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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.
On Saturday January 21, 2012, the first ice storm blanketed the area, but it was only the outside world that was cold. Inside the K-house, the JV, coming off two losses in a row, was smokin’ hot as the entire team contributed to a dominant performance against the visiting Hurricanes of Wilmington. The JV beat Wilmington earlier in December on their home court by 12 points. This time around the margin of victory was 19 as the home team takes the orange and black 28-47. Nice job KLK JV: Riley Brashear, Cara Thomas, Alyssa Johnson, Audrey Farber, Arden Jestice, Christine Harris, Mackenzie Kruse, Sarah Palmer. Record improves to 8-6.
The Varsity, coming off a 26 point loss from the Mason Comets, again, struggled against a strong shooting opponent in the Hurricanes. The sophmore duo of Savannah Hooper and Brianna Camp combined for 32 points, which for a second time in as many games, outscores the entire KLK team. The achilles heal of the game was the shooting percentages where the team went 31% from the field. Of great note was senior Stephanie Wehmer also looked good going 4 for 4 at the foul line and hitting 3 for 5 from the field and ringing in 10 points and sophmore Claire Sichterman who flourished in the 4th quarter to shoot 2 for 2 outside the arc and with another FG to end with 8 points. FINAL 57-29, record moves to 7-7 overall, 6-4 in the FAVC. GAME STATS
In the first game of the day, the Freshman hosted Ross in the second meeting of the season. In December the Freshman had an easy time with the Rams beating them by 12, but this time around the Rams had an answer for the hot young freshman team, fortunately, in the end, the 9th graders prevail to take a 31-36 victory and improve to 10-4 on the season.
NEXT UP: Weds January 25th finds the KLK teams split in two with the Freshman hosting Springboro at KHS with a 4:30 tip off, and then the JV/Varsity traveling to Little Miami, where the Panthers will seek revenge from earlier losses to both JV and Varsity from their December meeting at the K-House. Tip 6:00/7:30 LMHS.
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.
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!
Weds. Jan 11, the Glen Este Trojans at KHS: How important is it to make your free throws? Laura Bruns went to the line with 1 minute left in the game and made 2 free throws to give the KLK’s a 1 point lead. With a quick GE score and now trailing by 1, the KLK drove down the court and then Haley Delaney was fouled and sent to the line. BOOM and BOOM, Kings back to a 1 point lead. With .2 seconds left on the clock, GE’s Katie Gaskill was fouled and sent to the line with the Trojans down by one. As a result of 2 missed free throws, the Varsity completed the sweep of the trio of games on this night, winning 48-49.
How important is it to make your free throws? Abby Bush went 4-4, Michelle Bruns 2-2, Laura Bruns 3-4, Haley Delaney 2-3, Steph Wehmer 1-2. As a team the KLK went 12 for 15, where GE went just 15-32. Games are won and lost at the line, and we’ll take them any way we can get them. Record improves to 6-5 on the season and 5-3 in the FAVC.
In the middle game of the night, the JV came out strong against a slower GE team and entered the lockerroom with a 6 point lead. But GE’s adjustments slowed the KLK’s production in the third to take a brief lead. However, the fourth quarter reignited the spark that has helped the JV do so well all season and Riley Brashear, Alyssa Johnson, Arden Justice and Sarah Palmer, poured on the heat to close this story 25-36. Record improves to 7-4.
The Freshman saw a rematch with a young Western Brown team. In the first meeting in December, the 9th graders had no troubles with the Bronco’s and sailed to an 18 point victory. And the game from Weds would be nearly identical. Brooke Renner’s speed and finesse landed her 12 points to lead the team, followed by Patrice DiPasquale 8, Brianne Gray 6, Jenna Maschino, Colleen Reising and Grace Wolf all match 4 points each. Final 22-40, records improves to 7-4.
Next UP: THE LADY KNIGHTS ARE ON THE RADIO! and KBA YOUTH GIRLS BASKETBALL NIGHT!
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. Game times 4:30/6:00/7:30
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
There wasn’t much of a Holiday break for the Lady Knights as the Freshman just completed their third game since the break began, going 3 for 3 and outscoring their opponents 115-53. Tonight at Ross, the 9th graders faced their toughest opponent, but had an easy time of it winning 35-23.
Last night, Weds 12/28, the Frosh opened up play at Fairfield with a convincing win over the Indians 42-16. The JV, (5-2) plagued with turnovers and sloppy play, hung with the home team, but just couldn’t bring it to victory and drop their record to 5-3 in the 21-25 final.
The Varsity, facing a tough GMC team and outstanding D1 recruit in Raeshaun Gaffney, struggled in the first quarter and trailed by 8, but managed 2 very strong quarters to hang with the Indians and close the gap to as little as 2 points. The 4th quarter was the demise of the team as the Knights only managed 4 points to Fairfield’s 17. Gaffney ends the evening with 30 points, and the Indians beat the Knights 39-57. GAME STATS
Production from the KLK players came mostly from Abby Bush (9 pts) and Madi Bauer (9 pts) who also went 5-6 at the line.
Next up for the KLK is at Anderson on WEDS JAN 4. Come to this classic matchup as the 4-4 Knights face the 4-4 Redskins. It promises to be a rollercoaster! Will Waldo show up??? Watch WALDO lead the ROLLERCOASTER at AHS last year!
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The KLKB teams make a trip west and visit Fairfield, on WEDS 12/28, in a popular battle of GMC vs FAVC. Despite their 1-6 overall record, the Indians boast one of areas top ballers in Raeshaun Gaffney, who scored 44 of the 65 points in their close 65-69 loss to the number one team in Cincinnati, Princeton. Gaffney, a SR who averages 25.1 points/game will pose a big threat from all areas as she went 15 for 15 at the line at the Princeton outing. So, the team record means nothing when the Knights BRING IT and open up Varsity play at 7:30, with JV at 6:00 and Frosh at 4:30.
Take a break from your holiday break and come support the Lady Knights! GO KNIGHTS!
DIRECTIONS TO FAIRFIELD 8800 Holden Ave, Fairfield, 45014
THE WEEKLY KNIGHTLY REVIEW, Varsity
12/17/11 story coming soon
Saturday December 10th, 2011, marked the 25th anniversary week of a former Kings Lady Knights player who passed suddenly after a game. Jenne Allen was a mere 17 years old with an entire future ahead of her when a terrible incident cut her young life short. To commemorate the milestone, the KLK program provided a reception to family and friends before the game and paid tribute to the student athlete before the Varsity game.
The special evening began with a completely dominate showing by the JV in the first game, winning by a 38 point margin: 15-53. In the second game, the Varsity continued the momentum and pounded the Panthers by 31 with the final being 31-63.
The Varsity game was hightlighted by the fact that every single player contributed points to the score. Congratulations to Laura Harsnett marking her first varsity points with a three pointer and a free throw. Excellent all around team effort by the Lady Knights!. GAME STATS
Next up: The Freshman return to game play after a week off of any contests. The team travels to Turpin on Wed. 12/14, frosh 4:30, JV 6:00, Varsity 7:30.
GO KNIGHTS!!
Special thank you to McDaniel’s Photography for their continuing support.
