Jefferson Girls Basketball

Wash girls press Jeff into trouble

The speedy girls from Cedar Rapids Washington love to run and press and create as much havoc as possible on a basketball court.

It worked Friday night.

The Warriors tormented the Jefferson J-Hawks with their press in the first half and raced to a 25-point lead before settling for a 76-70 victory in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Jefferson.

The Warriors made 20 steals and forced the J-Hawks into 31 turnovers, including 18 miscues in the first half.

Jefferson made a spirited rally in the second half and pulled all the way within five points in the final seconds, but it was too little and too late.

The shorter Warriors capitalized on their speed and athletic ability to beat the taller J-Hawks.

The basketball floor is 84 feet long and the Warriors used every inch of it to press the J-Hawks into submission, especially in the first half.

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Jeff girls flatten Davenport Central

DAVENPORT – The Jefferson girls basketball team made short work of winless Davenport Central, rolling 68-33 in a non conference game Tuesday at Central.

Emily Oler scored 13 points for the J-Hawks (7-6), who led 17-2 after the first quarter. Avery Guy and Kylie Wise each added 10 points.

Davenport Central fell to 0-13.

JEFFERSON (68): Culver 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 1 1-2 3, Guy 3 3-6 10, Donner 3 2-2 8, Wise 3 3-3 10, Melton 1 3-6 5, Watkins 0 1-2 1, Kuba 1 2-2 4, Thurmond 0 0-0 0, Erica Oler 2 0-0 4, Baxter 0 0-0 0, Dighton 4 0-0 8, Emily Oler 5 3-5 13, O'Brien 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 18-28 68.

DAVENPORT CENTRAL (33): Camp 2 0-0 4, Smith 2 1-4 7, Hawkins 1 3-6 5, Puck 3 0-0 8, Brown-Taylor 0 0-0 0, Light 0 2-2 2, Baker 1 0-0 2, Moore 0 1-2 1, Westmoreland 0 0-4 0, Gardner 1 2-6 4, Grady 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 9-26 33.

Halftime – Jefferson 38, Davenport Central 14. 3-point goals – Jefferson 2 (Guy, Wise), Davenport Central 4 (Smith 2, Puck 2).

Sellers lifts No. 1 Cougars by J-Hawks

Somebody forgot to tell the girls from Cedar Rapids Jefferson they were supposed to tremble at the sight of the top-ranked Kennedy Cougars on Friday night.

"There was no doubt that we would give them everything we had," Jefferson coach Jason Edwards said.

The Cougars had Lela Sellers, however, and that made all the difference in the world.

Sellers poured in 29 points and snared 14 rebounds as Kennedy slipped away from the J-Hawks in the final 75 seconds, 61-49, in an entertaining Mississippi Valley Conference game at Kennedy.

Jefferson rallied from a 17-point deficit and pulled within four points at 51-47 on a bucket by Erin Kuba with 1:39 remaining, but the Cougars kept their cool and drilled 10 straight free throws to avoid the upset.

Kennedy climbed into the No. 1 spot in the Class 5A rankings Thursday afternoon, but Jefferson did everything it could to try to knock the Cougars off their lofty perch.

"I thought we were a little uneven tonight," Kennedy coach Tony Vis said, "but at the same time I give more credit to Jefferson, because they wouldn't give up, they wouldn't go away and they really attacked us inside and had some success."

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Jeff girls fall to No. 12 Tigers

The 12th-ranked Cedar Falls girls basketball team trimmed Jefferson, 48-40, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Tuesday at Jefferson.

Emily Oler scored 13 points with two steals to lead the J-Hawks (6-6).

Emma Gerdes scored 14 points for the Tigers (10-1).

CEDAR FALLS (48): Johnson 4 0-0 10, Gerdes 6 2-2 14, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Becker 0 0-0 0, Conrad 3 0-0 8, Barney 2 2-5 6, Wolf 4 2-2 10. Totals 19 6-9 48.

JEFFERSON (40): Kitterman 0 1-2 1, Guy 1 0-0 3, Donner 1 0-0 2, Wise 2 0-0 6, Melton 1 0-0 2, Kuba 2 2-3 7, Erica Oler 1 0-0 2, Dighton 2 0-0 4, Emily Oler 5 0-0 13. Totals 15 3-5 40.

Halftime – Cedar Falls 27, Jefferson 20. 3-point goals – Cedar Falls 4 (Johnson 2, Conrad 2), Jefferson 7 (Em.Oler 3, Wise 2, Guy, Kuba).