lot of things away from us ...”
Jay County, which had won five in a row, trailed just 10-7 despite seven first-quarter turnovers. But it scored just two second-quarter points and struggled to find consistent offense most of the night.
Maria Murphy paced the Patriots with 10 points and four rebounds. Hemmelgarn, Aker and Dunn each added five points, and Mariah Hornaday grabbed nine rebounds.

Junior varsity
The Patriots stayed perfect thanks to a dominant fourth quarter, defeating Concordia 22-19.
Katlin Petro scored seven points to lead Jay County, which outscored the Cadets 10-2 in the final period after tallying just one point in the third quarter. Bre McIntire had six points for the Patriots.
DeJour Young scored nine points to pace Concordia.

Freshman
Jay County struggled to score in the second and third quarters, falling 25-18 to the Cadets.
Kay Morgan scored seven points to lead the Patriots, who managed just two points in the second quarter and three in the third. Chloe Steigerwalt added six points.
Kayla Stellwagen had eight points for Concordia.[[In-content Ad]]