On Saturday January 28th, the KLKB team celebrated our SENIORS! HALEY WALTER, LAURA HARSNETT, MICHELLE BRUNS, ABBY BUSH, STEPHANIE WEHMER, and KATIE STEVENS.
The 3 teams faced the Turpin Spartans for the second time this season. The FRESHMAN started out with a great victory, which featured LIBBY COLEMAN with her first 4 points of the season! Way to go team! Record improves to 11-4.
JV had a convincing win against the Spartans in December, but fell short at the buzzer, record falls to 8-7.
In their first OT game of the season in December, the Varsity lost to Turpin and looked to take revenge, but the zone and low shooting percentages were the challenges that kept the varsity from the win. FINAL: 51-40. Record falls to 8-8 overall, 7-5 in FAVC.
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On Weds. Jan 18th, the power forwards from Mason, Brianna Glover and Kayla McDowell, at 6’1″ and 6’2″ respectively, managed to score more points than the entire KLK team scored for the game. Glover and McDowell combined for 29 points and the height, speed of the visiting team was simply no match for the Knights. Despite a fairly tight 1st quarter, with 3 lead changes, once the Comets got into their groove, the KLK had no answer to any shots, going only 11-40 from the floor. Varsity takes this on the chin and moves to 7-6 on the season. FINAL: 54-26.
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The JV had a strong start and gave the Comets a good run. Scoring from Sarah Palmer, Kiley Maxwell, Brianne Gray, Arden Jestice, and Riley Brashear kept the hopes alive, but the fast breaks and layups caught up to the team at the end. The JV streak of 2 losses in a row is the first of the season, moving to 7-6 with a 38-26 final.
The stars of the night were the freshman as they take out the Comets. This defensive battle was so tight with more passing and movement of the ball in the back court, that there was very little shooting to be had and not single foul shot taken in the first half by either team. The half time score was 6-6. Sometimes a good halftime break is what a team needs to get ‘er goin’ and that’s what the Frosh did as they scored 9 points to only Mason’s 3 points in the third stanza and hang on to use up the clock as Mason tried to rally, but the KLK Freshman prevail and finish the game 17-20. Kiley Maxwell gets high fives with 9 points followed by Brooke Renner with 5 and Jenna Machino and Brianne Gray with 2 each. Freshman improve to 9-4 on the season.
On Saturday Jan 14, the future Kings Lady Knights players were recognized during the halftime of the Varsity game against Loveland. Players in grades 2-8 adorned the gym to watch the very girls who started their basketball careers with the KBA program. The KLK came out strong as this game became quickly reminiscent of the first meeting at Loveland in November, when the red and blue won 50-34.
Standout play from seniors Abby Bush (14 pts, 4-5 FTM/A) and Steph Wehmer (10 pts, 2-4 FTM/A) and junior Haley Delaney (10 pts 1-1/FTM/A) led the home team to a 34-49 victory and the KLK are on a 3 game win streak, improve their record to 7-5, 6-3 in the FAVC.
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In the earlier games of the evening, the JV had their first OT game of the season. The KLK JV struggled to capitalize on a couple of opportunities and fall to the black and orange by 6. Record drops to 7-5.
The freshman opened the evening of games with dominant play and repeat the victory of November by beating the Tigers 28-46, record improves to 8-4.
NEXT UP: MASON comes to the K-HOUSE on WEDS. JAN 18th! Last year the RED SEA filled the Black Hole in their gym and even the Mason coach was impressed with the Knights fans. Let’s go fans, we need to do it again! Come fill the RED SEA and cheer on your KLK’s!! 4:30 Freshman/6:00 JV/7:30 Varsity. GO KNIGHTS!
The Eagles of Milford soared into the K house on Saturday Jan 7th with an 8-1 record, tied for first in the FAVC , and one of the top shooters in the conference, Morgan Wolcott. The Eagles took quick flight with a 6 point lead going into the lockerroom at half . But the adjustments that the Varsity made allowed the Eagles to only score 5 points in the third and to rally in the 4th to close the gap. At the buzzer, a 3-pointer by HALEY DELANEY inked the deal for the Lady Knights and the home team stunned the visitors by winning the game with one point to spare, 36-37. Varsity improves to .500 on the season with a 5-5 record.
