North Butler holds off Northwood-Kensett girls 40-34

Published 1:41 pm Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Northwood-Kensett girls’ basketball team had No. 3-ranked North Butler on the ropes once again Friday and despite a fourth-quarter comeback couldn’t close the gap on the Bearcats in a 40-34 loss in Northwood.

Kate Hartman scored a game-high 17 points but North Butler built a nine-point lead entering the fourth quarter.

The Vikings outscored the Bearcats 11-8 in the fourth quarter.

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North Butler 40, Northwood-Kensett 34

North Butler 11 12 9 8 — 40

Northwood-Kensett 11 6 6 11— 34

North Butler scoring: Carly Jacobs 12, Bobbi Boomgarden 11, Kelly

Dolan 7, Nikki Boomgarden 4, Cassidy Bangasser 2, Jamie Jacobs 2.

Northwood-Kensett scoring: Kate Hartman 17, Britney Low 5, Brooke Claussen 5, Brooke Burnes 2, Courtney Eilertson 2, Kathy Porter 2, Jami Dahlby 1.