Washington Girls Basketball

Franklin helps Wash girls trim Dubuque Senior

DUBUQUE - The seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington girls basketball team overcame a slow start and survived a scare Tuesday night by defeating Dubuque Senior, 65-58.

Sophomore Danielle Franklin led the visitors with a career-high 23 points, hitting 8 of 17 shots, including three 3-pointers. She added six rebounds and three assists.

Washington led 51-50 after three periods, then won the final quarter 14-8. Dubuque Senior led 7-0 to start the game and trailed by just three at halftime, 33-30.

“Danielle (Franklin) found her stroke and that was pretty key,” Washington assistant coach Jason Edwards said. “Dubuque Senior is a very young team and small and quick. They handled our pressure very well and hit a lot of 3-pointers.”

The Rams drained 6-of-18 3-pointers and were led by the sister combo of Kristie Sommers (21 points on a trio of 3-point bombs) and Katie Sommers (14 points).

Edwards said rebounding was a key component for the Warriors.

“We won the rebounding battle 44-24 and that was probably the difference in the game,” he said. “Kelli (Klaus) had seven, including six offensive, and Madison (Kramer) had 10 rebounds. Overall, we really hit the glass pretty hard.”

Washington collected an impressive 20 offensive rebounds and had three players in double-figure scoring with Franklin, Klaus (13 points) and Abby Herb (10 points, five rebounds) pacing the attack. Jazz Royster scored eight points and Brooke Foreman added five assists.

“We were down one with about five minutes to play," Edwards reported. "We got a couple of key turnovers and then got up four and hit some free throws down the stretch. It was a one or two possession game until the final minute or two.”

Washington hosts Prairie on Thursday night.

WASHINGTON (65): Jazz Royster 1 6-10 8, Madison Kramer 1 2-3 3, Kelli Klaus 6 1-2 13, Abby Herb 4 2-3 10, Brooke Foreman 1 0-1 2, Lauren Goodlove 0 0-0 0, Callie Stone 0 0-0 0, Shanay Gonder 0 0-0 0, Renae Runge 0 0-0 0, Sophie Malcolm 0 0-0 0, Devin Glenski 0 0-0 0, Aleena Hobbs 1 1-2 4, Kolby Bjornson 1 0-0 2, Danielle Franklin 10 0-0 23. Totals 25 10-20 65.

Franklin helps Wash girls trim Dubuque Senior

DUBUQUE - The seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Washington girls basketball team overcame a slow start and survived a scare Tuesday night by defeating Dubuque Senior, 65-58.

Sophomore Danielle Franklin led the visitors with a career-high 23 points, hitting 8 of 17 shots, including three 3-pointers. She added six rebounds and three assists.

Washington led 51-50 after three periods, then won the final quarter 14-8. Dubuque Senior led 7-0 to start the game and trailed by just three at halftime, 33-30.

“Danielle (Franklin) found her stroke and that was pretty key,” Washington assistant coach Jason Edwards said. “Dubuque Senior is a very young team and small and quick. They handled our pressure very well and hit a lot of 3-pointers.”

The Rams drained 6-of-18 3-pointers and were led by the sister combo of Kristie Sommers (21 points on a trio of 3-point bombs) and Katie Sommers (14 points).

Edwards said rebounding was a key component for the Warriors.

“We won the rebounding battle 44-24 and that was probably the difference in the game,” he said. “Kelli (Klaus) had seven, including six offensive, and Madison (Kramer) had 10 rebounds. Overall, we really hit the glass pretty hard.”

Washington collected an impressive 20 offensive rebounds and had three players in double-figure scoring with Franklin, Klaus (13 points) and Abby Herb (10 points, five rebounds) pacing the attack. Jazz Royster scored eight points and Brooke Foreman added five assists.

“We were down one with about five minutes to play," Edwards reported. "We got a couple of key turnovers and then got up four and hit some free throws down the stretch. It was a one or two possession game until the final minute or two.”

Washington hosts Prairie on Thursday night.

