Friday, January 31, 2014

Charger Boys beat Davis County, but Lady Chargers Lose

Chariton Leader, February 4, 2014 and February 6, 2014
Bill Howes, Associate Editor
Photos by Bill Howes

Boys Varsity Beat Mustangs, 79-62.





Varsity Charger Boys Beat Davis County for Ninth Straight Win
A sterling offensive performance propelled the Chariton varsity boys to a 79-62 win over Davis County at Chariton on January 31st.  Both Willie Felderman and TJ Hockenson had double-doubles in the win and Daric Laing had a strong game as well.  The win was the ninth in a row for Chariton and moved them to 6-1 in the conference and 12-3 overall.
Felderman shot a blistering 63 percent, 12-19, from the field to finish with a team-high 24 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks, one steal and one assist.  Hockenson shot 9-11 from the line and had 23 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals and one block.  Laing had 22 points, six rebounds, six assists, one steal and one block
Christian Bengtson had four points, seven rebounds, seven assists and one steal.  Hunter Storm had three points, one steal and one assist.  Ben Morrett had two points, three rebounds, four assists and one steal.  Joey Krutsinger had one point.  Brett Braida had three rebounds, one assist and two steals.  Quinn Storm had one rebound, two assists and one steal.  Sean Sullenger had one rebound.
Davis County started out well offensively and led 20-19 after one period.  Chariton turned it up defensively after the first period and outscored the Mustangs, 26-12, in the second to take a 45-32 lead into halftime.  The Chargers came out strong in the third outscoring the Mustangs, 20-17, to take a 65-49 lead into the final period.  The Mustangs couldn't really cut into their lead as they outscored Chariton just 14-13 in the fourth.
"We were really good offensively all night.  We pushed the ball well and got some easy looks in transition.  I thought we did a nice job of getting the ball to the open guy.  We didn't play very good defense in the first quarter, but to the boys' credit, they played much better defense in the three quarters.  That was the difference in the game.  We were able to get stops after the first quarter.  Our guys did a much better job of focusing on it and making it tough on Davis County.  I was really pleased with the effort the boys showed all night.  They were hustling for all the loose balls and just played with great energy.  The boys continued to work hard and show improvement and that's all you can ask for as a coach," Chariton Head Coach Ben Schooley said.
For the game, Chariton shot 29-61, 48 percent, from inside the arc and 1-9, 11 percent, from trifecta land.  The Chargers shot 18-27, 67 percent, from the charity strip.  Chariton pulled down 43 rebounds, including 17 offensive boards.  The Chargers committed just 10 fouls.  They had almost a three to one assists to turnover ratio with 27 assists and 10 turnovers.  Chariton swiped nine steals and had six blocks.
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Chariton JV Boys Hold On To Beat Davis County
After a slow start, the Chariton JV boys got going and held on for a 50-45 win over Davis County at Chariton January 31st.  After allowing 15 points in the first period, the JV Chargers outscored the Mustangs 39-30 the rest of the way.  Chariton had all 10 players score in the game and Quinn Storm led them with 16 points, seven rebounds, two steals and one block.  Of his seven rebounds, five were offensive boards.
Davis County led 15-7 after one period.  Chariton outscored the mustangs 14-7 in the second period to take a 25-22 lead into halftime.  The Chargers outscored Davis County 14-10 in the third to take a 39-32 lead into the final period.  Davis County tried to rally but the Chargers held them off to win by five.
"The boys didn't play their best game tonight, but it was good enough to get the win.  The team is working on preparing for games.  This always seems to be a struggle.  We need to be more consistent and the best way to do this is to be ready to defend every time they step on the floor.  We want to become a team that other teams don't want to play against,"  Chariton Head Coach Jay Pierschbacher said.
For the game Chariton shot 20-45, 44 percent, from inside the arc.  They shot 2-10, 20 percent, from the three-point range and 4-15, 27 percent from the line.  Chariton pulled down 36 rebounds, 16 of which were offensive boards.  The Chargers committed 22 turnovers and 14 fouls.  Chariton dished out 16 assists and swiped 16 steals.  They had one block.
