Cedar Valley Christian - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Maquoketa Valley tops CVC boys

DELHI - Zach Salow poured in 22 points Friday night as Maquoketa Valley trimmed Cedar Valley Christian, 48-38, in a boys basketball game in Delhi.

Mike Scroggs scored 13 points for Cedar Valley (1-12).

Brock Hillers and Kalvin Orcutt had 10 points apiece for Maquoketa Valley (3-13).

CEDAR VALLEY CHRISTIAN (38): Glenski 2 0-1 6, T. Scroggs 3 2-4 8, M. Scroggs 5 3-6 13, Geels 1 3-4 5, Johnson 2 0-0 5. Totals 13 8-15 38.

MAQUOKETA VALLEY (48): Hillers 4 2-4 10, Goedken 0 0-0 0, Salow 6 9-10 22, Wilson 1 0-0 3, Schindler 1 1-2 3, Ka. Orcutt 4 2-4 10, Ko. Orcutt 0 0-0 0, Gudenkauf 0 0-0 0, Hogan 0 0-0 0, Stender 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 14-20 48.

Halftime - Maquoketa Valley 23, Cedar Valley 20. 3-point goals - Cedar Valley 3 (Glenski 2, Johnson 1), Maquoketa Valley 2 (Salow 1, Wilson 1).

Both Hembera sisters sit as CVC falls

DELHI - Freshman Molly Hembera joined her sister Shelby on the sidelines Friday night with a migraine headache, stripping the Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team of its two leading scorers.

Their absence led to a 55-13 loss to Maquoketa Valley on the road in Delhi.

Shelby Hembera, who leads the state in scoring at 30.3 points, has been sidelined the past week with a severely sprained ankle. Molly Hembera has helped carry the load in her sister's absence with a 10.3 scoring average, but she was unavailable as well Friday.

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Cedar Valley boys snap 33-game slide

SPRINGVILLE - Travis Geels poured in 18 points Thursday night as Cedar Valley Christian drubbed HLV, 35-14, for its first victory of the season.

The Huskies had lost 33 straight games dating back to the last game of the 2012-13 campaign. They finished 0-21 last season and were 0-11 this season before ending the victory drought.

Michael Johnson contributed eight points for the Huskies.

HLV fell to 1-11 for the campaign.

HLV (14): Coats 1 0-0 3, Strudthoff 3 1-5 7, Doran 0 0-0 0, Lahndorf 2 0-2 4, Thys 0 0-1 0, Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 1-8 14.

CEDAR VALLEY (35): Crittenden 0 0-0 0 Glenski 1 1-2 3, T. Scroggs 3 0-2 6, M. Scroggs 0 0-0 0, Geels 7 4-5 18, Johnson 3 1-2 8, Ridder 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 611 35.

3-point goals - HLV 1 (Coats 1), Cedar Valley 1 (Johnson 1).

Cedar Valley girls lose to HLV

SPRINGVILLE - The HLV Warriors hit eight 3-pointers Thursday night and defeated Cedar Valley, 55-30, in a girls basketball game in Springville.

Kendra Schafbuch scored 14 points for the winners (2-12).

Shelby Hembera did not play again for Cedar Valley due to an ankle injury. Emily Masterson and Maggie Cach scored eight points apiece for the Huskies (7-6).

HLV (55): Bracy 3 0-2 8, Schafer 4 0-2 10, Schafbuch 4 2-2 14, Kuesel 2 4-6 8, Fruendt 0 0-0 0, Shaull 1 0-0 2, Crisman 0 0-0 0, Cheney 4 0-4 8, Craig 1 1-2 3, Kunz 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 7-18 55.

CEDAR VALLEY (30): Slagle 2 0-0 6, Masterson 4 0-0 8, M. Hembera 2 2-3 6, Fields 0 0-0 0 Cechota 0 2-2 2, Polansky 0 0-1 0, Cach 3 2-7 8, Mafuta 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 6-13 30.

Halftime - HLV 24, Cedar Valley 19. 3-point goals - HLV 8 (Schafbuch 4, Bracy 2, Schafer 2), Cedar Valley 2 (Slagle 2).