LONE TREE
Highland and Lone Tree began their girls basketball seasons in similar ways last weekend in the 4 Corners Shootout hosted by Lone Tree.
Both teams defeated Iowa Valley, and both teams lost to Keota.
The tournament, held Friday and Saturday, featured round robin games with no championship round. Keota was the only team to finish the tournament unbeaten; Highland Lone Tree played each other Tuesday in their Southeast Iowa Super Conference North opener.
Keota 73,
Highland 51
Keota went ahead 18-12 in the opening quarter, then outscored the Huskies 16-4 in the second quarter and cruised to a 22-point win in the season-opening game, Friday, for both teams.
Keota sophomore Cameron Haifley scored a game-high 26 points, and had 8 steals and 8 blocked shots.
Highland sophomore Kamryn Fink scored a team-high 19 points and had a team-high 8 rebounds.
Katelyn Thomann, a junior, added 9 points and had 5 steals. Hailey Brun also had 5 steals.
Thomann made both 3-point shots she attempted, but the Huskies missed 12 more 3-pointers.
Lone Tree 58,
Iowa Valley 24
The Lions scored 17 of the game’s first 21 points and went on for a 58-24 victory in their season opener.
Ava Christofferson, a senior, led three Lone Tree players in double figures with a game-high 19 points and 5 steals. Senior guard Finlay Jacque added 15 points.
Sophomore Harper Kuboushek had a double-double, 10 points and 10 rebounds, in her varsity starting debut.
Jacque added 9 rebounds and 5 steals.
Highland 60,
Iowa Valley 13
The Huskies struck for 31 points in the opening quarter and shut out Iowa Valley in the third quarter.
Four Highland starters reached double figures in scoring, led by Hailey Brun’s 15 points. Katelyn Thomann added 11 points, and Kamryn Fink and freshman Kinzie Ruess each had double-doubles with 10 points and 12 rebounds apiece.
“The girls did a nice job of sharing the ball and moving it, but that is something we need to continue to work on,” Highland coach Jody Fink said. “Our communication was better tonight, but also needing to improve overall.”
Thomann hit three 3-pointers to total five 3-pointers over two games in the tournament.
Keota 56,
Lone Tree 46
Keota’s Cameron Haifley scored 18 points and had a game-high 5 assists, leading the Eagles to their second straight win in the 4 Corners Shootout.
Lone Tree senior Finley Jacque scored a game-high 23 points and hit a game-high four 3-pointers.
Ava Christofferson added 9 points for Lone Tree and Dalanie Graap had 8.
Harper Kuboushek had a team-high 8 rebounds for the Lions (1-1).
Keota rallied from four points down in the first quarter.
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