{"id":138920,"date":"2021-01-07T22:53:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T03:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=138920"},"modified":"2021-01-07T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T03:54:13","slug":"vw-girls-come-up-short-vs-st-marys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/01\/07\/vw-girls-come-up-short-vs-st-marys\/","title":{"rendered":"VW girls come up short vs. St. Marys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second half shooting slump proved to be costly for Van Wert in a 46-35 Western Buckeye League loss to St. Marys Memorial on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Van Wert senior guard Jaylyn Rickard scored 12 points against St. Marys Memorial, including nine straight in the second quarter. Bob Barnes\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A layup by Kyra Welch gave the Cougars a 30-29 lead with 4:10 left in the third quarter, but Van Wert was able to muster just five points the rest of the way. Meanwhile, St. Marys Memorial (8-3, 3-1 WBL) went on a 10-0 scoring run, including six points by junior guard Kendall Dieringer. The Cougars finally ended the scoring drought with a trey by Jaylyn Rickard with 4:20 left in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of games where we\u2019ve had slow starts and good finishes, but tonight we had a good start and struggled in the second half,\u201d Van Wert head coach Hannah Phlipot said. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying find a way to put the four quarters together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (4-6, 2-2 WBL) led 11-9 after the first quarter, with Allison Schaufelberger scoring four points, including a jumper to beat the buzzer. Rickard scored Van Wert first nine points of the second period by hitting four baskets, including a triple, and the Cougars led by as many as six. Sofi Houg scored Van Wert\u2019s final five points of the quarter and the Cougars led 26-24 at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the first half we executed our game plan nearly perfectly,\u201d Phlipot said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rickard finished the game with 12 points while Houg finished with nine, all in the first half. Schaufelberger, Houg and Kyra Welch each had five rebounds, but the Cougars were hindered by 18 turnovers. Van Wert shot just four free throws, but connected on three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur girls have bought into what we\u2019re trying to do and I think that we\u2019re not playing our best basketball, but it\u2019s January 7, and that\u2019s not our goal to play our best basketball right now,\u201d Phlipot said. \u201cWe want to continue to build on what we\u2019ve got and I think we\u2019ll eventually put together both sides of the ball for four quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Lady Riders were led by Dieringer, who finished with 21 points, including nine in the fourth quarter. Noelle Ruane pulled down a game high seven rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert is scheduled to play Lincolnview on Saturday. The junior varsity game will tip off at 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert 11 15 4 5 \u2013 35
St. Marys 9 15 10 12 \u2013 46<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: Carly Smith 1-0-3; Kyra Welch 2-1-5; Sofi Houg 3-2-9; Jaylyn Rickard 5-0-12; Allison Schaufelberger 3-0-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys Memorial: Elena Menker 2-2-7; Morgan Hesse 1-0-2; Kendall Dieringer 7-6-21; Noelle Ruane 3-0-7; Cora Rable 1-2-4; Kiley Tennant 1-0-3; Karsyn McGlothen 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: St. Marys Memorial 38-21<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor A second half shooting slump proved to be costly for Van Wert in a 46-35 Western Buckeye League loss to St. Marys Memorial on Thursday night. A layup by Kyra Welch gave the Cougars a 30-29 lead with 4:10 left in the third quarter, but Van Wert was able to muster […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 03:25:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}