P-C girls shock seventh ranked Exira/EHK

By SUE RIEDER
sports@beeherald.com

The Paton-Churdan girls improved their season record to 3-0 on December 10 when they upset Exira/EHK 58-49. The Spartans were ranked seventh in class 1A on the latest Iowa Girls Athletic Union rankings. The biggest story of the evening may be the way basically six players out hustled twice as many girls for the opposing team. “The girls hate me the first two weeks of the season when I make them run a lot, but now that conditioning is really paying off," said coach Chris Petersen.

The Rockets jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the first quarter and led 24-13 at the half, but the ranked opponent was not going to go down easily and started playing more competitively in the second half. Carleigh Paup and Crystal Sabus led the team in scoring with 20 and 18 points respectively. The the team made 17 of 19 free throws including 12 of 13 by Paup. Sabus led the team in rebounding with 13, and Bayllie Flinn also had a great night on the boards pulling down 11.

“One of Exira’s leading scorers got in foul trouble and had to sit for quite a bit of the first half, so that really helped us get the lead,” said coach Petersen. “We still have things to work on to get to the next level, but this was a good win, and it is a tribute to the hard work this team has put in to make themselves better.”

The Rockets also collected a 54-39 conference win over Charter Oak-Ute on December 6. Careigh Paup led the team with 26 points and 10 steals. Sydney Koch had eight points and eight steals, and Kasey Lane also chipped in eight points. Bayllie Flinn was the Rockets leading rebounder with six. The Rockets were successful on 29 percent of their shots from the field and 57 percent of their free throw attempts.

P-C    10   24   43   58
EHK    3   13    30   49
P-C (58) Scoring Carleigh Paup 4 12-13 20, Crystal Sabus 8 2-2 18, Emma Tilley 2 2-2 9, Sydney Koch 1 1-2 4, Kasey Lane 2 0-0 4, Bayllie Flinn 2 0-0 4. Rebounds- Sabus 13, Flinn 11, Koch 4, Tilley 3, Lane 2, Paup 2. Assists- Tilley 7, Koch 2, Paup 2, Sabus 1.

P-C     13   27   41   54
COU     1   13   21   39
P-C (54) Paup 8 7-11 26, Koch 2 2-4 8, Lane 3 2-2 8, Flinn 2 2-6 6, Sabus 2 0-0 4, Reilly Niles 1 0-0 2. Rebounds- Flinn 6. Lane 5, Sabus 4, Koch 3, Niles 2, Tilley 2, Paup 1. Steals Paup 10, Koch 8, Flinn 3, Lane 2, Sabus 2. Assists- Paup 5, Tilley 3, Koch 1. 3-point goals- Paup 3, Koch 2.

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