NEILLSVILLE GIRLS BASKETBALL BLASTS OWEN-WITHEE

Zaleski Sports

NEILLSVILLE – The Neillsville girls basketball team’s dismantling of the Cloverbelt Conference East Division continued Friday with a 79-23 rout of Owen-Withee in a game at Neillsville High School.

Eleven different Neillsville players scored in the victory as the Warriors improve to 12-1 overall and stay perfect at 9-0 in the Cloverbelt East.

Amelia Trunkel scored 16 points and Abby Koepp added 14 for Neillsville, which ran out to a 56-9 lead by halftime to put the game away early.

Dakota Shelton had six points for Owen-Withee (2-11, 2-7 Cloverbelt East).

Neillsville plays a nonconference game at Chippewa Falls McDonell on Tuesday.

Warriors 79, Blackhawks 23

Owen-Withee 9 14 - 23

Neillsville 56 23 - 79

OWEN-WITHEE (23): Autumn Nelson 2 0-0 5, Sidney Halida 0 0-0 0, Ellie Peterson 0 0-0 0, Kendal Weiler 1 0-0 2, Dakota Shelton 2 0-0 6, Geneva Capetillo 1 2-2 4, Cassidy Garski 1 0-0 3, Graycee Bottlemy 1 0-0 3, Amelia Petke 0 0-0 0. FG: 8. FT: 2-2. 3-pointers: 5 (Shelton 2, Garski 1, Bottlemy 1, Nelson 1). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-11, 2-7 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

NEILLSVILLE (79): Delaney Rochester 4 0-0 8, Lilly Opelt 0 0-0 0, Ava Mortensen 2 0-0 4, Emma Moseley 2 1-2 5, Amelia Trunkel 6 1-1 16, Kylie Boyer 1 2-2 4, Paris Opelt 3 0-0 6, Kati Mayer 1 0-0 2, Amanda Schneider 0 0-0 0, Sydney Subke 1 1-2 3, Abby Koepp 7 0-0 14, Paige Voight 4 3-4 11, Skyler Hart 3 0-0 6. FG: 34. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 3 (Trunkel 3). Fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-1, 9-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.