WASHINGTON (65): Jazz Royster 1 6-10 8, Madison Kramer 1 2-3 3, Kelli Klaus 6 1-2 13, Abby Herb 4 2-3 10, Brooke Foreman 1 0-1 2, Lauren Goodlove 0 0-0 0, Callie Stone 0 0-0 0, Shanay Gonder 0 0-0 0, Renae Runge 0 0-0 0, Sophie Malcolm 0 0-0 0, Devin Glenski 0 0-0 0, Aleena Hobbs 1 1-2 4, Kolby Bjornson 1 0-0 2, Danielle Franklin 10 0-0 23. Totals 25 10-20 65.

'Twin Towers' post career highs for Warriors

WATERLOO - Let’s call them the “Twin Towers.”

Abby Herb and Kelli Klaus were an unstoppable two-girl wrecking crew with career-highs in both points and rebounds Tuesday night as No. 7 Washington rolled by Waterloo East, 89-32, in an easy Mississippi Valley Conference opener in Waterloo.

Herb, a 6-footer, went inside and outside to hit 12 of 17 shots for a career-best 25 points and 14 rebounds. The junior forward scored 14 of her team’s first 16 points as the Warriors raced to a 21-2 lead.

“That is the most I have ever scored in a half,” Herb said after collecting 21 points in the first two quarters. “I was excited to play and my teammates fed me the ball.”

Herb added three assists and four steals in her best varsity performance.

Klaus, a rangy 6-foot-2 senior who has signed to play basketball at Division II Colorado Christian University, was a headache inside for the Trojans with 15 points and eight boards, also both career marks. She hit 5 of 12 shots from the floor and 3 of 4 free throws.

“It is a big team and it is encouraging that Coach (Frank Howell) plays everyone,” Klaus said. “I think we are going to do really well this season. We have a good feel for each other and we all get along.

“We went out there with energy the whole time and didn’t give up,” she said.

Washington boasts seven players who stand 6 feet or taller, and Howell started four of them.

“That is probably the biggest starting lineup I have ever had across the board,” he said. “We have a lot of length out there and hopefully that leads to a lot of deflections, but we could go small and quick too, so we have some versatility.”

Waterloo East, with 20 consecutive losing seasons in varsity girls basketball, hit the game’s first basket and led 2-0. The Warriors then rattled off 27 unanswered points and led 30-4 after the first quarter.

Herb scored nearly half of her team’s points in the first half on an array of putbacks, layups and jump shots from the free throw line.

The Warriors led 48-13 at intermission and 75-21 after three periods. All 14 players scored.

“I felt really good about it,” Howell said. “Fourteen kids got in and 14 scored. We played hard.

"I really liked what we did on the offensive boards. The ‘bigs’ came in and did a nice job of giving second and third shot opportunities.”

Washington outrebounded Waterloo East, 48-20.

Howell thought Herb was impressive.

“She played really well and that is what we needed,” he said. “Abby found the hot hand and she knocked down some elbow shots and got some stick-backs and played a good floor game overall. She plays hard.”

Washington had 23 steals and forced the Trojans into 33 turnovers. Kia Frazier led Waterloo East with 16 points.

The Warriors hit 37 of 71 from 2-point range (52 percent) and 11 of 24 free throws (46 percent), but hit just 1 of 18 from behind the 3-point arc.

Waterloo East shot 9 of 37 from 2-point range (24 percent), netted 14 of 19 free throws (74 percent) and missed all six of its 3-point goal attempts.

WASHINGTON (89): Jazz Royster 2 2-2 6, Madison Kramer 1 0-0 2, Kelli Klaus 6 3-4 15, Abby Herb 12 1-1 25, Brooke Foreman 2 0-0 4, Lauren Goodlove 1 0-0 2, Callie Stone 0 2-4 2, Shanay Gonder 1 0-0 2, Renae Runge 1 0-0 2, Sophie Malcolm 0 1-4 1, Devin Glenski 3 0-0 6, Aleena Hobbs 3 2-3 8, Kolby Bjornson 2 0-0 5, Danielle Franklin 3 1-2 7. Totals 37 11-24 89.

