Metro Sports Report

Marion girls put clamps on Vinton

The sixth-ranked Marion girls basketball team held Vinton-Shellsburg to just six field goals in a 46-25 win Tuesday in a Wamac Conference game at Marion.

The Indians jumped to a 10-2 lead in the first four minutes before leading 17-11 at halftime.

Chloe Rice scored 11 points for Marion (7-3).

Vinton-Shellsburg fell to 3-9.

VINTON-SHELLSBURG (25): Grifitbh 1 6-6 8, Blake 0 2-2 2, Speidel 0 2-4 2, Cornell 2 1-2 5, A.Gloede 2 1-2 6, E.Gloede 1 0-0 2, Spies 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 12-16 25.

Halftime – Marion 17, Vinton-Shellsburg 11. 3-point goals – Vinton-Shellsburg 1 (A.Gloede), Marion 2 (Dunne, Herold).

Person leads Prairie girls by East

Halle Person scored 20 points to lead the Prairie girls basketball team in a 78-37 win over Waterloo East Friday in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Prairie.

The Prairie Hawks led 25-8 after the first quarter and kept the pressure on the rest of the way.

Olivia Usher added 14 points for the Hawks (5-5), Sarah Schmitt had 12 points and Maggie Lampe scored 10.

Kerris Roberts scored 16 points to lead the Trojans (1-11).

WATERLOO EAST (37): Sisk 3 2-2 9, Clark 4 0-0 10, Roberts 6 2-6 16, Anderson 0 0-0 0, Sims 0 0-0 0, Watson 0 2-4 2, Kemp 0 0-0 0. Shannon 0 0-2 0. Totals 13 6-14 37.

PRAIRIE (78): Moenk 0 0-0 0, Altenhofen 3 0-1 8, Sanders 1 0-0 3, Lampe 4 2-4 10, Schmitt 4 2-4 12, Adams 0 2-2 2, Stebral 0 0-0 0, Usher 6 2-2 14, Shreeves 2 0-0 3, Kuch 2 0-2 5, Person 8 3-3 20. Totals 30 11-18 78.

Halftime – Prairie 44, Waterloo East 23. 3-point goals – Waterloo East 5 (Clark 2, Roberts 2, Sisk), Prairie 10 (Usher 3, Altenhofen 2, Schmitt 2, Sanders, Kuch, Person).

Andersen nets 26 to spark Xavier

WATERLOO – McKenna Andersen poured in six 3-pointers and scored 26 points as the Xavier girls basketball team topped Waterloo West, 63-54, Friday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at West.

The Wahawks trailed just 55-53 with three minutes left, but the Saints held on down the stretch. Xavier shot 19-of-23 from the free-throw line on the night. Andersen was 6-of-6 from the line in the second half alone.

Lexi Noonan scored 13 points for Xavier (6-5) and Amelia Ivester added 11.

Aliyah Robinson scored 18 points to lead Waterloo West (4-7).

XAVIER (63): Noonan 4 5-8 13, Joens 2 0-0 4, Ivester 5 1-1 11, Dickes 1 2-3 4, Andersen 6 8-8 26, Stanek 0 0-0 0, Brown 1 3-3 5, Steffen 0 0-0 0, Hoffman 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 19-23 63.

WATERLOO WEST (54): Robinson 5 5-6 18, Young 2 0-0 6, Cook 1 0-0 3, Campbell 3 7-8 13, Wehr 0 0-0 0, Ceasar 4 3-4 11, Phillips 1 1-5 3, Miller 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 16-23 54

Halftime – Xavier 37, Waterloo West 29. 3-point goals – Xavier 6 (Andersen 6), Waterloo West 6 (Robinson, Young 2, Cook).

Balanced Washington girls top Hempstead

The Washington girls basketball team went on a 22-9 run in the second quarter and proceeded to beat Dubuque Hempstead, 67-56, Friday in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

Jayla Johnson led a balanced attack with 16 points for the Warriors (6-5). Payton Bruner had 13 points, Vanessa Eniola scored 12, Joniqua Clark added 10 and Anne Visser chipped in nine.

The Rams fell to 3-9.

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (56): Tressel 1 0-0 2, Bitter 3 6-6 14, Kluesner 2 0-0 5, Snitker 0 5-6 5, Fleckenstein 0 1-2 1, Kallaher 2 1-2 5, O’Hare 3 4-8 10, Krug 0 2-4 2, Bleymeyer 1 1-2 3, Gronau 3 1-2 7, Sehawl 0 2-2 2. Totals 15 23-34 56.

WASHINGTON (67): Clark 4 0-0 10, Carey 1 1-2 3, Visser 3 2-2 9, V.Eniola 6 0-0 12, B.Hoeger 1 1-2 4, O’Donnell 0 0-0 0, M.Hoeger 0 0-0 0, Bruner 5 2-5 13, Riley 0 0-00, Mia 0 0-0 0, Johnson 8 0-1 16, D.Eniola 0 0-0 0, Levy 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 6-12 67.

Halftime – Washington 37, Dubuque Hempstead 23. 3-point goals – Dubuque Hempstead 3 (Bitter 2, Kluesner), Washington 5 (Clark 2, Visser, B.Hoeger, Bruner),