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Parker vs Craig Girls Basketball

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JANESVILLE — The shooting woes continue for Janesville Parker’s girls basketball team.

But when you play defense like the Vikings do, it doesn’t seem to matter.

Parker High held crosstown rival Janesville Craig to six field goals Tuesday night in a 56-26 drubbing in a Big Eight Conference clash in the Viking gym.

The Vikings (12-4, 11-3) moved within a game of first-place Middleton after the Cardinals were upset at home by Madison La Follette.

Parker made only 17 of 61 field-goal attempts against the Cougars, but Craig (6-10, 5-9) managed only two field goals the second half after trailing by 17 points at the break.

“Parker did a nice job of pressuring us, and instead of attacking, we started dribbling the ball east and west instead of north and south,” Craig coach Mark Marsden said. “You can’t do that if you expect to stay with a team as talented as Parker.

“You learn from this and go on. This is a tough place to play, and Parker is playing at a high very high level right now.”

Neither team was playing at a high level early in the game. The Cougars jumped out to a 5-0, but the Vikings responded with a 9-2 run to take a two-point lead with a 1:27 left in the opening period. The two teams were a combined 6-for-24 shooting in the first quarter, including a 3-for-15 performance by the Vikings.

“When you play against that junk defense, you’ve got to let the game come to you,” Parker coach Tom Klawitter said. “And we didn’t do that early on. We forced some things.

“The best thing about this night is that it’s over. We’re done with it, and we’re ahead, and that’s a good thing.”

Parker led 12-9 after one quarter before blowing the game open in the second. The Vikings began the quarter with a 13-4 run and led 31-14 at half. Craig made only one basket the entire second quarter—a three-pointer by Whitney Storbakken—and had seven turnovers.

Storbakken paced the Cougars with 15 points, but no other player scored more than two. Anne Morgan, Craig’s leading scorer coming into the game, was in foul trouble from the start and finished with only two points.

Two-time Big Eight Player of the Year Catie O’Leary led the Vikings with a game-high 17 points, but was only 5 for 17 from the field.

“We committed two players to O’Leary, but Parker’s underneath people did a nice job,’’ Marsden said. “Tom (Klawitter) did a good job of posting up a guard to attack our post players, and that put us in foul trouble.

“If we hope to have a chance in the tournament against a team like Parker, we have to have our starting five on the court. Not sitting on the bench in foul trouble.”

The Vikings led by 22 after three quarters, and both teams substituted freely in the fourth.

Danielle Flood added 10 points for Parker, while senior Adrienne McDonald had eight.

With La Follette on the schedule for Friday night at Madison, Klawitter is concerned with his team looking ahead to next Thursday’s home game against Middleton.

“La Follette is one of those teams that plays really, really well on its home court,” Klawitter said. “They’re the next thing on the agenda. That’s the most important thing for these girls to remember right now.”

PARKER 56, CRAIG 26

Craig (26)—Smith, 1-0-2; Ransom, 1-0-2; Morgan, 0-2-2; W. Storbakken, 3-8-15; McGrath, 1-0-2; L. Oliver, 0-1-1; Kennedy, 0-2-2. Totals: 6-13-26.

Parker (56)—O’Leary, 5-5-17; Flood, 3-2-10; Shepler, 2-2-6; Miland, 1-2-4; McDonald, 2-4-8; Johnson, 0-1-1; Zinn, 3-1-7; Pernot, 1-0-3. Totals: 17-17-56.

Janesville Craig 9 5 6 6—26

Janesville Parker 12 19 11 14—56

Three-point goals—Craig 1 (W. Storbakken), Parker 5 (O’Leary 2, Flood 2, Pernot). Free throws missed—Craig 7, Parker 9. Total fouls—Craig 23, Parker 20.

Sophomores—Parker 36, Craig 30. Parker is 7-7 overall and 7-7 in the Big Eight. Craig is 13-3 overall and 11-3 in the Big Eight. Leading scorers: Sadie Johnson (Parker) 11, Ciarra Sroda (Craig) 10.

n La Follette 45, Middleton 39—Madison La Follette (9-7, 8-7) got 13 points apiece from Hannah Schwartzer and Sydney Temple to shock the first-place Cardinals (14-2, 12-2) in major Big Eight upset.

