Girls: Sylvan-Lucas 70, Natoma 11 Boys: Sylvan-Lucas 48, Natoma 16
Maggie Labertew scored 17 points and Serenity Steineke added 12 points of her own as the Sylvan-Lucas Lady Mustangs were in control from start to finish on their way to a 70-11 win over Natoma Monday evening in Northern Plains League action at Sylvan-Lucas Unified High School.
Labertew and Steineke combined for 13 first quarter points as Sylvan-Lucas raced to a 24-0 lead after the first eight minutes. The lead grew to 43-3 by halftime and 57-9 after three quarters before the Lady Mustangs cruised to their sixth win of the season.
Natoma (3-6, 1-3 NPL), playing its first game in 17 days after the Northern Plains League Tournament was canceled was led by eight points from Caylie Lyle. Meanwhile, Sylvan-Lucas (6-3, 4-0 NPL) had 11 different players score. Sylvan- Lucas’ loss to Osborne on Saturday did not count in the league standings since the two teams will play again later this season.
In the Boys game, Connor Charvat scored 12 points and Cade Brokes added 11 points off the bench as the Mustangs cruised to a 48-16 win over their guests from Natoma.
Sylvan-Lucas led 21-2 after the first quarter and increased the lead at intermission to 32-4 then led 43-10 before settling for the 32-point win, their third straight in the series after losing at Natoma on January 12, 2021.
As was the case in the Girls game, 11 different players scored for Sylvan-Lucas (4-5, 4-0 NPL) as the Mustangs bounced back from a 19-point loss on Saturday at Osborne. Leading the way for Natoma (0-9, 0-4 NPL) was Kelden Rubottom who scored eight points including six in the fourth quarter.
Both schools will be in action on Tuesday evening. Sylvan-Lucas travels to Miltonvale for a doubleheader with Southern Cloud while the Natoma Boys will host Chase, which has moved this year from the Northern Plains League to the Central Prairie League. That game will tip off at 6 p.m. Both Natoma teams will be in action on Friday, January 26 at home against Lincoln.
Both schools are continuing efforts to make up games that were lost due to the cancellation of the NPL Tournament.
Natoma Athletics Director Kurt Grafel told KRSL sports on Monday evening that the postponed games against Stockton from January 19 have been rescheduled for February 8 and will be played in Stockton instead of Natoma.
Sylvan-Lucas Athletics Director Tyler Gier confirmed to KRSL sports that the games against Osborne originally scheduled to be played on the road on February 13 will now be played at Sylvan-Lucas.
