The Lady Hornets traveled to Lakeside Lutheran for the second round of regionals on Feb. 24. Lakeside Lutheran took the win from Wautoma, 55-46, ending the Lady Hornet’s 2022/23 basketball season.
Both teams started out evenly matched, with the score tying up at 2 points only a couple minutes into the game. Lakeside was soon able to get an 8-point lead over Wautoma, and continued to add to their score throughout the first half. The Lady Hornets were able to score some 2 point layups, but were down 16-22 going into the second half.
Lakeside continued to do well, racking up a 13-point lead a few minutes into the half. Alayna Panich was able to get the Lady Hornets some points with a 3-pointer. Bri Buechner and Montana Groskreutz kept the momentum going, each adding 3-points to the board to close the Lakeside lead to only 6 points. The Lady Hornets were finally able to close Lakeside’s to 35-38 with only 7 minutes left in the game. Wautoma’s scoring streak did not last, with Lakeside ultimately taking the win, 55-46.
Montana Groskreutz scored 15 points, closely followed by Bri Buechner with 14 points. Alayna Panich added 10 points to the board. Sydney Dunn scored 3 points and Allison Botters and Bryn Gunderson each had 2 points.
The Wautoma Lady Hornets ended their 2022/23 season with an overall record of 16-10 and 6-4 in the South Central Conference.
