It wasn’t pretty, but it was enough to put an end to a four-game losing streak.
The Iola-Scandinavia girls’ basketball team outscored Weyauwega-Fremont 33-15 in the second half and went on to hand the Indians a 48-23 loss Dec. 15 in Weyauwega-Fremont.
It was the first Central Wisconsin Conference East Division win in four tries for the Thunderbirds, who improved to 3-4 overall. W-F fell to 0-7 and 0-3 in division play.
Neither team shot well from the field in the first half, but Katie Cherek’s three-pointer in the final seconds gave the T-Birds a 15-8 lead at the break.
The Indians cut the lead to 17-11 early in the second half on the first of Taylor Folk’s threes, but three consecutive baskets pushed the lead back to 13 points and the Indians never got any closer than nine points the rest of the way.
Folk’s final three made it 28-19, but I-S answered with an 11-2 run that included seven points from Cherek.
Folk and Iola-Scandinavia’s Bryanna Kisting led their teams with 15 points. Cherek also finished in double figures with 10 points, while teammates Emilie Briquelet and Payton Wester added eight and seven, respectively.
Iola-Scandinavia’s Emilie Briquelet (left) and Hannah Melum surround Weyauwega-Fremont’s Katie Bleck Dec. 15 in a matchup of Central Wisconsin 8 Conference East Division teams.
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Payton Wester works her way toward the basket for Iola-Scandinavia in front of Weyauwega-Fremont’s Rylee Bartel.
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Ashley Johnson passes the ball to a Weyauwega-Fremont teammate as Bryanna Kisting defends for Iola-Scandinavia.
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Iola-Scandinavia’s Emilie Briquelet is caught between Weyauwega-Fremont’s Rylee Bartel and Ashley Johnson while going after a rebound.
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Iola-Scandinavia’s Katie Cherek guards Weyauwega-Fremont’s Alicia Lederhaus in the first half.
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Weyauwega-Fremont’s Hannah Timm keeps up with Iola-Scandinavia’s Bryanna Kisting. Kisting scored a team-high 15 points in the Thunderbirds’ 48-23 win over the Indians.
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Weyauwega-Fremont’s Hannah Timm, Iola-Scandinavia’s Hannah Melum and Weyauwega-Fremont’s Taylor Folk wait for the referee’s call in the second half. Folk was whistled for a foul on the play and went on to lead the Indians with 15 points in a 48-23 loss to the Thunderbirds.
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Iola-Scandinavia’s Kaitlyn Miller drives by a Weyauwega-Fremont defender.
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