Jefferson Girls Basketball

Perimeter shooting boosts J-Hawks

WATERLOO – The Jefferson girls basketball team made 10 3-point shots and beat Waterloo West 59-36 Tuesday.

Kylie Wise had 16 points with five 3-pointers to lead the J-Hawks (5-3). Avery Guy was 4-for-4 from 3-point range for 12 points, and Kennedy Dighton had
15 points with one 3-point goal.

The Wahawks fell to 2-6.

JEFFERSON (59): Robinson 4 0-0 8, Kitterman 0 0-0 0, Guy 4 0-0 12, Melton 2 0-4 4, Wise 5 1-2 16, Veglahn 0 0-0 0, McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Dighton 6 2-2 15, 
Ollinger 1 2-2 4, Obrian 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 5-10 59.

WATERLOO WEST (36): Individuals not availabe. Totals 11 10-13 36.

Halftime – Jefferson 24, Jefferson 9. 3-point goals – Jefferson 10 (Wise 5, Guy 4, Dighton), Waterloo West N/A.

Ollinger scores 25 in Jefferson loss

IOWA CITY – Amanda Ollinger led all scorers with 25 points and had 15 rebounds for the Jefferson girls basketball team, but it wasn’t enough in a 60-53 loss to ninth-ranked Iowa City High on Friday.

Kennedy Dighton added 14 points and two blocks for the J-Hawks, who fell to 4-3.

Sisters Courtney and Ashley Joens led the Little Hawks (5-1) with 19 and 14 points, respectively.

JEFFERSON (53): Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 0 0-2 0, Guy 1 1-2 4, Rise 4 0-0 10, Dighton 6 1-5 14, Ollinger 7 11-15 25. Totals 18 13-24 53.

IOWA CITY HIGH (60): Plock 0 1-2 1, Blowers 2 0-1 4, Schroder 1 0-0 2, A.Joens 5 3-5 14, Blowers 3 0-0 8, C.Joens 5 6-10 19, Earl 5 2-2 12. Totals 21 12-20 60.

Halftime – Iowa City High 30, Jefferson 25. 3-point goals – Jefferson 4 (Wise 2, Guy, Dighton), Iowa City High 6 (Joens 3, Blowers 2, A.Joens).

Jefferson girls put clamps on Prairie

Jefferson Coach Jason Edwards speaks so softly that it’s barely above a whisper.

But his J-Hawk girls certainly paid attention to what he had to tell them at halftime Tuesday night as they turned a two-point lead into a 24-point blowout over Prairie in the Jeff gym.

“Coach always tells us to aim for three things,” said junior sparkplug guard Sam Kitterman following the 51-27 runaway win. “Defend, rebound and run.”

Sophomore backcourt running mate Avery Guy repeated the mantra. “He says if we do those three things right, we’ll win games,” she said.

After a sometimes sloppy first half, Jefferson’s girls followed instructions from then on with near perfection. They held Prairie to just five points in the third quarter and kept them from scoring any points at all in the fourth quarter.

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Ollinger scores 23 in Jefferson loss

WEST DES MOINES – Amanda Ollinger had 23 points and 11 rebounds as the Jefferson girls lost to Class 5A fourth-ranked West Des Moines Valley 68-46 Saturday.

Valley led 20-13 after the first quarter and the J-Hawks couldn’t fight back.

Kylie Wise added 11 points for Jefferson, which fell to 3-2.

Valley is 3-0.

JEFFERSON (46): Rowles 0 0-0 0, Robinson 0 0-0 0, Kitterman 0 3-9 3, Guy 1 3-4 5, Melton 0 0-0 0, Wise 4 0-0 11, Veglahn 0 0-0 0, Dighton 1 2-4 4, Ollinger 8 4-4 23, Obrian 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 12-22 46.

WEST DES MOINES VALLEY (68): Casey Carr 0 0-0 0, Lodermeier 0 0-0 0, Loeck 0 0-0 0, Whitney Fuller 4 0-1 8, Jackie Feldt 3 0-0 6, Vander weide 3 3-3 11, Smith 6 1-3 13, Jamie Feldt 1 0-0 2, Courtney Carr 2 0-0 4, Hannah Fuller 3 4-4 11, Merritt 2 1-2 7, Meeks 0 0-0 0, Ward 1 4-4 6. Totals 25 13-17 68.

Halftime – West Des Moines Valley 41, Jefferson 25. 3-point goals – Jefferson 6 (Wise 3, Ollinger 3), West Des Moines Valley 5 (Vander weide 2, Merritt 2, Hannah Fuller).