Miller paces boys in loss to IA

By Brad Greer

Having lost their second leading scorer Faith Bollinger to an ankle injury last week, the North Delta Lady Green Wave looked for someone to fill the void as they took on visiting Indianola in a district matchup Tuesday.

Junior guard Sayle Stennett added just that boost as the junior guard, along with teammate Ally Alford, scored 17 points each as North Delta improved its record to 14-7 and 4-1 in district play with a 60-31 rout of the Colonels.

“We started off a little slow offensively but our defense created some turnovers that led to some easy baskets. I felt like this was our best all-around game we’ve played. Seems like our offense starts out slow but sooner or later they get going,” said North Delta head coach Harrison Nickle.

North Delta broke open the game late in the first quarter by going on a 7-0 run to take a 14-7 lead after one quarter of play. The Lady Wave extended its lead to 29-9 midway through the second period on a Hannah Bollinger three pointer.

Breck Brewer accounted for her only two points of the game with a cutback of a missed shot to give North Delta a 38-15 lead at halftime.

“Sayle stepped up and had a great game tonight.We have been encouraging her to shoot the ball more. Breck did an outstanding job on defense also,” said Nickle.

Bollinger followed in the scoring column with nine points while Shelby Grace Boone added six. Isabella Morrow accounted for five with Eliza Morris and Sydney Talley finishing with two each.

Varsity Boys

IA 55, ND 36

Walt Miller paced North Delta with 15 points but it wasn’t enough as Indianola eased past the Green Wave 55-36 in the varsity boys game.

North Delta, (3-14; 1-4) trailed by 20 points in the third quarter before cutting the margin to 43-31 on five straight points by Colin Hartman but could not get any closer as the Colonels went on an 8-0 to close out the period.

Hartman finished with 12 points while Drake Barton added five. Ryan Gibson and Layton Wells rounded out the scoring with two points each.

Junior High

North Delta swept past Indianola in both junior high games as the boys won 46-36 behind 13 points from Grayson Alford. Nolan Long supplied 11 points for the Junior High Wave. Wells chipped in with nine while Ridge Aldison garnered seven. Martin Wolfe finished with six points.

The North Delta Junior High Lady Waves improved to 13-5 on the season with a 30-28 squeaker. Breck Brewer led the way with 12 points followed by five points from Sophie Williams. Ellie Gray added four points.

Libby Miller, Shelby Grace Boone and Paizlee Woods chipped in with two points. Sadie Gray finished with one point.

North Delta started a three-game road trip last night at Kirk and will visit Pillow Tuesday in a non-division tilt.