Knights Win Over Ponies

The New Glarus girls basketball team hosted Columbus on November 21st, winning 57-54.
The first half the lead changed several times, and Columbus was up by one at the half, 30-29. There were 50 fouls called during the game, and both teams shot a lot of free throws. Morgan Hustad hit two big free throws with nine seconds left in regulation to give the Knights the win.
Leading New Glarus with 19 points was Julia Barnaby. Willow Lee added 16 points and Morgan Hustad and Jaylynn Benson added 9 points each.
On Saturday, November 25th, the Knights traveled to Monticello to take on the Ponies. The Knights won, 65-20 after being up 35-7 at halftime.
Leading scorers for the Knights were Willow Lee with 14, Lexi Krause with 11, Julia Barnaby with 10 and Lily Himmelmann with 8.
Alyssen Noriega led the Ponies with 8 points. Claire Klossner, Lindsey Pence and Miah Brokopp all scored 3 points each.
The Monticello Ponies played at Benton on November 28th, and will play at Pecatonica on Friday, December 1.
The New Glarus Knights hosted Black Hawk on November 28th and will play at Platteville on December 4th.