La Follette led 23-13 at the half and held on for the victory. Samia Taylor had 10 points for the Lanceers.

Nobody for the fifth-ranked Cardinals reached double figures.

LA FOLLETTE 45, MIDDLETON 39

La Follette (45)—Schleif, 4; Stephens, 2; Micaelis, 2; Singh, 2; Schwartzer, 13; Temple, 13; Taylor, 10. Totals: 17-9-45.

Middleton (39)—Acker, 9; Newman, 9; Larson, 6; Rongstad, 5; Gardner, 4; Andrews, 2; Beckwith, 2; Eklund, 2. Totals: 15-3-39.

Madison La Follette 13 10 12 10—45

Middleton 8 5 13 13—39

Three-point goals—La Follette 2 (Schwartzer, Temple), Middleton 6 (Acker 3, Newman 2, Rongstad). Free throws missed—La Follette 2, Middleton 3. Total fouls—La Follette 5, Middleton 13.

n Verona 33, West 27—In a low-scoring Big Eight game, Verona (12-4, 11-3) led 14-7 at the half, but West (11-6, 11-4) took a 17-9 advantage in the third quarter for a 24-23 lead.

The Wildcats held West to three points in the fourth quarter for the victory. Ali Tackett scored four of her nine points in the final quarter to boost Verona.

VERONA 33, WEST 27

Verona (33)—Tvedt, 1-0-3; Bucierka, 1-2-5; Lorbiecki, 0-2-2; pfeffer 1-0-2; Schaefer, 6-0-12; Tackett, 3-3-9; Totals: 12-7-33.

West (27)—Dickerson, 1-0-2; Heller, 4-0-10; Poffenberger, 0-4-4; Pearson, 4-1-9; Christianson, 1-0-2. Totals: 10-5-27

Verona 4 10 9 10—33

Madison West 4 3 17 3—27

Three-point goals—Verona 2 (Tvedt, Bucierka), West 2 (Heller). Free throws missed—Verona 6, West 3. Total fouls—Verona 9, West 13.

n East 67, Sun Prairie 60—Makailah Dyer scored 25 points and Nyakor Deang added 16 as Madison East (6-10, 5-9) gained a Big Eight win over the Cardinals (3-13, 2-12).

Stephanie Haight led Sun Prairie with 20 points. Alyssa Chase added 18. Erica Renz had 14.

The Purgolders led 53-39 after three quarters.

MADISON EAST 67, SUN PRAIRIE 60

Sun Prairie (60)—Bartow, 4; McCabe, 3; Haight, 20; Chase, 18; Renz, 14; Granitz, 1. Totals: 22-7-60.

Madison East (67)—Almou, 9; Jackson, 6; Holmes, 5; Hudkins, 3; Daniels, 3; Dyer, 25; Deang, 16. Totals: 24-11-67.

Sun Prairie 14 15 10 21—60

East 10 24 19 14—67

Three-point goals—Sun Prairie 6 (Renz 4, McCabe, Chase), East 8 (Dyer 3, Deang 2, Daniels, Hudkins, Holmes). Free throws missed—Sun Prairie 6, East 4. Total fouls—Sun Prairie 15, East 14.

n Memorial 51, Beloit 43—Jackie Koykkar scored a game-high 14 points and Taryn Olson added 11 as Madison Memorial (6-9, 5-8) built a 29-15 halftime lead en route to a Big Eight victory over the Purple Knights (0-15, 0-13).

MEMORIAL 51, MEMORIAL 43

Memorial (51)—Wiedholz, 9; Evans, 8; Patterson, 3; Golz, 3; Isensee, 2; Koykkar, 14; Olson, 11; Becker, 1. Totals: 13-21-51.

Beloit (43)—Bridges, 9; Slavish, 8; Hai. Laver, 7; Mauel, 7; Tester, 4; Han. Laver, 4; Heldt, 4. Totals: 17-7-43.

Madison Memorial 10 19 8 14—51

Beloit 8 7 14 14—43

Three-point goals—Memorial 1 (Koykkar), Beloit 2 (Bridges, Hai. Laver). Free throws missed—Memorial 13, Beloit 14. Total fouls—Memorial 22, Beloit 26.