CVC Girls Basketball

Cedar Valley girls net upset victory

MARENGO - The Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team upset Iowa Valley, 55-47, in the opening round of the Class 1A regional tournament Thursday night on Iowa Valley's home floor in Marengo.

The Huskies (10-11) will face Sigourney (13-9) in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Marengo.

Candace Wilson collected 17 points, 16 rebounds and four assists for Cedar Valley. Molly Hembera scored 14 points. Maggie Cach finished with a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Emma Slagle hit three 3-pointers and contributed 11 points.

Cedar Valley has set a school record with its 10 victories this season.

Iowa Valley fell to 17-5 with the defeat. Marissa Ward scored 25 points.

CEDAR VALLEY (55): M.Slagle 1 0-0 2, E.Slagle 3 2-4 11, Masterson 0 0-0 0, Hembera 5 4-6 14, Fields 0 0-0 0, Cach 4 3-8 11, Wilson 4 7-10 17. Totals 17 16-28 55.

IOWA VALLEY (47): McMann 0 0-0 0, C.Ward 4 1-3 9, Sims 0 1-2 1, Healey 1 0-0 2, M.Ward 11 3-4 25, Hall 1 0-2 2, Kavanh 3 2-3 8, Gunzenhauser 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 8-15 47.

Halftime - Cedar Valley 33, Iowa Valley 23. 3-point goals - Cedar Valley 5 (E.Slagle 3, Wilson 2), Iowa Valley 1 (Kavanh 1).

Wilson, Hembera pace CVC girls

CLINTON - Candace Wilson and Molly Hembera combined for 40 points Monday night as the Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team topped Prince of Peace, 66-36, in a Tri-Rivers Conference game in Clinton, setting a school record for wins in a season.

Wilson collected 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists for the Huskies (9-11). Hembera scored 19 points and Maggie Cach added 13.

Krista Atkinson pumped in 24 points for Prince of Peace (2-19).

CEDAR VALLEY (66): M.Slagle 2 0-0 5, E.Slagle 2 0-0 6, Masterson 0 0-0 0, Hembera 9 1-2 19, Fields 0 0-0 0, Lee 0 0-0 0, Bogert 0 0-0 0, Cach 6 1-2 13, Wilson 8 3-5 21, Mafuta 0 0-0 0, Schmidt 1 0-0 2. Totals 28 5-9 66.

PRINCE OF PEACE (36): Posey 1 0-0 2, Corpuz 0 0-0 0, Schnier 4 0-0 8, Dolan 0 0-0 0, Atkinson 10 0-0 24, A.Eshelman 0 0-0 0, Hovey 0 0-0 0, Divarco 1 0-0 2, B.Eshelman 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 0-0 36.

Halftime - Cedar Valley 33, Prince of Peace 15. 3-point goals - Cedar Valley 5 (E.Slage 2, Wilson 2, M.Slage 1), Prince of Peace 4 (Atkinson 4).

Wilson nets 39 points for CVC girls

Candace Wilson poured in 39 points and grabbed 13 rebounds Saturday as the Cedar Valley Christian girls basketball team trimmed Waterloo Christian, 72-68, at the LaSalle Middle School gym.

Wilson also collected five assists and five steals for the Huskies (8-11). Molly Hembera contributed 15 points.

Allison Mazzarella scored 22 points for Waterloo Christian (3-17).

WATERLOO CHRISTIAN (68): Nystrom 6 0-0 15, W.Smith 6 4-5 16, M.Smith 3 3-7 9, Sullivan 0 0-0 0, Kimball 2 0-2 4, Mazzarella 10 2-3 22, Yousse 1 0-0 2, Wynthein 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 9-17 68.

CEDAR VALLEY (72): M.Slagle 1 0-0 2, E.Slagle 2 1-2 7, Masterson 0 0-0 0, Hembera 4 6-9 15, Fields 2 1-2 5, Cach 1 0-0 2, Wilson 12 13-19 39, Mafuta 1 0-0 2.

Halftime - Cedar Valley 38, Waterloo Christian 30. 3-point goals - Waterloo Christian 3 (Nystrom 3), Cedar Valley 5 (E.Slagle 2, Wilson 2, Hembera 1).

Wilson was heaven-sent to Huskies

First-year Coach Ron Slagle jokes that he violated no recruiting rules to get star player Candace Wilson on the Cedar Valley Christian roster this year.

She more or less just showed up unannounced.

In her first and only season of high school basketball, the left-handed senior has taken the Tri-Rivers Conference by storm.

She leads the East Division in points scored with 297 (a 17.5 average) and her 60 steals (4 per game) are almost twice as many as anyone else.

Wilson, extremely quick and agile at 5-foot-5, also leads her team in rebounds (6.6 per game), 3-pointers, assists and blocked shots.

She competes, of course, in the smallest Class 1A level. But her statistics put her among the elite in the Metro area.

“Candace can do it all,” says Slagle, who took over the team from news boys coach Craig Foote after seven years as an assistant. “And as much ability as she has, what’s even more important is what she brings to the squad in terms of leadership.”

Her all-around game is so impressive that just last week she committed to join the national powerhouse program at Kirkwood next year. She also considered Coe College.

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