Bad Axe girls close out season with win at Vassar
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The Bad Axe girls basketball team wrapped up the 2020-2021 regular season with a 57-22 victory at Vassar on Tuesday night.Mark Birdsall/Huron Daily Tribune
VASSAR – The Bad Axe girls basketball team wrapped up the 2020-2021 regular season with a 57-22 victory at Vassar on Tuesday night.
The Hatchets finish the season with an overall record of 11-2 and Greater Thumb Conference West record of 10-2. Bad Axe’s two losses both came at the hands of Reese, who wrapped up the GTC West title on Tuesday night with a 56-27 win over Caro.
Hatchets Himmel records triple-double in win over Caro
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Sophomore Katherine Himmel recorded a triple-double as the Bad Axe girls basketball team beat visiting Caro on Tuesday night. The Hatchets won, 49-36.Mark Birdsall/Huron Daily Tribune
BAD AXE – Sophomore Katherine Himmel recorded a triple-double as the Bad Axe girls basketball team beat visiting Caro on Tuesday night. The Hatchets won, 49-36.
Bad Axe is now 9-2 overall and 8-2 in conference play.
Himmel, making her first start of the season, led the way for the Hatchets with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 11 blocks. The sophomore set a new single-game school record with those 11 blocks. Other leaders on the night for Bad Axe were Kate Clancy with 9 points and Camryn Affer and Alexis Booms with 5 points each. Sophie Shuart had 4 points, Callie Engler and Claire Castle each chipped in 2, and Haley Newland and Madison Kinney each had 1 point.
Roundup: Ubly, Bad Axe girls earn wins
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ubly 48, Memphis 16
MEMPHIS The Ubly girls basketball team picked up its fifth straight win on Monday night, overpowering host Memphis, 48-16.
The Bearcats are now 5-2 overall and 5-1 in conference play.
Ubly head coach Joel Leipprandt attributed his team’s improved play to changes the Bearcats have made since the start of the season.
“The girls are adjusting to their new roles and our overall energy has been improving every game,” Leipprandt said. “Our offensive timing is getting better, as well.”
Leading the way for the Bearcats on Monday night were Dajnae Leipprandt with 17 points, Josie Gusa with 9, Madeline Langenburg with 8, Kylie Maurer and Hally Zeihm with 5 each and Hailey Mausolf with 4.
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Bad Axe girls hand USA first loss of season
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SEBEWAING – The Bad Axe girls basketball team did something on Wednesday night that no other team had been able to accomplish in six previous tries this season: defeat the Unionville-Sebewaing Patriots.
The Hatchets prevailed in what proved to be a defensive battle, holding off the Patriots in the final few minutes of the game for a 36-30 road victory.
The Hatchets are now 5-1 on the season overall and 4-1 in conference play. The Patriots are 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the Greater Thumb West.
Bad Axe started the first quarter with a 6-0 run, but the Patriots withstood the barrage and the game was soon knotted at 8-8. USA led 14-10 at the start of the second quarter, but the Hatchets hung tough and cut the lead to 18-16 by halftime. Bad Axe regrouped and ratcheted up its defense in the second half, holding a 26-25 lead going into the fourth quarter.