Metro Sports Report

Wilson stars as CVC girls win again

GARWIN – Candace Wilson scored 23 points and had six steals as the the Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team won its second game in a row, beating GMG 52-40 Thursday.

Molly Hembera added 12 points, five rebounds and seven steals for CVC. Maggie Cach had six rebounds.

Cedar Valley Christian improved to 2-5.

CEDAR VALLEY CHRISTIAN (52): M.Slagle 0 0-0 0, E.Slagle 1 4-7 6, Masterson 0 0-0 0, Hembera 5 2-2 12, Fields 2 1-2 6, Cach 2 0-2 5, Wilson 9 4-6 23, Mafuta 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 11-19 52.

GMG (40): Sonderleiter 5 2-2 14, Dieleman 5 0-0 10, Airey 1 1-2 4, Vaske 2 0-0 4, Duncan 0 0-0 0, Claassen 2 0-0 4, Vaverka 0 0-0 0, Krull 1 1-2 4. Totals 17 4-6 40.

Halftime – Cedar Valley Christian 26, GMG 25. 3-point goals – Cedar Valley Christian 3 (Fields, Cach, Wilson), GMG 2 (Airey, Krull).

Mount Mercy women fall to C-S

Abby Herb scored 12 points with three blocks to lead the Mount Mercy women’s basketball team in a 63-47 loss to Culver-Stockton on Thursday at the Hennessey Recreation Center.

The Mustangs trailed 24-9 in the first half and never fully recovered, although they pulled within 28-24 at intermission.

Alisa Weiland and Sara Blowers each had nine points for Mount Mercy (5-8). Makenzie Zeitler had eight points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

Marion grapplers split double-dual

TIFFIN – The Marion wrestling team split a double-dual Tuesday at Clear Creek Amana, beating the Clippers 45-28 and losing to South Tama 60-18.

Colin Conway had pins against Clear Creek Amana at 160 pounds and Marion at 152.

Caleb Conway (152) and Keanu Quinn (195) also had pins against the Clippers. Zach Cochran had a pin at 120 against South Tama.

CVC boys fall short at GMG

GARWIN – The Cedar Valley Christian boys once again kept the score close, trailing just 29-28 at halftime, but lost to GMG 53-39 Thursday on the road.

Travis Geels had 11 points and 13 rebounds for CVC (1-5). Mike Scroggs and Kelvin Ridder each scored eight points. Ridder added two blocks and Michael Johnson had seven points and seven assists.

Jacob Burt had 24 points for Garwin (2-4).

CEDAR VALLEY CHRISTIAN (39): Crittenden 0 0-0 0, Telecky 0 0-0 0, K.Gustafson 2 0-0 5, Scroggs 4 0-4 8, Geels 5 0-0 11, Joyce 0 0-0 0, Foote 0 0-0 0, Johnson 2 1-2 7, Ridder 3 1-2 8. Totals 16 2-8 39.

GMG (53): Schossow 0 0-0 0, Espenschied 3 0-0 8, Stonewall 0 2-2 2, Baldozo 0 0-0 0, Burt 11 2-5 24, Cos 4 0-0 8, Peterson 3 0-0 7, Hass 0 0-0 0, Groth 1 0-0 2, Duden 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 4-5 53.

Halftime – GMG 29, Cedar Valley Christian 28. 3-point goals – Cedar Valley Christian 5 (Johnson 2, K.Gustafson, Geels, Ridder), GMG 3 (Espenschied 2, Peterson).