Centre girls win over Wakefield
The Lady Cougars basketball team got its second win of the year Dec. 18 by easily defeating Wakefield 53-28 at Wakefield.
Andrea Stahlecker was the only player in double digits with 10 points. However, every player contributed to the final score.
After a slow start by both teams, 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, Centre went on a 21-point run, up 24-8 at the break. Both teams scored 13 points in the third quarter and Centre went on to score 16 points in the fourth while Wakefield scored only seven, providing a wide winning margin for Centre.
Although field goal completions were poor for both teams — 24 percent for Centre and 22 percent for Wakefield — the Lady Cougars did much more shooting than their opponent, attempting 87 field goals compared to 51 for Wakefield.
The team gave a strong defensive effort, stealing the ball 24 times and rebounding 61 times compared to four steals and 34 rebounds for Wakefield.
Individual statistics
Scoring: Andrea Stahlecker, 10; Alisha Loveless, 8; Laura Klenda, 7; Stephanie Hajek and Raschelle Jirak, 6 each; Kathleen Meek, Jill Fenske, and Jenna Tajchman, 4 each; Ashlee Bowman and Brianne Stahlecker, 2 each.
Rebounds: Bowman, 12; Jirak, 11; Loveless and Klenda, 7 each; Hajek and Meek, 6 each; A. Stahlecker, 5; Tajchman, 4; B. Stahlecker, 2; Fenske, 1.
Blocked shots: Bowman, Loveless, Klenda, and Tajchman, 1 each.
Assists: Hajek, 3; A. Stahlecker and Loveless, 2 each; Meek, Fenske, Bowman, Jirak, B. Stahlecker, and Klenda, 1 each.
Steals: Loveless, 5; A. Stahlecker, 4; Meek, 3; Hajek, Klenda, and B. Stahlecker, 2 each; Fenske and Jirak, 1 each.
Turnovers: Loveless, 5; Hajek, Bowman, Jirak, 3 each; Tajchman, 2; Meek, Fenske, 1 each.
B-TEAM — The junior varsity was tromped by Wakefield 28-49. Centre's Brianne Stahlecker was high-point man for Centre with 10 points, followed by Shaina Makovec with nine. Other scorers were Jennifer Arndt, five, and Jill Fenske and Trisha Pauls, two each.
