Sieber scores 11, but Culver drought vs. Argos continues

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Argos 57, Culver 38 (Friday): Lizzy Edmonds and Madi VanDerWeele scored 12 points each, and Samantha Redinger hit three 3-pointers and added nine for Argos in a Class 1A, Sectional 50 semifinal at Oregon-Davis Friday.

Carleigh Miller also made two 3-pointers and had six. Emma Dunlap also had six.

Grace Sieber scored eight of her 11 points in the second half to lead Culver. Baleigh Binkley and Maddie Shedrow had seven points each.

Shedrow had scored in double figures in six consecutive games prior to Friday. She also scored 16 against Argos in a 41-26 loss on Jan. 11, but Argos held her without a field goal in the second half.

Argos led 14-2 after one quarter and 26-16 at halftime.

Argos has beaten Culver nine straight times, including sectional games in 2016 and 2018. They have not lost to Culver since November 2014.

Culver has never beaten Argos in a sectional game in the class basketball era (since 1998).

In the other semifinal, Taren Yates scored 15 points for Triton in a 46-20 win over LaCrosse.

ARGOS (57) (9-10)

Emma Dunlap 3 0-0 6, Sydney Shepherd 1 1-2 4, Samantha Redinger 3 0-0 9, Madi VanDerWeele 6 0-0 12, Lizzy Edmonds 5 2-3 12, Sophia Bollenbacher 2 0-0 4, Bella Stults 1 1-2 3, Carleigh Miller 2 0-0 6, Cailey Markley 0 1-2 1, Amanda Fajardo 0 0-0 0, Carly Ellis 0 0-0 0, Hannah Hurford 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 23 5-9 57

CULVER (38) (8-13)

Grace Sieber 4 0-0 11, Baleigh Binkley 2 2-2 7, Maddie Shedrow 2 1-2 7, Lizzie Pugh 2 0-0 5, Alina Pizur 2 0-0 4, Kenzie Banks 1 0-0 2, Luci Overmyer 0 0-0 0, Avery Garland 1 0-0 2, Maisy McCuen 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 3-4 38

Three-point field goals:

Argos 6 (Redinger 3, Miller 2, Shepherd),

Culver 7 (Sieber 3, Shedrow 2, Binkley, Pugh)

Total fouls: Argos 12, Culver 10

Score by quarters

Argos 14 12 13 18 – 57

Culver 2 14 7 15 – 38