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Ainsworth Lady Bulldogs End Season in Sub-District Play

  • Kaitlyn Nelson gets two of her 10 points against Valentine in Sub-District play. Nelson also led the Lady Bulldogs with nine rebounds.
    Kaitlyn Nelson gets two of her 10 points against Valentine in Sub-District play. Nelson also led the Lady Bulldogs with nine rebounds.
  • Libby Wilkins scored eight points in the Lady Bulldogs final game of the season. Ainsworth lost to Broken Bow, 43-70, in the C1-10 Sub Districts. Photos by Julie Murphy
    Libby Wilkins scored eight points in the Lady Bulldogs final game of the season. Ainsworth lost to Broken Bow, 43-70, in the C1-10 Sub Districts. Photos by Julie Murphy

The 2020-21 season for the Ainsworth Lady Bulldogs ended in sub-districts on February 16th in Broken Bow.

The Lady Dawgs played the Valentine Lady Badgers on February 15th in Broken Bow for the first game of the C1-10 Sub-Districts. Ainsworth came out on top 59-51.

Ainsworth’s second game of subdistricts was against the number one seed Broken Bow Lady Indians on February 16th. The Lady Dawgs fell to Broken Bow 43-70, ending their season with a 15-8 record.

Coach Stephen Crile said, “There is so much that has happened this season. This was Ainsworth’s first winning record in six years at 15-8.”

“We had eight NSAA three-point records and a new individual season three-point record holder,” said Crile.

Valentine Lady Badgers

The game started off slow for both teams with Valentine holding a four-point lead at the end of the first quarter. Valentine scored nine points while Ainsworth managed only five points in the first quarter.

The Lady Dawgs exploded in the second quarter, scoring 25 points while holding the Lady Badgers to only seven points and taking a 30-16 lead into halftime.

Valentine found the basket in the third quarter and slightly cut into Ainsworth’s lead. Valentine scored 16 points while Ainsworth had 13 points.

The final quarter found Valentine cutting into Ainsworth’s lead, scoring 19 points to Ainsworth’s 16 points. But the big second quarter for the Lady Dawgs gave Ainsworth the edge and they won the game 59-51.

The Lady Dawgs had four players in double scoring figures against Valentine. Libby Wilkins led Ainsworth with 15 points and Kendyl Delimont had 12 points. Bria Delimont and Kaitlyn Nelson each scored 10 points.

Valentine’s Kinsey Buechle was the only Valentine player in double scoring figures with 14 points.

One of the big advantages for Ainsworth was the charity stripe. Ainsworth made 14 of 20 freethrows while Valentine made three of six attempts. Valentine recorded 17 personal fouls in the game while Ainsworth had only five personal fouls.

Kaitlyn Nelson pulled down nine of Ainsworth’s 26 rebounds with Madelyn Goochey hauling in seven rebounds.

Valentine out-rebounded Ainsworth and had 37 on the night with Haley Hesse pulling down 12 of the rebounds.

Turnovers were fairly even with Ainsworth having 15 turnovers and Valentine 13 turnovers.

This was the third time the two teams squared off this season with the Lady Dawgs winning all three games.

Quarter Scores 1 2 3 4 F

Ainsworth 5 25 13 16 59

Valentine 9 7 16 19 51

Broken Bow

The Lady Bulldogs were back in Broken Bow on February 16th to play the number one seed Broken Bow Lady Indians.

For the third time this season, Broken Bow came out on top; defeating Ainsworth 70-43.

Ainsworth struggled to score in the first half. Bow started strong, scoring 20 points to Ainsworth’s eight points in the first quarter.

The second quarter was similar with Ainsworth managing only five points and Bow scoring 17, giving Bow a 37-13 lead at halftime.

The Lady Dawgs scored better in the third quarter, nearly doubling their score with 12 points in the third quarter while Bow continued to shoot the lights out with another 20 points.

The third quarter found Ainsworth able to score 18 points while Bow was still in double figures with 13 points for the quarter.

Freshman Karli Kral came off the bench and was Ainsworth’s leading scorer with 11 points. Bow was able to hold Ainsworth’s normal leading scorers to single digits.

Ainsworth didn’t make it to the freethrow line much and made only three of eight freethrows.

Kaityln Nelson and Bria Delimont led the Lady Dawgs in rebounding with seven each. Kral pulled down six rebounds.

Ainsworth had six steals, two blocked shots and 21 turnovers against Broken Bow in the final game of the season.

Quarter Scores 1 2 3 4 F

Ainsworth 8 5 12 18 43

Broken Bow 20 17 20 13 70

District Finals

Broken Bow advances to C1-5 District finals on February 26th where they will play Columbus Scotus at Northwest High School in Norfolk.

Broken Bow defeated O’Neill in the sub-district final, but O’Neill got a wildcard game and will play Syracuse on Febraury 26th in the C1-6 District Finals to be held at Hastings College.

Coach Crile said he has high hopes for next year. The Lady Dawgs lose only one senior in Katrina Beel, so they will have a solid group coming back that gained a lot of experience this season.