GIRLS' 8A BASKETBALL
News Updates
Jan. 31, 2007
In Wednesday's action, the Lady Knights traveled to Wilmington to take on the Lady Cane for the second time this season. Withthe Lady Knights gearing up for tourney play, the Lady Cane didn't stand much of a chance... Our signature defense proved too much for Wilmington and it was never really a contest. The Lady Knights took over the boards in a game that saw every player grab rebounds: Logan Warye led the way with 8, Katelyn Haralamos, Jenna Ludlow and Paige Miller grabbed 4 each, Shannon Lance, Jenica Stoetzel and Courtney Miller added 3 each, April Rumelhart grabbed 2, and Sammy Jones, Lauren Goodwin, and Amanda Bialk added 1 each. Sammy Jones also came up big with 2 blocks. One the scoring end, Logan Warye had a season high of 18 points, Katelyn Haralamos added 14 points, Courtney Miller had 7 points, Jenna Ludlow added 6 points, Paige Miller had 4 points, Sammy Jones added 3 points, and Shannon Lance and Jenica Stoetzel added 2 each. Lady Knights win big, 56-18.
The final week of play has your Lady Knights traveling to Little Miami Monday, with Walnut Hills visiting Kings on Wednesday. Both games are critical to the season's success with Little Miami in 3rd place and Walnut Hills in 2nd place in conference play. Your support is needed! There is a spirit bus going to Little Miami on Monday. It leaves KJH at 3:45 and will stay for both the 7th and 8th grade games. Please come support your Lady Knights!
Jan. 29 , 2007
In a Thriller at the Mill, the 8th Grade "A" Lady Knights defeated Nagel-Silver 49-48 in overtime to remain unbeaten in conference play. It was a game that saw your Lady Knights jump out to an early lead, only to have the deficit erased in the 3rd quarter. The game remained close down to the wire, but the Lady Knightsfound themselves down by 4 with time quickly fading. A huge bucket by Paige Miller brought the Lady Knights to within 2 and the crowd was going wild!Finally, with 3.9 seconds left in regulation,Logan Warye in-bounded the ball to Katelyn Haralamos, who then drove the length of the floor largely uncontested and put up a runner as time expired. The shot went in and the gamewent to OT!
In overtime, the Lady Knights jumped out to a great start on a lay-up by Logan Warye. Not to be outdone, Nagel-Silver responded and the battle was on! In the end, with less than a minute to go, Courtney Miller had a huge bucket to give the Lady Knights a 1 point lead! But it was still not over.... The Lady Knights were able to protect that one point lead, untilapproximately 10 seconds left,when a Nagel player stole the ball and drove for a lay-up which wasconverted to a 3-point play on a foul. Nagel leads, 48-46, 3.9 seconds on the clock.... Logan Warye in-bounds to Katelyn Haralamos, who drives the length of the floor. Katelyn looks, but finds no one open, so she steps left and puts up a 3-point shot that banks and goes in as time expires! The Lady Knights win on a total team effort, 49-48!
Every player contributed to this win - Shannon Lance and Jenica Stoetzel did a nice job running the offense and providing consistent play on the defensive end, and Amanda Bialk did a nice job fighting for rebounds and contributing 6 points. The rest of the scoring was led byKatelyn Haralamoswith 13, Logan Warye with 10, Sammy Jones with 9, Courtney Miller with 4, Lauren Goodwin, Jenna Ludlow and Paige Miller with 2 each, and April Rumelhart with 1. WOW...fantastic team play to preserve the conference record!
LADY KNIGHTS RECAP
Jan. 27, 2007
On Monday, January 22, the 8th Grade A Team traveled to Walnut Hills for what would prove to be an extremely physical match. In the end, your Lady Knights prevailed by a score of 29-15. Walnut Hills came into the match 3rd in the FAVC-C, and lost their only game to date to Little Miami by a slim margin of 5 points. The Lady Knights used their tenacious defense and awesome rebounding to make this contest exciting for the fans.
