McCook 8th girls battle it out with Lexington, Chase County

The McCook's eighth grade girls basketball teams battled with Lexington and Chase County on Monday and Thursday.

The Bison lost two games to Lexington Monday. Lexington won the A game 36-5 and the B game 18-10.

Sidney Ulrich and Megan Rokusek led McCook with 2 points and Jenna Smith had 1 in the A game.

Ulrich led the Bison in the B game also with 4 points, Rokusek,

Madison Koepke and Taylor Daniels all had 2.

McCook fell short 20-18 in their final A game against Chase County on Thursday. The Bison returned in the B game to win 22-10.

Rachel Bradley led the Bison in the A game with 6 points and Taylor Hansen, Ulrich and Koepke all had 4 points.

Ulrich led the team in the B game with 12 points and both Rokusek and Christina Harrison had 4 points.

Shannon Liewer led Chase County in the A game with 7 points and Bethany Sorensen had 6 points in the B game.

"The last week of eighth grade basketball provided a dramatic turnaround from Monday to Thursday," said Bison coaches Steve Clapp and Tom Lentz.

"Against Lexington on Monday the girls played but did not compete. Thursday against Chase County, the girls played with intensity and did many of the things that we have worked on during the season.

Several girls from this team will have a chance to help at the high school level, depending whether they will commit themselves to practice time in the off season. The coaches would like to thank the girls for their efforts during the season."

McCook scoring -- S. Ulrich 2, M. Rokusek 2, J. Smith 1.

McCook scoring -- S. Ulrich 4, M. Rokusek 2, M. Koepke 2, T. Daniels 2

Chase County A 20

McCook scoring -- R. Bradley 6, T. Hansen 4, S. Ulrich 4, M. Koepke 4.

McCook scoring -- S. Ulrich 12, M. Rokusek 4, C. Harrison 4, K. Sides 2