Versailles Republican Sports
November 30, 2006

Lady Eagles add two wins on the road for a 6-0 beginning
Gary Franklin, Sports Editor

The Lady Eagle basketball team travled to Batesville to face the Lady Bulldogs on Friday, November 24. Victorious by the score of 61-43, the Lady Eagles raised their record to the 5-0 count. Following the Batesville encounter, the Lady Eagles next traveled to Hauser on Tuesday, November 28. Again the victors, the Lady Eagles took a close one by a 43-42 score, making them perfect in their first six contests.
JCD vs Batesville
THE BEGINNING
The Lady Eagles opened to positive form, scoring the first nine points of the game. Scoring field goals were Emily Einhaus, Erika Simon, and Kiersten Young. Abby Rohlfing added one of two free throw attempts, and an Abby Lauber outlet pass to Erika Simon for her second FG ran the score to 9-0. Lauber later added a FG, but the Lady Bulldogs answered with a 3 pointer by Amy Wuestefeld.
The Lady Bulldogs ran out six unanswered points to end the quarter 11-9. Cara Hartman delivered on a FG, as did Ashley Wuestefeld. Amanda Nobbe missed both FT tries, but Amy Wuestefeld connected on both her tries.
QUARTER TWO
Second quarter action saw the Lady Eagles out playing their opponent to a score of 26-15. Lady Eagle scoring came from FG's by Valorie Wagner, Lauber, Kaylin Ploeger, Einhaus, Rohlfing, and Young. Ploeger added with 3 of 4 FT shooting.
Lady Bulldog Cara Hartman accounted for all six of Batesville's points for the quarter with a FG, a 3 pointer, and hitting 1 of 2 FT attempts. Halftime score: JCD 26-15 Batesville.
QUARTER THREE
The third quarter opened with a Lady Eagle Ploeger score off a Rohlfing feed, to go up by 13 points. Cara Broering of the Lady Bulldogs got in the score book with two of two FT shots. The Lady Eagles went on to advance their cause in the third, leading by 15 at the horn, 42-27
Lady Bulldog scoring of 12 in the third came from, Broering's 2/2 FT's, an Ashley Wuestefeld FG, a Maddie Lamppert FG, a Nobbe FG, and Hartman 4/4 FT shooting.
The 16 point Lady Eagle scoring in the third was from Ploeger with a FG and 2/2 FT's, Einhaus 3 - FG's & 2 of 3 FT shooting, and Harlemert adding of 2 FG's.
THE CONCLUSION
The fourth quarter began with the Lady Eagles having possession. Hartman's fourth foul sent Lauber to the line where she made both FT tries for 44-17. Teamwork passing led to an Einhaus bucket and the largest advantage the Lady Eagles had to the point of 19 points.
A 19 point fourth quarter for the Lady Eagles came from Rohlfing's FG and 1 of 2 FT's, Einhaus with 2FG's & 2/2 FT's, Ploeger 2 FG's, Erika Simon FG & 1 of 4 FT's, and Lauber added a FG & 1 of 2 FT's.
The Lady Bulldogs connected for 16 fourth quarter points. Scoring were Hartman a 3 pointer and 2/2 FT's, Ashley Wuestefeld 3 FG's, Broering 1 of 2 FT shooting on lane violation, a Lamppert FG, and Amy Wuestefeld with 2 of 2 FT attempts made.
Lady Bulldog Cara Hartman fouled out in the fourth with 4:00 remaining to play. The final score was JCD 61-43 Batesville.
The Lady Eagle Reserve advanced their cause to 5-0 as well for the season, defeating the Lady Bulldogs 25-22.
Lady Eagles vs Lady Jets
As reported by Lady Eagle Coach Scott Smith, the Lady Eagles advanced their cause to 6-0, but not without a struggle. The Lady Eagles hosted the Lady Jets of Hauser on Tuesday, November 21.
The game knotted at 42 led to an Abby Lauber pass inside to Emily Einhaus with 3.8 seconds remaining in the game. Einhaus was fouled and went to the line where she made one of the two attempts to put the Lady Eagles up 43-42. Kristen Hicks stole the Lady Jets' inbounds pass to seal the deal for the Lady Eagles' sixth win this season. Smith added, "It was also Hicks who drained the 3 pointer to regain the lead for the Lady Eagles when they had fallen behind 41-39 with less than 2:oo to go."
The Lady Jets tied the game at 42 with a free throw make with under a minute to play, and the Eagles opted to play for the last shot. "Ploeger and Simon were the step up ladies in the game," commented Smith. Team depth is what makes their season very promising. The dagger can come from so many different sources on any given night.
The Lady Eagle Reserve advanced their cause to 6-0 as well for the season, defeating the Lady Jets 27-25.
The Lady Eagles next play as host to Waldron, at JCD on Thursday night November 30, at 6:00 PM.
Lady Eagle scoring vs Jets
Abby Lauber 4
Erika Simon 8
Abby Rohlfing 2
Emily Einhaus 9
Kiersten Young 1
Valorie Wagner 1
Kaylin Ploeger 4
Carissa Simon 6
Kristen Hicks 8
Kara Harlemert
Total ................................ 43

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Eagle boys fall to Bulldogs at JCD
Gary Franklin, Sports Editor

The weekend of Eagle/Bulldog basketball continued on Saturday, November 25, at the Eagle's nest. The Bulldogs pulled off the win 57-47, but those in attendance found the game to be much closer than the score would dictate.
Batesville got off to a 17-9 run in the first quarter, but the Eagles would not fold. They came back with a 17-9 score through the second quarter of play, to knot the game at halftime 26-26.
The third period ended with a slight Bulldog lead of four at 39-35. The fourth, however, sealed the Eagles' fate as they again were outscored. The Bulldogs added 18 to JCD's 12, leading to a final score of 57-47.
'Games played equal lessons learned'. That's how the Eagles are looking at this game with the Ripley County Tournament soon on the agenda. With an opportunity for Brandon Gehl to be less scrutinized and allowed to play, the outcome could be quite different. Gehl was the recipient of early foul trouble in the Eagle/Bulldog clash.
The Eagle Boys' JV fell in a heartbreaker by three, 34-37.
Eagles vs Bulldogs scoring
JCD
Tucker Brown 18
Matt Gehl 8
Blake Sutton 8
Justin Huff 7
Daniel Leonetti 3
Coty Horn 2
Brandon Gehl 1
Thomas Wenning 0
Andrew Wagner 0
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Batesville
Siefert 8
Cook 0
Werner 0
Ryan 13
Wallpe 2
Hultman 0
Munchel 3
Launing 0
Giesting 0
Grimsley 26
Vonderheide 5
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The Jac-Cen-Del Eagles next boys Varsity and JV games are at Southwestern Shelby on Friday night, December 1. Game start time is 6:00 PM.