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Blue Jays Roundup: Girls basketball gets third-straight win

katie ringer, the jamestown sun, n.d.
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Jan. 10—MANDAN — Of the three Blue Jay teams who traveled to Mandan, the Blue Jay girls basketball team was the only one who came back with a win.

The Jays' won its third-straight game Tuesday topping the Braves 72-59. The win moves the Jays' to 4-3 in the conference standings while overall, the Blue Jays have a record of 5-3.

Jamestown will end the week with a home tilt against Watford City on Saturday. First tip is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Jada Walter had her best game of the season on Tuesday. The senior was a perfect 2-for-2 at the line and notched one of the team's 11 3-point shots. Combined with her pair of two-point buckets, Walter's total came to nine points.

Teagan Bosche cracked into double-digits, draining five free throws, a 3-pointer and a basket from the field en route to her 10 total points. Breanna Oettle tacked on another 14 while Ella Falk was the team's leading scorer with 19 points.

"I am happy with the team effort the girls gave in tonight's game," JHS head coach Andy Skunberg said. "We have been working on several things in practice over the last week and things really seemed to come together for us tonight."

Katie Falk was the team's leading rebounder with four offensive and nine defensive boards. Rylee Joseph, a 5-foot-2 shooter for the Jays nabbed another six rebounds. As a team, the Jays tabulated 18 fouls. Joseph fouled out.

"There are always things we wish we could do differently or go back and improve, but that's a goal we strive for every day in practice and our games," Skunberg said. "We also have amazing families and fans that have a lot of enthusiasm which helps the energy of this team."

Jamestown 72, Mandan 55

JHS — Ella Falk 19, Breanna Oettle 14, Teagan Bosche 10, Katie Falk 10, Jada Walter 9, Peyton Waliser 5, Rylee Joseph 3, Haylie Hakanson 2. Totals: 24-50, 13-20 FT, 18 fouls. 3-pointers: E. Falk 5, Oettle 2, Bosche 1, Walter 1, Waliser 1, Joseph 1.

MAN — Stats not provided.

Things were looking pretty good for the Blue Jay boys hockey team headed into the third period.

But when it rains it pours.

Mandan's flurry of goals in the third period snapped the Jays' two-game win streak Tuesday evening. Mandan topped the Blue Jays 4-1 to move to 7-2-0 and 8-3-0 overall. Jamestown is sitting at 5-4 in the West Region and 5-5 overall.

Jamestown's next order of business is scheduled for Friday against Minot. The Jays and Magicians are slated to face off at 7:30 p.m. at Wilson Arena.

After a scoreless first period, Jamestown broke the ice with a score from Jordan Johnson. Jamestown maintained the lead until the 4:36 mark of the third period when Carson Joersz knocked one in to tie the affair at one.

Three more goals from Carter Kilen, Tate Olson and Brady Helbling followed. Jamestown's goalie, Andrew Walz was credited with 34 saves while Bennett Leingang was responsible for keeping 32 of the Blue Jays' shots out of the net.

Mandan 4, Jamestown 1

JHS 0 1 0 — 1

MAN 0 0 4 — 4

Scoring

First period

No scoring.

Second period

1. JHS, Jordan Johnson (Adam Sortland), 6:49.

Third period

2. MAN, Carson Joersz (Brady Helbling), 4:36; 3. MAN, Carter Kilen (Tukker Horner, Tate Olson), 9:42; 4. MAN, Olson (unassisted), 12:31; 5. MAN, Helbling (Bennett Liengang), 15:25.

Goalie saves: Jamestown, Andrew Walz 13-10-11—34; Mandan, Bennett Leingang 13-11-8—32.

Penalties: Jamestown 4 for 8 minutes; Mandan 3 for 6 minutes.

After a tough 75-72 loss against Dickinson on Jan. 7, JHS head boys basketball coach Jacoby Lloyd said he wanted to see his squad start playing as a team.

Lloyd got what he asked for Tuesday in Mandan.

The Blue Jays battled for the entire 36 minutes against the No. 2 ranked Braves but came up just shy in a 64-59 loss. The loss puts the Jays at 3-4 in the WDA. Jamestown is scheduled to end the week with a home tilt against Watford City on Saturday. Play is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.

"We played against a top team in the WDA and went toe-to-toe with them in their own gym," Lloyd said.

During the first half of play, Jamestown jumped out to an early lead before Karsyn Jablonski took over, scoring 17 points for the Braves. Down by 13 with about five minutes left in the opening half, the Jays worked their way to a 35-31 advantage heading into the break.

Both teams came out hungry in the second half but it proved tough for Jamestown to keep the lead when shots wouldn't fall.

Jablonski was the game's leading scorer with 19 points. Ryan Larson led Jamestown with 16, 11 of which came in the second half. Caydann Cox found his rhythm Tuesday night, finishing the night with 10 points.

"I'm really proud of the way we bounced back from Saturday's game.but we still need to get better defensively and have better decision-making at crucial time periods and stop having self-inflicted turnovers."

Mandan 64, Jamestown 59

JHS — Ryan Larson 16, Caydann Cox 10, Payton Hochhalter 9, Thomas Newman 7, Dalton Lamp 6, Noah Meissner 6, Mason Lunzman 3. Totals: 22 FG, 5-7 FT, 17 fouls. 3-pointers: Larson 4, Hochhalter 2, Lunzman 1, Newman 1.

MAN — Karsyn Jablonski 21, Rustin Medenwald 14, Hudson Sheldon 13, Tahrye Frank 13, Terry Brownotter 3, Brylee Bearstail 3, Gage Miller 2. Totals: 45 FG, 9-14 FT, 9 fouls. 3-pointers: Bearstail 1, Brownotter 1, Frank 1.