Jefferson Girls Basketball

Dighton scores 16 as Jeff girls win

Kennedy Dighton had 16 points and eight rebounds as the Jefferson girls basketball team clamped down on Davenport Central for a 62-24 win Tuesday at Jefferson.

Kylie Wise had 12 points and Mariah Robinson had eight rebounds for the J-Hawks (6-8).

No player scored more than four points for Davenport Central (1-13).

DAVENPORT CENTRAL (24): Baker 1 0-0 2, Buck 2 0-0 4, George 1 1-2 3, Levi 0 0-0 0, Hawkins 1 1-2 3, Wallace 2 0-1 4, Brown-Taylor 2 0-0 4, Stokes 1 0-0 2, Light 1 0-0 2. Totals 11 2-5 24.

JEFFERSON (62): Rolwes 3 0-0 7, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 4 0-4 8, Guy 4 0-0 8, Melton 3 0-1 6, Wise 5 0-0 12, Veglahn 2 0-0 5, McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Dighton 8 0-0 16, O’Brien 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 0-5 61.

Halftime – Jefferson 32, Davenport Central 13. 3-point goals – Davenport Central 0, Jefferson 4 (Wise 2, Rolwes 1, Veglahn 1).

Hayden, Botkin lead Kennedy girls

Sydney Hayden had 16 points and Stephanie Botkin had 15 to lead the Kennedy girls basketball team to a 68-34 win over Jefferson on Friday at Jefferson.

Katelynn Dye added nine points and Abby Hellweg had eight points for the Cougars (10-4).

Kennedy Dighton had 15 points to lead the J-Hawks (5-8).

KENNEDY (68): Dunham 0 0-0 0, Dye 4 1-2 9, Hamilton 1 0-0 2, Hayden 6 0-0 16, Sellers 3 0-0 6, Steele 0 0-0 0, A.Hellweg 3 2-2 8, Meyer 1 0-0 2, Green 0 0-0 0, Milbrath 1 1-2 3, Runels 1 1-2 3, Dolphin 0 0-0 0, Botkin 6 1-2 15, O.Hellwig 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 10-14 68

JEFFERSON (34): Rolwes 1 0-0 3, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 1 0-0 2, Guy 3 0-0 9, Melton 0 0-0 0, Wise 1 0-0 2, Veglahn 1 0-0 3, McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Dighton 6 1-2 15, E.O’Brien 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 1-2 34.

Halftime – Kennedy 38, Jefferson 11. 3-point goals – Kennedy 6 (Hayden 4, Botkin 2), Jefferson 7 (Guy 3, Dighton 2, Rowles, Veglahn).

Jefferson falls to No. 4 West

IOWA CITY – Mikaela Morgan scored 23 points as the fourth-ranked Iowa City West girls basketball team handled Jefferson 60-28 Tuesday.

Kennedy Dighton led the J-Hawks with 11 points.

Grace Tafolla added 11 points for the Women of Troy, who improved to 9-0.

Jefferson is 5-5.

JEFFERSON (28): Rowles 1 0-0 3, Robinson 1 0-0 2, Kitterman 0 0-0 0, Guy 1 1-2 3, Melton 0 0-0 0, Wise 2 2-2 6, Veglahn 0 1-2 1, McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Dighton 5 1-2 11, O’Brian 0 2-2 2. Totals 10 7-10 28.

IOWA CITY WEST (60): Lorenzo-Dobbs 2 0-0 4, Tafolla 5 0-0 11, Tauchen 1 0-0 2, Saunders 0 2-2 2, Craig 3 0-0 8, McGrane 0 1-2 1, Huinker 0 0-0 0, Cook 2 0-0 4, Harder 0 0-0 0, M.Morgan 10 0-0 23, A.Morgan 0 1-2 1, Halverson 2 0-0 4. Totals 25 4-8 60.

Halftime – Iowa City West 24, Jefferson 13. 3-point goals – Jefferson 1 (Rowles), Iowa City West 6 (M.Morgan 3, Craig 2, Tafolla).

J-Hawks falter without Ollinger

In high-energy sports like basketball, you can compete for only so long on adrenaline alone.

In their first game without their star player Friday night at home, the Jefferson girls played their hearts out in the first half against Xavier.

Then they simply ran out of gas.

Ahead for the opening 12 minutes, the short-handed J-Hawks trailed just 18-15 at the hallway point. But as they sagged from then on, the surging Saints picked up steam and won going away, 50-22.

Jefferson (5-4, 4-2 MVC) managed only five points from center Kennedy Dighton and two from point guard Avery Guy in the second 16 minutes.

They desperately needed 6-foot-2 all-stater Amanda Ollinger, who left the team two days ago and will transfer to Linn-Mar.

“I thought the girls played great during that first half,” said even-tempered Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards. “We were moving the ball, and we knocked down some shots.”

But with just six girls (all juniors and sophomores) facing the relentless pressure of Xavier’s patented pressing defense, they could not sustain the momentum.

Longtime Xavier Coach Tom Lilly said his squad knew what to expect coming into the contest.

“Jefferson came out with a lot of energy and enthusiasm,” he noted. “Missing their best player, they wanted to tell the world.‘Hey, we don’t need her.’

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