Red Hawks Defeat Cowgirls

The Froid/Lake Red Hawks led nearly the entire way and earned a 47-37 victory in Culbertson on Friday, Jan. 31.

After the Cowgirls gained a 4-2 advantage on a drive by Mariana Burciaga early in the first quarter, the Red Hawks moved ahead 10-4 with a three-pointer by Brooklynn Nordwick and four points by Isabelle Nordwick leading the way.

Three-point shots by Avery Johnson and Addison Elvsaas lifted the Red Hawks to an 18-8 advantage at the end of the first quarter.

The Red Hawks kept rolling with the first seven points of the second period on a drive by Mara Salvevold, two free tosses by B. Nordwick and a three-pointer by Jordyn Breuer for a 25-8 advantage.

A three-pointer by Ayden Ator and baskets by Emma Berwick helped the Cowgirls pull to 27-16.

Froid/Lake led 29-18 at the half.

Culbertson still trailed by only nine points late in the third quarter, but another three-pointer by Elvsaas and three points by Johnson put the margin at 39-25 to end the period.

After a drive by Culbertson’s Payton Labatte to open the fourth quarter, Froid/ Lake tallied eight straight points on four points each by Leah Murray and Keira Stentoft.

The Cowgirls accounted for the game’s last 10 points for the 47-37 final. The streak included a three-pointer by Burciaga and three points by Leandra Perkins.

Top scorers for the Red Hawks were Salvevold with 10, B. Nordwick with nine and Johnson with eight.

Also scoring were Elvsaas with six, Murray with four, Stentoft with four, Breuer wih three and I. Nordwick with three.

Berwick scored nine points for the Cowgirls. Also scoring were Ator with seven, Perkins with seven, Labatte with six, Burciaga with four and Ivy Colvin with two.