Lady Bulldogs pick up conference wins

The CCHS Lady Bulldogs picked up a conference win over Custer/Hysham at home on January 20th. The girls got off to a slow start but slowly pulled away for a 16-point victory. Buckets were hard to come by for both teams but CCHS managed to get off 21 more shots than the Rebels, due in large part to the girls getting 20 steals at a team. CCHS shot 19 of 59 from the field and made only 6 of their 19 free throw attempts. Nasya O'Connor led CCHS in rebounds with 6.

CCHS 6 18 30 45

Custer/Hysham 3 12 24 29

CCHS: Heidi LaBree 13 pts, 4 rbnds, 8 trns, 8 asts, 8 stls; Tyra O'Connor 11 pts, 3 rbnds, 2 trns, 3 stls; Nasya O'Connor 7 pts, 6 rbnds, 3 trns, 1 ast, 2 stls; Codi Melton 6 pts, 3 rbnds, 4 trns, 2 asts, 4 stls; Brynn Loehding 6 pts, 5 rbnds, 4 trns, 1 stl; Kendra Tooke 2 pts, 2 rbnds, 1 ast, 1 stl; Kendall Kittelmann 2 rbnds, 2 asts; Kendall Shepherd 1 rbnd, 1 ast, 1 stl.

Custer/Hysham: Samantha Leligdowicz 14 pts, Tavee Duncan 9 pts, Holly Porter 2 pts, Jo Hopf 2 pts, Olivia Yochum 2 pts.

Turnovers proved costly during the Lady Bulldogs' home game versus the Lady Broncs of Melstone on Saturday. CCHS turned the ball over 23 times compared to only 8 for Melstone. Those turnovers led to Melstone taking 15 more shots than CCHS, even though the Lady Dogs held a slight edge in rebounds. Compounding the effect of the turnovers was red hot shooting for Melstone. The lady Broncs shot 47 percent on two-point field goals and 50 percent (11 of 22) from beyond the arc. CCHS was outscored in every quarter and lost 76-38. Heidi LaBree had 13 points and Kendra Tooke had 6 rebounds in the losing effort. Melstone's Draya Wacker was the game's top scorer with 37.

CCHS 12 18 31 38

Melstone 17 28 55 76

CCHS: Heidi LaBree 13 pts, 4 rbnds, 8 trns, 4 asts, 1 stl; Tyra O'Connor 9 pts, 2 rbnds, 3 trns, 1 ast, 3 stls; Nasya O'Connor 8 pts, 4 rbnds, 3 trns; Codi Melton 4 pts, 3 rbnds, 4 trns, 1 stl; Brynn Loehding 4 pts, 2 rbnds, 1 trn; Kendra Tooke 6 rbnds, 2 trns, 1 ast; Kendall Kittelmann 1 trn, 1 ast; Kendall Shepherd 4 rbnds, 1 trn, 1 ast.

Melstone: Draya Wacker 37 pts, Kayla Kombol 12 pts, Avery Eike 8 pts, Josie Robbins 7 pts, Kaye Rindal 6 pts, Morgan Shiffer 2 pts, Lea Petit Pasquest 2 pts, Belle Collins 2 pts.

The girls rebounded nicely from their loss to Melstone over the weekend and defeated conference foe Broadus on Tuesday night in Ekalaka. CCHS had a wire-to-wire win, even with a late third quarter and early fourth quarter lull in which Broadus drew to within 11. Neither team attempted a lot of free throws, but both teams shot well when they got to the line. CCHS went 8-9 and Broadus went 10-12. Codi Melton was the game's top scorer with 13 points, several of which were assisted as she cut threw the lane and was found by a teammate. Full game stats were not available at the time of printing.

CCHS 11 26 36 50

Broadus 2 8 21 31

CCHS: Codi Melton 13 pts, Heidi LaBree 11 pts, Tyra O'Connor 10 pts, Kendra Tooke 5 pts, Kendall Kittelmann 5 pts, Kendall Shepherd 4 pts, Nasya O'Connor 2 pts.

Broadus: Aspen Krantz 9 pts, Emma Isaacs 4 pts, Zeason Schaffer 4 pts, Oliveah Schaffer 4 pts, Rheanna Schroeder 3 pts, Maddie Zimmer 3 pts, Kendal Stanley 2 pts, Mia Mader 2 pts.