Cedar Valley Christian - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

CVC boys tumble to Waterloo Christian

Kyle Gustafson scored 13 points and Kelvin Ridder added 11 Saturday as the Cedar Valley Christian boys basketball team lost to Waterloo Christian, 72-49, at the LaSalle Middle School gym.

The Huskies fell to 1-17 for the season.

Timothy Doering pumped in 24 points and Luke Zwack added 22 for Waterloo Christian (12-8). Zwack tossed in six 3-pointers.

WATERLOO CHRISTIAN (72): Doering 8 5-5 24, Zwack 8 0-0 22, VanSickle 0 0-0 0, Liverance 3 0-0 8, Fickus 0 0-0 0, Cline 1 0-0 2, Thrall 0 0-0 0, Krause 0 0-0 0, Peters 6 0-0 14, Wynthein 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 5-5 72.

CEDAR VALLEY (49): Heeren 0 2-2 2, Herr 0 0-0 0, Crittenden 0 2-2 2, Telecky 1 0-0 3, D.Gustafson 1 0-0 2, K.Gustafson 5 0-0 13, Scroggs 2 1-4 5, Geels 3 0-0 6, Joyce 0 0-0 0, Foote 1 1-2 3, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Ridder 43-4 11. Totals 18 9-14 49.

Halftime - Waterloo Christian 36, Cedar Valley 19. 3-point goals - Waterloo Christian 13 (Zwack 6, Doering 3, Liverance 2, Peters 2), Cedar Valley 4 (K.Gustafson 3, Telecky 1).

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).

Geels has double-double for CVC boys

WINTHROP – Travis Geels collected a double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Cedar Valley Christian boys basketball team in a 49-41 loss to East Buchanan in a Tri-Rivers Conference game Thursday at East Buchanan.

Kelvin Ridder added 10 points for the Huskies (1-15).

Hunter Schulte scored 16 points to lead the Buccaneers (7-9).

CEDAR VALLEY CHRISTIAN (41): Crittenden 0 0-2 0, Telecky 0 0-0 0, K.Gustafson 1 0-0 2, Scroggs 4 1-2 9, Geels 6 2-3 17, Johnson 1 0-0 3, Ridder 5 0-0 10. Totals 17 3-7 41.

EAST BUCHANAN (49): Fangman 1 0-0 3, Cooksley 2 0-0 6, R.Schmitt 0 3-6 3, Schulte 3 6-9 16, J.Schmitt 3 1-1 7, J.Kress 1 0-1 2, French 0 0-0 0, Hesner 4 2-2 13, D.Kress 1 0-1 2. Totals 15 12-20 49.

Halftime – East Buchanan 26, Cedar Valley Christian 13. 3-point goals – Cedar Valley Christian 4 (Geels 3, Johnson), East Buchanan 7 (Hesner 3, Cooksley 2, Fangman, Schulte).

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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