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In the earlier games, the Freshman allowed the Eagles to score the first 5 points unanswered, but turned on the intensity and entered the lockerroom tied at 10. But the battle wore the Knights at the end as they lost this contest by 15. Record is now 6-4.
The JV had most of their production from Riley Brashear, Sarah Palmer, Christine Harris and Arden Jestice, but couldn’t manage to hang on at the end losing 28-21, bringing record to 6-4.
NEXT UP: The Purple Trojans from Glen Este will come for a visit on WEDS JAN 11, games at 4:30/6:00/7:30
WKNG RADIO BROADCAST ALERT!!! MARK THE DATES: The broadcast team from WKNG Radio will be broadcasting LIVE from the K-house on SATURDAY Jan. 14 with LOVELAND Tiger’s. This is also KBA Girls Youth Basketball Night; and SATURDAY Jan. 21 with WILMINGTON Hurricanes. WKNG RADIO LINK
Weds. Jan 4th, 2012 marked a new year and a new player to hit the hardwood for the Varsity, Mackenzie Seiter, a JR who had been on injury reserve from rehabing a knee injury. Her spark on the floor was contageous and she looked great hitting a big 3 pointer in the second quarter to help close the gap of a strong Anderson beginning.
The Redskins came out with guns blazing as they rattled off the first 7 point of the game unanswered and the Varsity struggled to find consistency in their shooting. The Ladies rallied the entire game, trailing by as little as 2, but the Orange and Black were just no match in the showcase game of the night, losing 37-45. GAME STATS
In the first two games of the evening, the Freshman opened up the night with a complete breakdown of their opponent, shutting them out completely in the 4th quarter. Improving record to 6-3, the Frosh keep winning streak alive with 4 in a row, final score 35-16.
In the middle game, the JV played a tight game, with never more than a 4 point variance between the teams, but bring it on to keep the lead at the stretch and bump their record to 6-3 with the 24-21 victory.
NEXT UP: SATURDAY at KHS, the Milford Eagles will fly in for a visit to the big K house at 11:30/1:00/2:30 games. SEE YOU THERE!
Wittenberg Tigers and Wilmington Quakers face off in the championship game of the Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic at Wittenberg University on Fri. Dec. 30, at 4:30. A Holiday tourny in Springfield, OH may not seem like big news, but this match up features two Kings Lady Knights alums Shelby Kies (’09) who is a JR at WC and Katelyn Haralamos (’11), a Freshman at Witt.
In the first game, Kies, one of the 5 starters, and her Quaker-mates faced Brescia and maintained a lead most of the game, but with Brescia tying the game with only 5 minutes remaining, the Quakers poured it on to win by 8. Final 51-59. WILMNGTON GAME STORY
In the second game of the tourny, Harlamos, one of 3 freshman starters, had a fairly easy time with their opponent, Rose-Hulman, and scored all of her 14 points in the second half. Katelyn was featured in the post game story out of Wittenberg: WITTENBERG GAME STORY
If you want to come see some great Women’s Hoops and our Kings alums, make the short 75 minute trip northeast to Wittenberg University, tip time 4:30. DIRECTIONS to Pam Evans Arena
Shelby Kies Katelyn Haralamos
12/3 Ursuline story coming soon
On the last day of November, the Lady Knights were doing some housekeeping in Loveland by sweeping all three contests. The Freshman team was not to be denied with an 18 point lead going into the fourth quarter and won 32-16. The JV continued the momentum into the second game of the evening with an impressive 40-31 win. The nightcap of the evening started out with the dominance of Haley Delaney making 3-4 three-pointers in the second quarter as the Varsity Ladies complete the trio of wins in a 50-34 victory.
For more details, see the Lady Knights Varsity, JV and Freshman pages.
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