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Brodhead, McFarland, Edgerton, Clinton girls win

Rock Valley

girls basketball

League Season

W L W L

NORTH

McFarland 6 1 8 3

Jefferson 5 1 5 3

Edgerton 3 3 4 6

Whitewater 2 5 2 9

Evansville 1 5 1 7

East Troy 0 5 0 9

SOUTH

Parkview 7 0 10 1

Brodhead 5 1 6 2

Clinton 3 3 4 4

Big Foot 3 4 3 5

Palmyra-Eagle 2 4 3 7

Beloit Turner 0 5 0 7

RESULTS THURSDAY

Parkview 57, Jefferson 53

McFarland 63, Big Foot 50

Brodhead 42, Whitewater 36

Edgerton 46, Palmyra-Eagle 20

Clinton 49, Evansville 33

Turner at East Troy, not reported

GAMES TUESDAY

Edgerton at Parkview

Evansville at Brodhead

Jefferson at Palmyra-Eagle

McFarland at Turner

East Troy at Big Foot

Whitewater at Clinton

Gazette staff

Brodhead High didn’t get the help it might have been hoping for in Rock Valley girls basketball Thursday night, but the Cardinals still took care of business.

Alyssa Harding’s three-point basket broke a 36-36 tie, and Brodhead went on to a 42-36 victory at Whitewater to remain a game behind Orfordville Parkview in the South Division.

Parkview stayed on top at 7-0 by downing North Division leader Jefferson, 57-53, while the Cardinals improved to 5-1 in conference play.

Whitewater trailed 24-15 at halftime before fighting back to force a fourth-quarter tie with Brodhead. That’s when Harding delivered her three as the Cardinals scored the final six points.

Kristen Ruchti and Dana Lewis led Brodhead (6-2 overall) with 13 points apiece. Kelsey Harms had a game-high 16 to lead the Whippets (2-9, 2-5).

BRODHEAD 42, WHITEWATER 36

Brodhead (42)—Ruchti, 6-1-13; Heller, 1-1-3; Mielke, 0-3-3; Harding, 3-0-8; Hegi, 0-2-2; Lewis, 6-1-13. Totals: 16-8-42.

Whitewater (36)—Je. Shelbourn, 1-0-2; Trewyn, 2-3-7; Dolan, 1-0-2; Bowey, 2-0-4; Ju. Shelbourn, 1-1-3; Harms, 4-6-16; Babcock, 1-0-2. Totals: 12-10-36.

Brodhead 11 13 6 12—42

Whitewater 6 9 14 7—36

Three-point goals—Brodhead 2 (Harding), Whitewater 2 (Harms). Free throws missed—Brodhead 6, Whitewater 8. Total fouls—Brodhead 17, Whitewater 15. Fouled out—Harding, Lewis.

n McFarland 63, Big Foot 50—The Spartans (8-3, 6-1) jumped out to a 34-18 halftime lead over visiting Walworth Big Foot and moved a half-game ahead of Jefferson (5-3, 5-1 as the Rock Valey North leader.

Kaitlynn Eversoll had 12 points to lead the Spartans.

Sarah Thune paced Big Foot (3-5, 3-4) with 13 points.

McFARLAND 63, BIG FOOT 50

Big Foot (50)—Courier, 5-0-10; Schwartz, 3-0-6; Spangler, 2-2-7; Thune, 3-7-13; Young, 2-0-4; Hucovski, 2-2-6; Loth, 1-0-2; Utesch, 1-0-2. Totals: 19-11-50.

McFarland (63)—Eversoll, 3-4-12; Stocks, 1-2-4; Ward, 1-2-4; Potts, 1-4-6; Steinhofer, 1-2-4; Thorson, 1-0-2; Walker, 5-0-10; Jermier, 1-1-4; Blaser, 3-2-9. Totals: 21-17-63.

Walworth Big Foot 9 9 12 20—50

McFarland 16 18 11 18—63

Three-point goals—Big Foot 1 (Spangler), McFarland 4 (Eversoll 2, Jermier, Blaser). Free throws missed—Big Foot 11, McFarland 9. Total fouls—Big Foot 22, McFarland 20. Fouled out—Schwartz.

n Edgerton 46, Palmyra-Eagle 20—Haley Fritz scored 11 of her game-high 17 points in the opening quarter as the Crimson Tide (4-6, 3-3) rolled to a 19-0 lead and a Rock Valley victory over the Panthers (3-7, 2-4).

Fritz drilled three three-pointers during her scoring spree.

Edgerton held Palmyra-Eagle scoreless for the game’s first 10 minutes, 15 seconds.

EDGERTON 46, PALMYRA-EAGLE 20

Palmyra-Eagle (20)—Hawes, 2-0-5; Madecky, 3-1-7; Blaedow, 0-1-1; Szymkowski, 1-1-3; Martin, 1-0-2; Mueller, 1-0-2. Totals: 8-3-20.

Edgerton (46)—McCall, 2-3-8; LaVelle, 2-1-5; Wedvick, 1-0-2; Schmidt, 3-2-9; Wileman, 0-1-1; Fritz, 6-2-17; Gimmer, 1-1-3; Stettler, 0-1-1. Totals: 15-11-46.

Palmyra-Eagle 0 8 4 8—20

Edgerton 19 3 9 15—46

Three-point goals—Palmyra-Eagle 1 (Hawes), Edgerton 5 (Fritz 3, Schmidt, McCall). Free throws missed—Palmyra-Eagle 13, Edgerton 9. Total fouls—Palmyra-Eagle 19, Edgerton 15. Fouled out—Madecky.

Junior varsity—Edgerton 34, Palmyra-Eagle 20.

n Clinton 49, Evansville 33—The Cougars took control in the first half en route to a Rock Valley Conference crossover win at Evansville.

The Cougars (4-4, 3-3) got 16 points from Liz Althoff, while Anne Gregg paced the Blue Devils (1-7, 1-4) with nine.

CLINTON 49, EVANSVILLE 33

Clinton (49)—Nickel, 5-1-11; Billington, 1-0-2; Clark, 0-4-4; Althoff, 3-10-16; Schultz, 4-2-10; Popanz, 1-0-2; Kemp, 2-0-4. Totals: 16-17-49.

Evansville (33)—McIntyre, 2-3-8; Westrick, 1-2-4; Reese, 2-2-7; George, 3-3-9; Jenkins, 0-1-1; Beck, 0-2-2; Gregg, 1-0-2. Totals: 9-13-33.

Clinton 11 14 8 16—49

Evansville 3 8 5 17—33

Three-point goals—Evansville 2 (McIntyre, Reese). Free throws missed—Clinton 7, Evansville 10. Total fouls—Clinton 24, Evansville 20. Fouled out—Schultz, McIntyre, Jenkins, Gregg.

Junior varsity—Clinton 53, Evansville 47.