Thursday, Februa003,2011 SPG,]00TS Askov American Page 5 Sports highlights Eagles girls basketball The East Central Lady Ea- gles basketball team traveled to Onamia to take on the Panthers Tuesday, January 25 and came home with a 67-35 win. Tatum Tengwall, Cailyn Ludwig, Char- ity Carlson and Sara Diggan all scored in the double digits for the Eagles. Helping with rebounds were Diggan with 11 and Ludwig with 10. Diggan also had 11 assists. Defensively, the girls stepped it up with a total of eight steals and three blocks. On Friday, January 28, the Eagles traveled to Hinckley-. Finlayson to battle for the cov- eted Pride Cup. The Eagles were victorious, 73-39, keeping the Pride Cup at East Cen- tral. Leading in points for the Eagles was Audra McAllister with 30 points, an outstanding performance. Diggan led in as- sists while Lizzy Swanson and Briana Paige helped out. While the whole team participated in rebounds, Diggan and McAllis- ter led the team with nine each. The team had a total of 15 steals against the Jaguars. The Lady Eagles travel to Rush City February 3 and then take on Pine City at home on Februar$. 8. -- Taylor Johnson Rebels girls basketball It was running time in Moose Lake as the 7-8 Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels girls basketball team ran past the Marshall School of Duluth by a large 77-35 margin Tuesday, January 25. The Rebels, racing to 50-23 at the break and with four players in double figures, allowed only one Hilltopper to reach double digits. Maddy Adamczak had a game-high 16 points to pace the Rebels. Shelby Halverson had a season-high 14 points and four three-pointers. Olivia Bennett also notched a season high, also scoring 14 points. Sam Johnson, with two .three-pointers, was the fourth Rebel to reach double digits. Alyssa Jusczak had eight points. Shaelyn Halverson, Tay- lor Miller and Adri Jusczak had four points each. Katie Ring added a bucket and Julianna Coil hit a free throw. • -- Al Rose Eagles boys basketball Last week was busy for the East Central Eagles boys bas- ketball team as they had three , games. Early in the week, the Eagles were able to defeat the Cromwell Cardinals and the Isle Huskies. However, the Ea- gles did not fare as well later in the week, as they fell to the Braham Bombers. On Monday, January 24, the Eagles hosted the Cardinals. After starting the game off somewhat sloppy, the Eagles were able to find a rhythm as the half progressed. The Eagles were able to gain and increase a lead over the Cardinals, and at halftime, the Eagles had a 36- 19 lead. The Eagles continued to play well in the second half and con- tinued to increase their lead. Cromwell tried to respond, but the Eagles didn't allow them to make a comeback. As the game concluded, the Eagles picked up another win with an 81-47 vic- tory over the Cardinals. Kevin Klocke led the Eagles with 20 points. Jake Klocke and Tom Battaglia followed with 12 and 11 points respectively. Battaglia also added seven as- sists, while Jake Klocke pulled down nine rebounds. The Eagles were back in ac- tion Tuesday, January 25, as they hosted the Isle Huskies in a Great River Conference game. The Eagles flew out of the gate to start the game, and jumped to an early lead over Isle. The Eagles continued to increase their lead until about five min- utes remained in the half. For the last five minutes, the Hus- kies went on a scoring spree, • while the Eagles were unable to get anything going. Isle was able to chip away at the Eagles' lead. At halftime, the score was 34-20 in favor of the Eagles. The second half didn't start well for the Eagles, with the Huskies scoring the first 10 points and cutting the Eagles' lead to 34-30. However, the Eagles then went on a scoring spree and were able to regain control of the game. From that point on, the Eagles never let the lead slip to less than 10 points. As the final seconds ticked off of the clock, the Eagles came away with the 68-44 victory. Chad Jarvis led the Eagles with 21 points and added five steals. Jake Klocke and Zaudtke followed with 17 and 14 points respectively. Battaglia added 11 points and 1) assists. On Thursday, January 27, the Eagles faced off against a very good Braham Bombers team. The Bombers started the game by scoring the first few Photo by Darrell Johnsen East Central Eagle Ben Swanson looks for an open teammate to pass to January 27 in the Eagles' home game against the Braham Bombers. The Eagles fell to the Bombers 78-47. Photo by Darrell Johnsen Eagle Chad Jarvis stretches for the hoop in the East Central home victory over the Isle Huskies January 25. The Eagles scored 68 points to the Huskies 44 for the win. points, but the Eagles respond- ed by scoring a few baskets of their own. Throughout the half, the" Bombers held a slight lead over the Eagles until about the five-minute mark of the half, when they opened up their lead. Braham was able to knock down a few timely threes, and headed into halftime with a 44-23 lead over the Eagles. The Eagles played better in the second half, but were un- able to chip away at the Bomber lead. Braham continued to hit shots, and continued to increase their lead, little by little. As the game drew to a close, the Bomb- ers came away with the 78-47 victory. Adam Jensen led the Eagles with 13 points. Kevin Klocke, Jarvis, and Zaudtke followed with