Lady Tigers win opening games
The Lady Tiger basketball team openedtheseasonwiththreewins in a row, beginning with the jamboree game against Howells-Dodge, and followed by regular season games against Randolph and Hartington-Newcastle.
Osmond vs. Howells-Dodge
OSMOND — The Osmond Lady Tigers opened the 2019-20 season with a 46-44 win over Howells-Dodge.
"This Hall of Fame Game doesn't count on your record but all proceeds go to the Nebraska High School Hall of Fame," said Coach Terry Viterna. "It was a great team effort by everyone. Coach Schmit and I are very proud of how well the team played, especially after no practice for a week. This was caused by bad weather and our Thanksgiving Break. Leading the team in scoring were Kiera Moes, Mary Kahny, Macy Aschoff and Grace Gansebom, with 13, 9, 8 and 7 points, respectively.
Osmond vs. Randolph
RANDOLPH — The Lady Tigers defeated Lady Cardinals for first time in seven years on Friday, Dec. 6, by a score of 46-43.
"This also was a very good team effort," Viterna said. "We missed a lot of free throws and accumulated a lot of turn-overs, but still fought hard to pull this one out. Top scorers were Kiera Moes with 11 points, followed by Maddy Huwaldt with
10. Leading in rebounds were Macy Aschoff with 11 and Mary Kahny with seven. We had a team total of 34 rebounds, which was a good night on the boards as we out-rebounded the Cardinals.
"Mary and Kiera led the team in 22 steals, each getting six steals. In the assists department, it was really divided up, as everyone averaged almost two each. Even though we made mistakes that will be correctable, it was nice to get an opening win."
Score by Quarter
Osmond 7 11 13 15 = 46 Randolph 5 11 21 6 = 43
BOX SCORE
FG FT Reb Pts M. Kahny 3-10 1-2 7 7 E. Herrera 0-2 1-2 1 1 H. Krienert 0-4 0-0 2 0 G. Gansebom3-5 3-7 2 9 M. Huwaldt 5-9 0-2 5 10 M. Aschoff 3-12 2-4 11 8 K. Moes 4-13 0-2 6 11 Osmond 18-557-19 34 46
Junior Varsity Wins
The junior varsity won in a lowscoring two-quarter game. This was a defensive battle as both teams struggled to put points on the board. Eighth points is all it took to win. Leading the team in rebounds and steals was Elisa Herrera with five each. This was a good team effort as both teams pressed each other for 16 minutes of hard-nose basketball.
Osmond vs. Hartington-Newcastle
OSMOND — Hartington-Newcastle came to Osmond on Saturday, Dec. 7, and defeated Osmond's Lady Tigers 60-41.
"We started out strong, but the fourth quarter proved to be the killer for us as the Lady Wildcats ran away from the Lady Tigers," Coach Viterna said. "No excuses, just tired legs and too many mistakes gave this game away. Hopefully we can improve our record of 1-1 and defeat a tough Boyd-County Lady Spartan Team on Tuesday, Dec. 10."
Leading the team in scoring were Kiera Moes with 13 and Grace Gansebom with 12 points. Mary Kahny led all rebounders with eighth boards, followed by Kiera and Macy with seven and six, respectively.
"Our free-throw percentage needs to improve greatly, as well as cutting back on so many turnovers. These young ladies all have been working very hard and have great attitudes," Coach Viterna concluded.
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