Aaron Cain had seven points, four rebounds, five steals and four assists.  Bradley Krutsinger had five points, four rebounds, five assists and two steals.  Chase Altenhofen had five points, a team-high nine rebounds and one assist.  Of his nine rebounds, six were offensive.  Sawyer Dow had four points, four rebounds two steals and one assist.  Carter Riechmann had four points, two rebounds and one steal.  Ethan Curnutte had three points and two rebounds.  Eduard Rodygin had two points, one rebound, one steal and four assists.  Spencer Sherrick had two points, three rebounds, three steals and one assist.  Adam Kaska had two points.
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Fuhs Has Big Game In Girls Varsity Loss at Davis County
A strong rally in the second half fell short for the Chariton varsity girls in a 47-44 loss at Davis County on January 31st.  Chariton led at halftime and rallied to tie the game in the fourth quarter but couldn't quite seal the deal.  Emma Fuhs had a standout game with 17 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks.  Allyson Showers had 10 points, seven rebounds and two steals.
With the loss, Chariton moved to 4-12 overall and 2-5 in the league play with five regular season games remaining.
The Lady Chargers led 12-9 after one period and 26-24 at halftime.  Davis County took the lead in the third period and led 40-35 at the end of the third period.  Chariton rallied to tie the game in the fourth period and had a chance to win it with under a minute left.
With the game tied, Chariton had the ball and possession with 30 seconds left.  The Lady Chargers tried to run the clock down and planned to call a timeout with eight seconds left.  However, Chariton threw the ball away to Davis County and the Lady Mustangs went in for a layup and Chariton fouled them with 3.4 seconds left.  Davis County converted from the line to get the win.
"We gave a great effort tonight, Emma had a tremendous game.  Maria Blong played really well off the bench.  We outscored them from the field but Davis County made nine more free throws than we did," Chariton Head Coach Lee Sandy said.
Coach Sandy said that going in Davis County planned to key on Showers on the outside.  "However, we switched them around and put Emma on the outside and Allyson in the post and Emma made them pay.  She hit some key shots for us," Coach Sandy said.
For the game Chariton shot 18-51 from the field and 5-8 from the line.  Davis County shot1 5-43 from the field and 14-22 from the line.  Chariton out-rebounded Davis County 35-25 and the Lady Chargers committed just nine turnovers.  Davis County committed 10 turnovers.  Chariton had 11 assists, four steals and three blocks.  Davis County had six assists, seven steals and two blocks.
Blong had seven points.  Emily Grismore had four points.  Carley Arnold had two points and seven rebounds  Alexis Curran had two points and four assists.  Sarah Fuhs had two points.
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JV Girls Fall to Davis County
The Chariton JV girls lost to Davis County, 46-36, January 31st.
Davis County led 32-15 at halftime.  Chariton outscored Davis County 21-14 in the second half but it wasn't quite enough.
Emily Seuferer led Chariton with eight points, four rebounds, three steals and one block.  Kendall Hardie had seven points, one rebound and two steals.  Saydee Terrell had six points, two rebounds, one steal and one assist.  Sarah Fuhs had four points, four rebounds, one steal and one block.  Maria Blong had four points and two rebounds.  Riley Rector had three points, two rebounds and one assist.  Carlie Schaeffer had two points and one assist.  Mackenzie Curran had two points.  Tiffany Dale had three rebounds and Abby Storm and Allison Summerfield each had one.
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9th Girls Beat DC for Second Straight Win
9th girls have 31 boards to win.  The Chariton freshmen girls won their second game in a row with a 36-23 win over Davis County at Bloomfield January 31st.
Kendall Hardie led Chariton with 10 points, one rebound and two steals.
"I thought we played better in some parts of this game, compared to the last three or four games.  Our press was very effective with 16 steals and we shot 34 percent from the field as a team.  Our rebounding continues to be solid with 31 boards and we only turned the ball over 12 times.  We still only made 10 of 20 free throws, and this is something that must improve," Chariton Head Coach Bill Brown said.
Saydee Terrell had nine points, three rebounds, four steals and one assist.  Carlie Schaeffer had seven points, two rebounds, two steals and two assists.  Mackenzie Curran had five points, a team-high 10 rebounds, five steals and one assist.  Abby Storm had two points, three rebounds, one steal and one assist.  Riley Rector had two points and one rebound.  Sophia DeMaria had one point, four rebounds, two steals and one assist.  Tiffany Dale had four rebounds.  Allison Summerfield had three rebounds.

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