Logan Warye led in rebounds with 12, followed by Jenna Ludlow and Courtney Miller both grabbing 7, while Sammy Jones added 4. Logan Warye alsocame up with 6 steals and 9 points to led the team. On the scoring end were Amanda Bialk with 7 points, Sammy Jones and Courtney Miller with 4 points, Katelyn Haralamos and Jenna Ludlow with 2 points, and April Rumelhart added a free throw after flagrant foul was called on the Eagles. Also on the defensive end was Shannon Lance, Jenica Stoetzel, Lauren Goodwin and Paige Miller who helped keep the Eagle offensive to a minimum.
Wednesday, January 24 saw Amelia travel to Kings with the Lady Knights once again coming out on top. The final score in this contest was 35-23. The defensive charge was led by Shannon Lance, April Rumelhart and Paige Miller, who have been consistent all year. Logan Warye led the scoring with 12 points, Sammy Jones added 10 points, and Katelyn Haralamos had 9. Jenna Ludlow and Courtney Miller added 2 points, with Jenna grabbing 3rebounds and Courtney adding 4 rebounds and 1 block. Lauren Goodwin snagged 4 rebounds and Jenica Stoetzel had a great block!
PANTHERS HUNTED DOWN BY KNIGHTS
Jan. 19, 2007
In a hotly contested battle this past Wednesday, the Lady Knights 8th Grade A Team took on conference rival Little Miami. Both teams came into the game undefeated in league play, and in the end your Lady Knights prevailed! The Lady Knights scored firstwith a quick bucket at the tip-off from Jenna Ludlow to Logan Warye for the lay-up, followed by a couple of quick Little Miami turnovers which helped the Lady Knights build an early 7-0 lead. At one point the Lady Knights led by as many as 10, but the Panthers refused to give up.
They came charging back in the second half and made it a thriller for the fans. Relentless team defense the entire game combinedwith perfect free-throw shooting by Katelyn Haralamos and Logan Warye down the stretch sealed the victory for the Lady Knights.
Every player contributed to the effort. Key rebounds were snagged by Jenna Ludlow, Courtney Miller, April Rumelhart and Amanda Bialk.
On the defensive end,play by Sammy Jones, Paige Miller, Lauren Goodwin, Shannon Lance and Jenica Stoetzel helped force turnovers and kept thePanther offensive to a minimum. Next up for the Lady Knights is a trip to Walnut Hills on Monday, January 22nd.
Jan. 15, 2007
On Monday, 1/8, the Girls "A" Teams traveled to Nagel-Silver. The 7th Grade team lost to a very good Nagel team by a score of 28-15. Leading the way for the Lady Knights were Katie Stevens, Danielle Shanks, and Madeline Meyer with 3 points each, followed by Abby Bush, Tenley Braun and Haley Walter contributing 2 each. The 8th Grade team played hard and beat a well-coached Nagel team 45-34. Katelyn Haralamos led all scorers with 15, followed by Logan Warye with 8, and Sammy Jones and April Rumelhart with 6 each. Courtney Miller contributed 4, with Shannon Lance, Lauren Goodwin and Amanda Bialk contributed 2 apiece.
Wednesday afternoon the Wilmington Lady Cane traveled to Kings. In a very close contest the 7th Grade team pulled out a victory by a score of 20-18. The Lady Knights led most of the contest, but the Lady Cane made a run in the 4th quarter to make the game very exciting! Some key steals and free throws down the stretch secured the victory for our team!
In the 8th grade contest, the Lady Cane had a hard time handling the pressure defense from the Lady Knights. Our "D" caused many turnovers by the Cane, and we out rebounded them on both the defensive and offensive ends. The scoring attack was led by Katelyn Haralamos with 15, Jenna Ludlow and April Rumelhart with 6 each, Courtney Miller with 4, Jenica Stoetzel with 3, and Logan Warye, Lauren Goodwin, Amanda Bialk and Paige Miller with 2 apiece. Also noteworthy was April Rumelhart's 6/6 performance from the free throw line, which comes after a 2/2 night at Nagel this week, and Shannon Lance's block in the 4th quarter! The final score was 45-10.
Next week the Lady Knights take on Little Miami which is sure to be a battle! The games are Wednesday, January 17th at Kings - come support your Lady Knights!