March 29, 2024

basketball results

Girls

Eighth Grade

GREENFIELD — The Creston eighth grade girls basketball team won at Nodaway Valley Monday 30-24.

Sam Dunphy led the way with 13 points and eight rebounds. Kelsey Fields added eight points and five rebounds.

“We had a bumpy first first quarter as we were coming off Thanksgiving break and hadn’t practice since last Tuesday,” coach Mendy McCreight said. “The girls came around the second quarter and fought until the end. We created the other team to turn the ball over on our press.

Seventh grade

The Creston seventh grade girls fell by a score of 31-19 at Nodaway Valley Monday.

Halle Evans led the way for Creston with seven points and eight rebounds. Briana Fields contributed five points and five boards. Nodaway Valley’s Maddox DeVault had 17 points.

“We had a lot of learning experiences in our first game and had trouble containing their good guard on drives into the lane,” said Creston coach Larry Peterson. “We hope to improve on some of those areas before we play Clarinda at home on Thursday.”

The seventh grade ‘B” team lost 6-2.

Boys

Eighth Grade

RED OAK — Brance Baker and Cael Kralik led the way with a combined 27 points in a 53-20 win over Red Oak Monday.

Baker had 14 and Kralik had 13. Kaden Briggs and Colby Burg both added six points each.

The Panthers tallied 24 steals in the win.

“We did a good job of putting pressure on the ball and creating turnovers for easy baskets,” coach Larry McNutt said. “We did miss several layups and easy shots that we will continue to work on and improve in that area.”

Seventh grade

The Creston seventh grade boys fell at Red Oak Monday, the “A” team by a score of 26-14 and the “B” team 13-6.

Derek Paup and Chris Wilson scored four points each in the “A” game.

“Thought our kids played hard we just need to play a little smarter especially on the defensive end,” coach Mike McCabe said. “We gave up way too many easy baskets. Offensively we are still a work in progress.”