WATERLOO EAST (32): Amari Williams 1 0-0 2, Shania Robinson 2 0-0 4, Margot Advice 0 0-0 0, Shakari Baker-Bruce 3 0-0 6, Kia Frazier 3 10-12 16, Brinesha McKinney 0 1-2 1, Aryona Umoren 0 0-0 0, Hiliary Servantz 0 0-0 0, Nyosha Alexander 0 0-0 0, Fredericka Forest 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 14-19 32.

Halftime - Washington 48, Waterloo East 13. 3-point goals - Washington 1 (Bjornson).

Warriors whip Marion in jamboree

Taylor Jacobson poured in 19 points Friday night as Cedar Rapids Jefferson topped Alburnett, 43-17, in the 31st annual girls basketball jamboree at Kennedy High School.

Rachel Broghammer and Kaitlyn Davidson scored seven points apiece for the J-Hawks. Maddie Koolbeck blocked four shots for Jefferson and scored four points.

Six Metro schools participated in the Jamboree. Each exhibition game consisted of two eight-minute quarters.

Jefferson (43): Davidson 7, Blietz 0, Jacobson 19, Broghammer 7, Koolbeck 4, Jonas 4, Brathwaite 2, Bailey 0, Stromert 0, Towns 0, Evans 0.

Alburnett (17): Naeve 5, Comried 2, B. Casconi 4, K. Casconi 0, Miller 4, Martin 0, Sorenson 0, Freeland 2, Hand 0.

LINN-MAR 29, BENTON COMMUNITY 11

Mykaela Brandt scored 11 points to lead Linn-Mar past the Benton Community Bobcats. Kristen Eiles came off the bench to score eight points for the Lions.

Linn-Mar (29): Brandt 11, Strauel 3, Thrune 0, Cheatham 4, Major 0, Yearling 0, Harms 2, Eiles 8, Duggan 0, Koelker 0, Libenguth 1.

Benton (11): Mills 0, Weekley 8, Bridgewater 2, Brecht 0, Petrzelka 2, Brunnsen 0, Sindt 0, Roe 0, Larsen 0, Embray 0.

PRAIRIE 15, SOLON 12

Alisa Weiland and Courteney McCrary scored four points apiece as the Prairie Hawks trimmed Solon. Rylee Smith led the Spartans with six points.

Solon (12): Smith 6, Holubar 4, Cave 0, Breza 2, Rickels 0, K. Purdy 0, R.Purdy 0, Kramer 0, Anderson 0, Stinocher 0, Misel 0.

Prairie (15): Yanecek 2, Hutchins 2, Weiland 4, McCrary 4, Dellamuth 1, Ganske 0, Serbousek 2, Rotter 0.

WASHINGTON 29, MARION  14

Madison Kramer scored nine points and Jazz Royster added eight markers as No. 7 Cedar Rapids Washington defeated Marion.

Beth Knapp and Dani Peyton scored four points apiece for the Indians.

Marion (14): Scott 0, Kramer 0, Knapp 4, Peyton 4, Jones 1, Sahm 2, Korf 0, Cole 0, Baines 3, Deeney 0, Mohr 0, Redlinger 0.

Washington (29): Herb 3, Kramer 9, Royster 8, Franklin 3, Klaus 4, Goodlove 0, Foreman 0, Bjornsen 0, Glenski 0, Stone 0, Hobbs 2, Campbell 0, Detweiler 0, Gonder 0, Runge 0, Malcolm 0.

MOUNT VERNON 18, KENNEDY 17

Courtney Strait scored 10 points for No. 12 Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a one-point loss to Mount Vernon in the final game of the jamboree. Liz Skotowski led Mount Vernon with seven points.

Kennedy (17): Strait 10, Simmons 0, Johnson 0, Hendrickson 4, Botkin 3, Meier 0, Holmes 0, Corkery 0, Davis 0, Wagner 0, Dean 0, Zinser 0.

Mount Vernon (18): Chapman 3, Skotowski 7, Rice 0, Pisarik 0, Whitley 6, Signe 0, Giegerich 0, Wieditz 2.