Laker girls to open up season, Tuesday, Nov. 29
Sports | Published on November 28, 2022 at 1:17pm CST
The Minnewaska Area girls basketball team is set to get the season underway Tuesday, Nov. 29 at home against Lac qui Parle Valley. The Lakers, coached by Sidney Schiffler, are coming off a 16-10 record from a year ago, which included a 7-4 mark in the West Central Conference.
The Lakers also have a game at home against BOLD, Thursday, Dec. 1, followed by the road opener at Montevideo, Tuesday, Dec. 6.
The Lakers released their 15-member varsity lineup recently, which includes four seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and five ninth-graders.
Montevideo won last year’s WCC title, winning its first-ever WCC girls’ title in school history with an 11-1 league mark, followed by Sauk Centre (9-3), BOLD (8-4), Minnewaska Area (7-4), Morris Area-CA (4-8), Melrose Area (2-10) and Benson (0-11).
Members of this year’s varsity Lakers’ girls basketball team are seniors Olivia Bleick, Mikayln Andreas, Brooke Kolstoe and Leslie Murken; juniors Jenna Drewes and Avery Fier; sophomores Sydney Dahl, Megan Thorfinnson, Amber Peabody and Lauren Stryhn, and ninth-graders Lauryn Ankeny, Olivia Danielson, Jayda Kolstoe, Kendall Danielson and Alia Randt.
Last year, the Lakers had three All-Conference players in Maddie Thorfinnson, Addy Randt and Brooke Kolstoe, while Addy Kath was on the honorable mention team. Kath is injured this winter.
Helping out Shiffler with coaching duties this year are Emily Roering, Makenzie Larsen, Josh Greene, Linda Mills (8th grade) and Gabe Eisenbacher (7th grade).
Members of the JV team for 2022-23 are junior Jenna Drewes, sophomores Lauren Stryhn and Amber Peabody; and ninth-graders Lauryn Ankeny, Alia Randt, Kendall Danielson and Jayda Kolstoe, and members of this year’s junior high teams are eighth-graders Jazlyn Fleury, Claira Frey, Leah Greseth, Meadow Gullickson, Rachel Rankin, Evelyn Recker and Norah VanZee, and seventh-graders Sydney Ankeny, Molly Cassidy, Sadie Daniels, Berlynn Green, Miranda Grossman, Hannah Hoeper, Michaela Johnson, Ella Larson, Mileigh Lundebrek, Lillie Ogdahl and Peyton Sundheim.