nine, eight, and seven points respectively. . The Eagles' record moves to 13-3 overall, and 9-1 in the con- ference with the two wins and one loss last week. The Eagles' play next Monday, February 7, in Willow River as they battle the Rebels in a nonconference game. -- Tom Battaglia Rebels boys basketball The Moose Lake/Willow River Rebels boys basketball team coasted by the Marshall School of Duluth Hillteppers 63-52 Tuesday, January 25. The Rebels, with two players in high double figures, imprbved to a re- cord of 14-2 with the road win. Taylor Mattison and Adam Johnsen paced the Rebels, with 20 and 19 points, respectively. Johnsen hit three of the Rebels' five three-pointers. Caleb Koocher and R;an Adamczak each scored nine points, with Adamczak hitting one three-pointer. Mike Ben- nett, Trevor Nummela and Nick Tokar added three, two and one point, respectively with Ben- nett's point coming via a three- pointer. -- Al Rose MLA girls hockey It was tied 3-3 after two pe- riods of play as the Moose Lake Area (MLA) Rebels girls hockey team hung tough on the road before losing 7-3 to the llth- ranked Eveleth-Gi!bert Golden Bears Tuesday, January 25. The 14-8 Golden Bears scored four unanswered third period goals and totalled 44 shots on goal as compared to 23 shots on goal for the 10-9-3 Rebels. Kai- tlyn Greene suffered the loss, stopping 37 of 44 shots on goal. Georgia Ryan led the Rebels' offense as she had a goal and an assist. Shannon Wilson, Maggie Unzen and Erin Mollberg each had one assist. Emily Wasche and Shannon Genereau each had an assist. The Rebels host Webster, Wisconsin, at Riverside Arena in Moose'Lake at 7 p.m. Thurs- day, February 3. -- Al Rose MLA boys hockey The Moose Lake Area (MLA) Rebels boys hockey team kept the penalties in check against both Mora-Hinckley-Finalyson and avenged a loss to Legacy Christian Academy (LCA) with respective victories of 4-2 and 6-1 Tuesday, January 25 and Thursday, January 27. In the game at Riverside Arena January 25 against Mora-Hinckley-Finalysen (M- H-F), despite getting out-shot 32-26, the Rebels committed just four penalties, compared to five for M-H-F, plus MLA con- verted on three of its five power plays for the two-goal victory. Austin Lanoue recorded the win in goal, making 30 saves on 32 shots. Tyler Cisar notched a hat trick. Cisar scored all three of MLA's power play goals to lead the Rebels' attack. Michael Gas- sert's full-strength goal, for 3-2 in the third period, held up to be the game winner. Zach Cisar added two more assists. 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Most kids would like a day off school Madison Nelson, Fourth-grade student, East Central Elementary ' Editor, Askov American, East Central Elementary should have a four-day school week, and I will list several reasons why. Reason 1: Kids need a longer weekend for working so hard to get good grades. Reason 2: Teachers need a longer weekend too from sitting in long meetings practically every day and it gives them a longer time to relax. Reason 3: It would save a ton of money. Reason 4: It would give kids a longer time to do homework and it would give kids help because it would give them a longer time to study for a test, a quick check, or a small review. Nickolaus Alex seiShaffer, Fourth-grade student, East Central Elementary Editor, Askov American, I think East Central School should look in a better direction when they come to a proble m with money. I think that we should have a five-day week of school. Here's why. The kids can suffer from learning too much in a day and they could forget everything than you have to reteach them it again. Some kids could not be use to a four-day school week and forget to go to school or wait for the bus on a day that's not school., That would be-a waste of time. Certain kids could fail and go back a grade from forgetting things. They could turn dumb and know just one thing. Lauren Slama, Fourth-grade student, East Central Elementary Editor, Asko American, There should be five days of school instead of four days at East Central. Kids will re- member their schoolwork bet- ter. It'll be easier for the kids struggling to remember their school work and the other stuff they do. On a five-day school week kids will get home when there is still daylight outside. Kids can spend more time With their families more than a four-day school week. Cody Springer, Fourth-grade student, East Central Elementary Editor, Askov American, I don't think East Central should have a four-day school week. It would be hard for some kids to remember over the long weekend. Kids would learn better on a five-day school week. Parents would still have to pay for day care while they are at work. Kids would have too much fun on their minds air the weekend is over. Those are my reasons why we should not have a four-day school week. Deanna Stadin, Fourth-grade student, East Central Elementary Editor, Askov American, I don't think East Central Elementary should switch to the four-day school week. The children who are strug- gling will forget a lot of things over the three-day weekend; If we go to the four-day week they're not thinking about us the children, the ones trying to get an education. They're only thinking about the money. Don't you feel our education is more important than the money? 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