SMNW LADY COUGAR BASKETBALL

The Lady Cougars Basketball program continued rolling through the early season with their second 4 game sweep! This time vs the SM North Indians.

In the freshmen game, the Lady Cougars led from start to finish on their way to a 50-9 victory. Tremendous team defense by the Freshmen Lady Cougars: Lizzie Box, Arielle Jackson, Shelby Russell, Katie Mahlmeister, Jessica Kirchner, Cali Wing, Riley Winter, Megan Glenn, Paige Umscheid, Gabi Basel, Cheyenne Smith and Tessa Kohler. Box chipped in 14 points, Jackson with 12, Wing with 10 and Basel with 6. Coach Jim Ratzaff's squad is off to a fantastic 2-0 start! Great Job Ladies!!

In sophomore action, Coach Ken Summers has SMNW humming like a well-oiled machine picking up their second win of the season, knocking off SM North 56-15.

All 8 sophomores scored, with Jessi Sprang and Taylor Kangethe 10 each, Bethany Vonada 9, Lindsey Unrein 8, Jessi Eitel and Rachel Hinkle 6 each.  Lizzy Stithem and Jackie Entzminger round out the stellar sophomore squad.

The JV Squad led by Coach Rachel Taege and Erin Barnett improved to 3-0, running past SM North 46-22. Freshman Tracy Monahan led the charge with 14 points, Freshman Carrie Mulder added 10 and Sophomore Mikala Modiri had 8. It was another great defensive performance by the Lady Cougars. Along with Monahan, Mulder and Modiri were Freshmen Brooklyn Wagler and Tatum Graves who had 4 and 3 points a piece respectively and defensive stopper Sydney Thompson and Juniors Elissa Ojeda and Kristina Purinton providing tremendous leadership and the sophomore crew of Meghan McCluskey, Sondra Ibarra, Mariah Smith and Olivia Sanders providing energy and defense for the JV Lady Cougars!

In the Varsity game, The  Lady Cougars built upon their 6 point half time lead on their way to a 57-35 victory. Chris Wristen from the incredible Shawnee Dispatch was there to cover all the exciting rivarly action and to find out more about SMNW's thrilling victory just click the link below:

http://www.shawneedispatch.com/news/2011/dec/09/northwest-battles-past-north-improves-3-0/