Comet girls defeat Bearcats 41-40 for 2nd win of the season

By John Burbridge

sports@charlescitypress.com

CHARLES CITY — For the second season in a row, the Charles City Comets girls basketball team rid itself of a sustained losing streak while defeating North Butler … this time by a score of 41-40, Thursday at Comet Gym.

Last season when the Comets defeated the Bearcats on the road, it ended a winless drought that spanned multiple seasons.

The most-recent Comet win stopped a 14-game skid after Charles City won its season-opener against Waterloo East in another close game (54-52).

Charles City (2-14) jumped out to a 10-0 lead before the Bearcats (4-13) rallied to go up 19-14 midway through the second quarter.

When Comet senior Maggie Boss hit her third 3-point field goal of the game, it put Charles City back in front (27-25) with about five minutes left in the third quarter.

When Comet sophomore Evelyn Mayhew hit her second 3-pointer of the game, it attained another double-digit advantage (37-26) for Charles City late in the third quarter.

Boss led a balanced scoring attack with 10 points. Seniors Lauren Staudt and Alex Wohlers each scored 7, Mayhew had 6 and senior Hannah Hoffman scored 5 for the Comets.

Senior Kaycee Wiebke had a game-high 17 points for the Bearcats, who only hit one 3-pointer all game which was too little, too late as Jady Thorne’s trey at the game-ending buzzer capped the score after the Comets — nursing a 4-point lead with less than 10 seconds left — were implored not to foul a jump shooter.

Charles City will be back in action Friday as part of a varsity doubleheader against Crestwood in Cresco.

Girls Varsity

CHARLES CITY 41,

NORTH BUTLER 40

Scoring By Quarters

North Butler 8 15 7 10 — 40

Charles City 12 6 19 4 — 41

Individual Scoring

NORTH BUTLER — Reagan Mulder 8, Macy Endelman 2, Jady Thorne 3, Colby Wix 4, Hannah Hillman 3, Lauren Fleshner 2, Kaycee Wiebke 17.

CHARLES CITY — Madison Lensing 4, Lauren Staudt 7, Maggie Boss 10, Hannah Hoffman 5, Alex Wohlers 7, Evelyn Mayhew 6, Elayna Hemesath 3.

RECORDS — Charles City 2-14, North Butler 4-13