The usual suspects were in play on Friday night as the Roncalli girls basketball team defeated visiting Brillion 48-39 to keep pace with Wrightstown atop the Olympian Conference standings.
Rachel Mocyznski and Catherine Taddy scored 18 and 13 points, respectively, to pace the Jets’ offense, which held on late after the Lions trimmed a 20-11 first-quarter lead to 37-31 entering the fourth.
Erin Jagemann nailed a pair of 3-pointers for Roncalli (6-1, 5-1), finishing with eight points for the game.
The Lions (4-4, 2-4) meanwhile, have dropped four OC games this season after having lost just one last season en route to the conference title and a 23-2 record.
| Brillion | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | — | 39 |
| Roncalli | 20 | 9 | 6 | 13 | — | 48 |
Brillion
Alaina Beimborn 9, Carly Brault 2, Taylor Fischer 7, April Geiger 3, Kaylee Geiger 7, Jennifer Krueger 9, Amber Piepenburg 2.
Roncalli
Alex Cliff 7, Erin Jagemann 8, Rachel Mocyznski 18, Paige Pethan 2, Catherine Taddy 13.
3-Point Goals – Brillion 3 (Alaina Beimborn 1, April Geiger 1, Jennifer Krueger 1), Roncalli 4 (Alex Cliff 1, Erin Jagemann 2, Catherine Taddy 1), Total Fouls – Brillion 12, Roncalli 14.
Manitowoc Lutheran 38, Chilton 29
With both of its seniors unavailable for the home contest, Lutheran took a 20-9 lead into halftime and never looked back.
MacKayla Menges and Arianna Neumeyer led Lutheran (6-2, 5-2 OC) with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Neumeyer, along with teammate Kaitlin Radue (nine points), each made a pair of 3’s to account for every Lancers shot from beyond the arc.
| Chilton | 2 | 7 | 12 | 8 | — | 29 |
| Man. Lutheran | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | — | 38 |
Chilton
Rachel Beil 5, Cassie Buelow 4, Heather Koehler 10, Marissa Moehn 1, Renee Schmitz 3, Claire Stiefvater 6.
Man. Lutheran
Riegen Brehmer 2, Monique Machut 4, MacKayla Menges 11, Arianna Neumeyer 10, Kaitlin Radue 9, Brooke Roberts 2.
3-Point Goals – Chilton 2 (Rachel Beil 1, Renee Schmitz 1), Man. Lutheran 4 (Arianna Neumeyer 2, Kaitlin Radue 2), Total Fouls – Chilton 12, Manitowoc Lutheran 14.
Reedsville 43, St. Mary Central 32
The Panthers outscored the visiting Zephyrs by 10 points in the second quarter, which proved vital in OC clash.
Reedsville (6-2, 4-2) gave St. Mary Central (5-2, 4-2) its second conference loss of the season behind a game-high 12 points from Shelby Otto. Otto was the lone player on either side in double figures.
| St. Mary Central | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | — | 32 |
| Reedsville | 8 | 13 | 6 | 16 | — | 43 |
St. Mary Central
Kelly Conn 2, Paige Krieck 7, Maddie Miller 7, Nicole Minton 8, Sarah Stinksi 1, Jenna Thelen 7.
Reedsville
Olivia Dietrich 2, Bailey Ebben 4, Riley Grimm 6, Lauren Holschbach 6, Brenna Kiekhaefer 4, Shelby Otto 12, Hannah Roffers 4, Kayla Sheahan 5.
3-Point Goals – Reedsville 1 (Kayla Sheahan 1), Total Fouls – St. Mary Central 17, Reedsville 17.
Mishicot 55, Valders 51
Morgan Melichar carried visiting Mishicot, outdueling the Vikings’ Danelle Buck by scoring 28 points to Buck’s 25 to gave the Indians their first win of the season.
Melichar put her stamp on the game by hitting a game-high five 3-pointers to lead the Indians (1-7, 1-5) offensively.
Buck was joined by teammate Brittany Erickson (10 points) in double figures to pace Valders (1-6, 1-5).
| Mishicot | 12 | 12 | 18 | 13 | — | 55 |
| Valders | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | — | 51 |
Mishicot
Maria Endries 2, Gina Finnel 7, Emily Hutterer 5, Nicole Meissner 9, Morgan Melichar 28, Kelly Wilfert 4.
Valders
Alena Braun 3, Danelle Buck 25, Brittany Erickson 10, Tessa Evenson 4, Breanna Glaeser 2, Conner Grall 5, Morgan Kelly 2.
3-Point Goals – Mishicot 6 (Emily Hutterer 1, Morgan Melichar 5), Valders 2 (Danelle Buck 1, Brittany Erickson 2), Total fouls – Mishicot 15, Valders 16.
