MHS - Women's Basketball / December 10, 2021 By Kasey McDowell
The MMS Girls wrapped up their 2021-22 regular season this week as they hosted the Rose Hill Rockets and Clearwater Indians. The 8th-grade girls swept both Rose Hill and Clearwater and the 7th-grade girls fell in both games each night. The 8A team finished their regular season with an 8-5 record and 5-5 in league play and the 8B girls finished with a 7-6 record and 6-4 in league play. The 7A girls finished the season with a 1-12 record and 0-10 in league play and the 7B girls finished with a 1-12 record and 1-9 in league play.
The girls hosted the Rose Hill Rockets on Thursday, December 9th and the 8A team were neck and neck with the Rockets in the first half with the Wildcats down by 1 at halftime, but a 15-7 second half propelled the Cats to a 26-19 win. Kylie Schwanke led the Wildcats with 8 points on the evening.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 7 4 6 9 26
RMS 8 4 3 4 19
* Kylie Schwanke - 8 pts
* Kinley Kendrick - 7 pts
* Teagan Heersche - 6 pts
* Jaryn Baker - 4 pts
* Grace Carpenter - 1 pts
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The 8B team took care of business as they kept Rose Hill at bay all game long and the Wildcats came out with the 34-16 win. Ellie Willig led the Wildcats with 13 points in the game.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 11 9 11 3 34
RMS 5 5 4 2 16
* Ellie Willig - 13 pts
* Elle Everhart - 8 pts
* Sadie Williams - 5 pts
* Peyton Seibel - 4 pts
* Aaliyah Zimmerman - 2 pts
* Gracyn Crow - 2 pts
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The 7A had trouble getting points to fall against Rose Hill as they fell 2-26. Thai Heersche led the Wildcats with 2 points on the evening.
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 2 0 0 0 2
RMS 2 6 11 7 26
* Thai Heersche - 2 pts
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It was a nail-biter of a game as the 7B team faced Rose Hill but the Wildcats fell 12-15 as they struggled to hit the net in the last quarter. Claudia Abbott led the Cats with 4 points on the evening.
7B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 5 3 4 0 12
RMS 6 1 2 6 15
* Claudia Abbott - 4 pts
* Madi Dillon - 2 pts
* Isabelle Colvin - 2 pts
* Sophie Bruce - 2 pts
* Sophie Velotta - 1 pts
* Emma Jacobs - 1 pts
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The Wildcats hosted the Clearwater Indians on Monday, December 6th and the 8th girls swept the Indians and the 7th girls were swept.
Kylie Schwanke led the girls with 12 points in the 8A game as the girls took down Clearwater 26-19. The girls went into halftime up 17-12 and held on to the lead in a close second half to get the win.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 8 9 2 7 26
CMS 8 4 1 6 19
* Kylie Schwanke - 12 pts
* Kinley Kendrick - 7 pts
* Teagan Heersche - 6 pts
* Grace Carpenter - 1 pts
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The 8B team took care of business as they kept Clearwater at bay all game long, shutting them out in the first half. Elle Everhart led the girls with 13 points on the evening.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 8 13 6 8 35
CMS 0 0 7 7 14
* Elle Everhart - 13 pts
* Ellie Willig - 12 pts
* Sadie Williams - 6 pts
* Peyton Seibel - 4 pts
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The 7A girls played a good close game against the Indians, but came up short 10-16 as the clock hit 0. Sophie Bruce and Thai Heersche led the girls with 4 points each on the evening.
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 2 2 2 4 10
CMS 8 6 0 2 16
* Sophie Bruce - 4 pts
* Thai Heersche - 4 pts
* Breann Noell - 2 pts
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The 7B girls also had a close game with the Indians but fell just short 8-11 in the game. Madi Dillon led the girls with 6 points on the evening.
7B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS 0 0 2 6 8
CMS 3 4 2 2 11
* Madi Dillon - 6 pts
* Sophie Bruce - 2 pts
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The 2021-22 regular season has come to a close for the MMS girls basketball but the girls will be playing in the Patriot League Tournament tomorrow (Saturday, December 11th) with the 8th-grade girls playing Haysville West at approximately 10:15 AM and the 7th-grade girls also playing Haysville West at approximately 10:15 AM. All the tournament games will be held at Prairie Hills Middle School.
