HOT START PUSHES COLBY GIRLS BASKETBALL PAST GREENWOOD

Zaleski Sports

COLBY – Colby dominated the first half, rolling out to a 25-point lead, and held on from there to beat Greenwood 63-44 in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division opener for both teams on Friday night at Colby High School.

Colby (1-1 overall) cruised out to a 42-17 lead by halftime as Lexi Krebsbach scored nine points, Olivia Vollrath added eight, and Emma Peavey had seven in the opening 18 minutes.

Greenwood made 16 of 22 free throws in the second half to outscore the Hornets, but couldn’t overcome the big halftime deficit.

Hailey Voelker finished with 19 points and Krebsbach added 17 for the Hornets.

Olivia Klabon had 14 points, and Maddi Raese and Amanda Bogdonovich each had 11 points for Greenwood.

Colby returns to action Tuesday at Marshfield Columbus Catholic, while Greenwood is off until Dec. 3 when it travels to Stanley-Boyd for a nonconference game.

Hornets 63, Indians 44

Greenwood 17 27 - 44

Colby 42 21 - 63

GREENWOOD (44): Olivia Klabon 5 0-0 14, Jasmine Wolf 0 0-0 0, Kia Abel 1 1-4 4, Mesa Rasmussen 0 2-4 2, Maddi Raese 2 7-10 11, Gracie North 0 0-0 0, Amanda Bogdonovich 2 7-8 11, Cassie Hebert 1 0-0 2. FG: 11. FT: 17-26. 3-pointers: 5 (Klabon 4, Abel 1). Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Abel, Bogdonovich. Record: 0-2, 0-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

COLBY (63): Brett Schmitt 0-0 0-0 0, Kya Viegut 0-1 2-2 2, Hailey Voelker 6-11 7-10 19, Olivia Vollrath 4-5 0-0 8, Kersten Wiese 1-4 0-2 2, Lexi Underwood 1-11 3-4 5, Emma Peavey 3-9 0-0 7, Brooke Suckow 1-2 1-4 3, Trista Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Brooklyn Filtzkowski 0-1 0-0 0, Lexi Krebsbach 6-14 3-4 17. FG: 22-57. FT: 16-26. 3-pointers: 3-14 (Krebsbach 2-6, Peavey 1-5, Underwood 0-2, Voelker 0-1). Rebounds: 41 (Voelker 11, Vollrath 11). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Vollrath. Record: 1-1, 1-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.