Langford Area came up short in three contests during the past week in girls basketball play.
The Lady Lions, now 5-10, lost to Waubay-Summit 43-32 on Monday, fell to Northwestern 46-29 on Friday, and dropped a 47-41 decision to Warner last week Tuesday.
“We are in the point of our season where we haven’t had a lot of practice to work on certain things,” said Coach Michael Alberts. “After this week, it will be nice have a few more practices to break things down more and work on things as we get into the last few weeks of the regular season.”
This week LA hosts Britton-Hecla on Friday (JV boys 4 p.m., JV girls, varsity boys, varsity girls to follow) and Wilmot comes to town on Saturday (JV girls 1 p.m., JV boys, varsity girls, varsity boys to follow).
Waubay-Summit 43
Langford Area 32
Langford Area outscored Waubay-Summit in the second half but couldn’t overcome a 13-point halftime deficit.
The visitors exploded for 22 first quarter points to go up 22-6 at the break, led 25-12 at halftime, and 35-21 after three quarters.
“This game was kind of the opposite of our other games last week,” said Alberts. “We had a slower start to the game, but we had a better finish.” Alex Darling led the Lady Lions with 14 points, including a trio of treys, and Paytyn Marlow netted nine with a pair of three-pointers.
WAUBAY-SUMMIT: Brianna Lindholm 2 0-0 6, Faith Larson 4 2-2 12, Lizy Purdy 3 0-0 6, Aubrey Strang 3 2-4 8, Kylie Binger 1 0-0 2, Regan Schmidt 1 0-0 3, Caley Boik 2 0-0 5, Callie Miller 0 1-4 1. Totals 16 5-10 43.
LANGFORD AREA: Paytyn Marlow 3 1-2 9, Alex Darling 4 3-3 14, Eliana Darling 2 3-4 7, Joie Jensen 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 7-9 32.
WS (7-8) 22 25 35 43
LA (5-10) 6 12 21 32
3-point goals – Lindholm 2, Larson 2, Schmidt, Boik; Marlow 2, A. Darling 3. Total fouls – WS 15, LA 17.
Northwestern 46
Langford Area 29
Langford Area led by a point at halftime but was outscored 27-9 in the second half.
Despite scoring just two points in the third period the Lady Lions still trailed just 28-22 with eight minutes to play, but three Wildcats outscored LA 18-7 in the final stanza.
Paytyn Marlow led LA with 10 points and six rebounds.
LANGFORD AREA: Clarissa Guy 0 0-2 0, Paytyn Marlow 3 2-3 10, Lizzie Gustafson 2 1-2 5, Alex Darling 2 2-3 7, Eliana Darling 0 5-6 5, Josie Jensen 1 0-0 2. Totals 8-37 10-16 29.
NORTHWESTERN: Ashley Haven 6 1-1 15, Adriana Ratigan 3 4-8 10, Ella Boekelheide 3 0-0 6, Tara Blachford 4 1-1 10, Breelyn Satter 1 0-0 3, Sophia Troske 1 0-0 2. Totals 18-55 6-10 46.
LA (5-9) 11 20 22 29
NW (9-3) 11 19 28 46
3-point goals – Marlow 2, A. Darling; Haven 2, Blachford, Satter. Total fouls – LA 9,NW 16.
Warner 47
Langford Area 41
Langford Area led at the first three quarter breaks but Warner outscored the Lady Lions 14-6 in the final stanza to get the comeback victory.
LA led 11-9 after one period, 25-24 at halftime, and 35-33 after three quarters before Warner rallied.
Paytyn Marlow led the Lady Lions with 18 points, including five treys. Alex Darling added 14 and hit three from downtown.
LANGFORD AREA: Clarissa Guy 1 0-0 2, Paytyn Marlow 6 1-1 18, Alex Darling 5 1-2 14, Eliana Darling 2 2-3 7, Josie Jensen 0 0-2 0. Totals 14 5-7 41.
WARNER: Jordyn Jensen 1 0-2 3, Courtney Leidholt 7 0-0 17, Tatum Hanson 2 2-6 7, Kenna Leidholt 2 0-0 4, Stacia Carda 1 0-0 2, Kaydee Mackner 3 2-2 10, Miah Leidholt 2 0-0 4. Totals 18 4-10 47.
LA (5-8) 11 25 35 41
Warner (8-5) 9 24 33 47
3-point goals – Marlow 5, A. Darling 3; Jensen, C. Leidholt 3, Hanson, Mackner 2. Total fouls – La 13, Warner 14.
