The Yellow Medicine East girls' basketball team's season came to a close on Monday in Redwood Falls as the No. 3-seeded Sting fell 54-50 to No. 1 Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial in the Section 3AA-North title game.
The Knights (25-3 overall) got a 19-point, nine-rebounds, seven-block effort from Karina Schroeder, and Tara Roelofs (14) and Breanna Denn (10) both finished in double figures. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial will take on Worthington, the top seed in the South sub-section, for the Section 3AA title at 5 p.m. Friday at the R/A Facility at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall. The Trojans defeated Fairmont 57-55 on Monday.
YME (15-10 overall) got a game-high 22 points from Courtney Hinz, who also grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double. Six of her rebounds came on the offensive end. Angie Scheffler added 19 points, and Emily Baker had four points, 11 rebounds and seven steals.
YME (50)
Dani Aus 1 0-0 3, Courtney Hinz 9 3-4 22, Jennessa Hoffman 1 0-0 2, Emily Baker 2 0-0 4, Angie Scheffler 5 9-12 19. Totals 18 12-16 50. Three-Pointers 2 Rebounds 31 (Baker 11, Hinz 10) Assists 16 (Baker 4) Steals 15 (Baker 7) Blocks 2 Turnovers 19 Total Fouuls 17.
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial (54)
Breanna Denn 1 7-8 10, Heather Hohenstein 2 0-0 5, Karina Schroeder 6 7-10 19, Megan Schroeder 2 0-0 4, Becca Norgren 1 0-0 2, Tara Roelofs 5 2-2 14. Totals 17 16-20 54. Three-Pointers 4 (Roelofs 2) Rebounds 30 (K. Schroeder 9) Assists 11 Steals 11 (Denn 5) Blocks 8 (K. Schroeder 7) Turnovers 20 Total Fouls 14.
Halftime Score: Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 24, YME 24.