Girls pick up early season wins

After a few JV games last week, Bulldog basketball teams officially kicked off their 2021-22 seasons over the weekend. The girls varsity team went 2-0 in Broadview, defeating two non-conference opponents, Bridger and Broadview-Lavina.

On Friday against Broadview, the girls got off to a slow start offensively, but held the Bridger Lady Scouts to only two points. CCHS was only up by five at halftime, but widened the gap to 14 in the third quarter before going on to win by 12.

Heidi LaBree led all scorers with 23 points in the contest, followed by Bridger's Dylann Pospisil who had 18. Five Lady Bulldogs scored in the game.

CCHS 11 20 38 50

Bridger 2 15 24 38

CCHS: Heidi LaBree 23, Tyra O'Connor 8, Kenzie Tooke 7, Nasya O'Connor 6, Codi Melton 6.

Bridger: Dylann Pospisil 18, Mya Goltz 11, Cassidy Schwend 5, Kassie Sweit 4.

Against Broadview on Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs had an impressive twenty-five point first quarter but were only up by 10 points at the end of the third. In the final frame, they outscored Broadview, 22-10, to come away with a 22 point victory.

Two Lady Bulldog players finished the game with over twenty points. The team was at the free throw line often, where they shot nearly 64 percent (14-22). Broadview, meanwhile, shot 50 percent from the charity stripe (5-10).

CCHS 25 39 49 71

Broadview 15 28 39 49

CCHS: Heidi LaBree 31, Codi Melton 22, Tyra O'Connor 8, Kenzie Tooke 6, Kendall Kittelmann 2, Nasya O'Connor 2.

Broadview: Haily Fiske 18, Katlyn Egge 12, Callie Beckett 8, Liella Morsen 4, K. Egge 3, Adi Tuszynski 2, Lauren Karpstein 2.

The CCHS Lady Bulldogs are again coached by Kayla Olsen and assistant Michelle Tooke this year. The girls will be playing Friday in Baker and will begin conference play in Melstone on Saturday. They will also play in Wibaux next Tuesday and at home versus Jordan next Thursday before breaking for the holidays. Hopefully, the Eagle will be able to obtain full statistics for future games this season.

On December 3rd and 4th, the Junior Varsity Lady Bulldogs kicked off their season with a pair of games in Sacred Heart.

In their first game, the JV squad lost to Broadus JV by two points. They were outscored 10-8 in the fourth quarter. CCHS JV went 5-14 from the free throw line (36 percent). Eighth grader Nasya O'Connor had a game-high fifteen points for Ekalaka.

CCHS JV 9 17 28 36

Broadus JV 4 16 28 38

CCHS JV: Nasya O'Connor 15, Kendra Tooke 8, Kendall Kittelmann 5, Kendall Shepherd 3, Corlan Laughery 2, Brynn Loehding 2, Zoie Rost 2.

Broadus JV: Maddie Zimmer 12, Ciara McDowell 10, Lauryn Billing 8, Shyla Madsen 4, Rheanna Schroeder 4.

The JV Lady Bulldogs lost by 14 points the following day against Jordan at Sacred Heart while shooting 8-18 from the free throw line. Jordan outscored Ekalaka in each of the game's four quarters.

CCHS JV 3 7 18 31

Jordan JV 4 13 27 45

CCHS JV: Nasya O'Connor 17, Kendra Tooke 8, Zoie Rost 5, Kendall Kittelmann 1.

Jordan JV: B. Murnion 9, K. Hafla 8, Twitchell 6, Kamerman 6, Erlenbusch 6, McWilliams 5, S. Munrion 4, J. Gibson 2.