Jefferson Girls Basketball

Dighton leads Jeff girls by Clinton

CLINTON - Kennedy Dighton collected 13 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots Saturday as the Jefferson girls basketball team defeated Clinton, 46-34, in Clinton.

Kylie Wise, Erin Kuba and Emily Oler scored eight points apiece for the J-Hawks (9-10). Wise grabbed six rebounds.

Megan Gandrup scored 11 points for Clinton (3-17).

JEFFERSON (46): Kitterman 0 0-0 0, Guy 1 1-2 4, Donner 1 1-1 4, Wise 3 1-2 8, Kuba 2 2-2 8, Thurmond 0 0-0 0, Erica Oler 0 1-2 1, Dighton 4 4-4 13, Emily Oler 4 0-0 8, O'Brien 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 10-13 46.

CLINTON (34): Peterson 1 1-2 3, Gandrup 5 0-0 11, Greenwalt 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 0-0 0, Coppess 0 0-0 0, Goldensoph 3 1-2 7, Laufenburg 3 1-2 7. Totals 13 7-10 34.

Halftime - Jefferson 25, Clinton 14. 3-point goals - Jefferson 6 (Kuba 2, Guy 1, Donner 1, Wise 1, Dighton 1), Clinton 1 (Gandrup 1).

Jeff girls fall to No. 12 IC West

IOWA CITY – Kylie Wise and Kennedy Dighton each scored 15 points as the Jefferson girls basketball team suffered a 65-56 loss to 12th-ranked Iowa City West in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday at West.

The Women of Troy pulled away with a 17-9 run in the second quarter.

Jefferson fell to 8-11 overall and 6-5 in the conference.

Maddie Huinker popped in five 3-pointers and scored 22 points for Iowa City West (13-6, 8-3).

JEFFERSON (56): Kitterman 2 3-4 7, Guy 2 0-0 4, Donner 1 2-2 5, Wise 7 0-0 15, Melton 0 0-0 0, Watkins 0 0-0 0, Kuba 1 0-0 2, Thurmond 0 0-0 0, Erica Oler 1 0-0 2, Dighton 5 4-5 15, Emily Oler 2 2-2 6. Totals 21 11-13 56.

IOWA CITY WEST (65): Morgan 1 2-2 5, Zacharias 4 5-6 14, Fay 1 0-0 3, Saunders 0 4-6 4, McGrane 0 0-0 0, Huinker 7 3-3 22, Cook 1 0-0 2, Harder 1 2-2 5, Koch 1 1-3 3, Morgan 0 0-0 0, Beckner 2 3-4 5, May 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 20-26 65.

Halftime – Iowa City West 42, Jefferson 27. 3-point goals – Jefferson 3 (Donner, Wise, Dighton), Iowa City West 9 (Huinker 5, Morgan, Zacharias, Fay, Harder).

Dighton wins Metro Spotlight Award

Kennedy Dighton of Jefferson is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Dighton, a 6-foot-1 junior, has been a key member of the Jefferson basketball team as it bids for a winning season this year.

Dighton leads the J-Hawks at 13.5 points and more than eight rebounds per game. She has raised her game this season after averaging 11.2 points and 6.0 rebounds last year as a sophomore.

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Ollinger, Finley lead Lions by J-Hawks

When their team needed them most, Linn-Mar’s two stars came out bright Friday night.

First, senior Amanda Ollinger single-handedly wiped out a fast start by the energized visitors from Cedar Rapids Jefferson.

Then, as the scrappy J-Hawks made a fourth-quarter rally to pull within three points, steady sophomore Kamryn Finley swished seven free throws down the stretch to preserve a 55-44 Lion victory.

"I started out kind of slow,” said Finley, who made just one basket in the first half and another in the third quarter. “My shot wasn’t falling.

"When I started driving to the hoop and getting to the line for free throws, that sort of got my confidence back.”

For her part, Ollinger scored 18 of her team’s 20 first-quarter points (including the first dozen in a row) to assume a lead after a make-shift starting line-up on senior night spotted the J-Hawks to a 12-0 opening spurt.

"She had a fantastic first quarter,” Linn-Mar coach Jaime Brandt said. “It was special to start those five seniors. But Amanda really took over when she came in and gave us a spark when we needed it.”

Ollinger made just one basket and three free throws the rest of the way but made her presence felt with 23 points, 12 rebounds and six steals.

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