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Monica Hansen looks for an open teammate during last week’s game in New York Mills.

The Henning girls basketball team had two more games this past week against two of the better teams in their sub-section.  Unfortunately, the Hornets lost both games to put their overall record at 1-11, which of course head coach Mike Hepola said the team isn’t happy with, but with this nice core of younger players he said they will continue to work hard and learn from these games and look to improve each and every week. 

Tuesday, Jan. 14 at NYM 67-30 lost

Henning traveled to New York Mills on Tuesday to take on a veteran Eagles team.  A very slow start saw the Hornets fall behind by a huge margin early and then trailed 39-13 at halftime.  The second half went a little better before losing by the final score of 67-30. 

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Abi Godding defends a New York Mills ball handler during the first half of Tuesday’s gme against the Eagles.

Head coach Mike Hepola said NY Mills is a very experienced team with a good combination of outside shooting and very big physical posts. At times the Hornets did a good job forcing them to shoot from outside, but ultimately the Eagles were able to get plenty of shots to fall for them.

Offensively the Hornets were led by freshman Abbigale Godding who came off the bench to score 9 points going 3-3 from the 3-point line.  Senior Lila Thorson finished with 7 points and Sophomore Callie Thompson 5 points.  Rounding out the scoring was Addison Bode 4 points, Brynn Reinbold and Stella Iliff with 2 points each and Bella Olson with 1 point. Thompson led the team with 4 rebounds and Addison led with 5 steals.

Individual stats

Callie Thompson 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal

Alivia Emter 1 assist

Brynn Reinbold 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal

Monica Hansen 1 assist, 1 steal

Tiffany Weber 1 assist

Addison Bode 4 points, 2 rebounds, 5 steals

Bella Olson 1 point, 1 assist

Abbigale Godding 9 points, 3 rebounds

Lila Thorson 7 points, 1 rebound

Isabelle Godding 1 rebound, 1 steal

Stella Iliff 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal

Thursday, Jan. 16 vs. Lake Park-Audobon 68-13 lost

On Thursday the Hornets hosted Lake Park, a team that is playing really well right now and they certainly made it tough on Henning on Thursday by holding the Hornets to just three made field goals on 10 percent shooting and 41 turnovers .  Definitely a tough night for Henning’s offense, which led to many easy offensive opportunities for Lake Park.

Again the Hornets trailed 37-11 at halftime and then were only able to hit wo free throws in the second half to lose by the final score of 68-13. 

Head coach Mike Hepola said there is definitely a ton to learn from in this one. 

Offensively the Hornets were led by Addison Bode with 4 points, Alivia Emter 3, Lila Thorson 3, Bella Olson 2 and Callie Thompson 1. Henning had four different girls lead the team with 4 rebounds each, Thompson, Tiffany Weber, Bode and Thorson. Thorson led with 2 assists and also 3 steals.

Hepola said the Hornets will continue to learn from these games and make some adjustments where they can.  

This week the Hornets have a real busy week as we go to Battle Lake on Monday, then travel to Menahga on Thursday, before hosting Bertha-Hewitt on Friday in a boys-girls doubleheader.  

Individual stats

Callie Thompson 1 point, 4 rebounds, 

Alivia Emter 3 points, 2 rebounds

Brynn Reinbold 1 rebound, 1 steal

Monica Hansen 3 rebounds, 1 steal

Tiffany Weber 4 rebounds

Addison Bode 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals

Bella Olson 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal

Abbigale Godding 2 rebounds

Lila Thorson 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals

Isabelle Godding 1 rebound