2012-2013 Lady Cat Basketball Stats and Stories
Lady Cats Complete Successful (14-8) Season
Launch the media gallery 1 playerWeb Editor's Note) This article details the Hemingford Lady Cats Basketball Season of 2012-2013. Thanks to Coach Dave Chatelain for these game follow-ups. Parents, Grandparents, and players all appreciate them. They are in reverse order, in one location, so that a reader can look back into the season as far as they would like, in one place.\
Season Game 22 (14-8) - Lady Cats lost to Bridgeport (34-37) in Sub-District Final, Thursday, February 14th - Season is Complete
“The Hemingford Lady Cats finished out their 2012-2013 basketball season with a loss in the finals of Sub-District play to Bridgeport 37-34. Kelsy Wood led Hemingford with 15 points followed by Cali Rohrbouck with 5. Three Lady Cats had 7 rebounds apiece in this hard fought contest. They were Kelsy Wood, Kaitlyn Bergfield and Alexis Phillips.
The Lady Bulldogs were led by Enedinal Cantu with 12 and Tara Harding with 8. Hemingford finished the season with a 14-8 record, their best overall record in several years. Our Junior Varsity team finished their season with a very respectable 7 – 7 record. Our team and coaches would again like to emphasize the appreciation they have for the support of their fans, booster club and parents. There is no better place to be a player.”
Season Game 21 (14-7) - Lady Cats beat Bayard (32-31) in Sub-Districts, Tues, Feb 12th
The Lady Cats recorded a close come-from-behind victory over Bayard in the first round of sub-districts at Gering. Kelsy Wood led the way with 21 points, but Jayleen Forgey saved the Lady Cats bacon more than once with a much needed trey, finishing with 8 points. Wood became just the fourth Lady Cat to reach the 1,000 milestone in her outstanding basketball career!
Coaches comments: “ Hemingford defeated Bayard 32-31 on Tuesday February 12 to advance to the second round against Bridgeport on Thursday the 14th.Kelsy Wood led the Lady Cats with 21 points. She scored her 1000 th point in this game to become only the third player in Hemingford history to reach that milestone. Kaitlyn Bergfield led Hemingford with 6 rebounds in a very hard fought contest.”
Season Game 20 (13-7) - Lady Cats beat (13-3) Kimball (39-36) on Friday, February 8th
“The Hemingford Lady Cats defeated Kimball on Friday night 39 – 36, to run their record to 13-7. This was a great win for our team heading into Sub-Districts. Kelsy Wood led Hemingford in scoring with 18 points followed by Jayleen Forgey with 10. Shelby Vogel led Kimball in scoring with 15 followed by Darbi Klinkhammer with 12. Kelsy Wood led the Lady Cats with 8 rebounds followed by Kaitlyn Bergfield with 7. The Hemingford JV team came up short to finish 7 -7 on the season. The coaches and team would really like to thank our fans for their great support on the season in our gym.”
Season Game 19 (12-7) - Lady Cats beat Morrill (35-24) Tuesday, February 5th
“On February 5 Hemingford defeated Morrill 35-24 to move their record to 12 - 7. Kaitlyn Jespersen led the Lady Cats in scoring with 13, followed by Kelsy Wood with 11. For Morrill Morgan Nortness led the scoring with 8 followed by Mickayla Schneider with 6. For Hemingford Cali Rohrbouck led the rebounding with 9 followed by Kaitlyn Bergfield with 6. Hemingford will next be in action on Friday against Kimball. In the Junior Varsity contest Hemingford defeated Morrill 15-13.”
Season Game 18 (11-7) - Lady Cats lose to Gordon-Rushville, (40-43) Thursday, January 31st
Gordon-Rushville WTC Tourney HTML Link
“In the first round of the Western Trails Tournament in Hemingford Gordon/Rushville defeated the Lady Cats 43 – 40. Kelsy Wood led all scorers with 21 for Hemingford. Sara Marlatt led the Mustangs with 13 followed by Brandi Roth with 8. Hemingford was 11/28 from the foul line and Gordon / Rushville 6/13. Hemingford will next be in action at home on the 5th of February against Morrill. Gordon/Rushville moves on to play Kimball in the next round at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff at 2:00 Friday.”
Season Game 17 (11-6) - Lady Cats beat Minatare, (69-12) Tuesday, January 29th
“On January 29 the Hemingford Lady Cats defeated Minatare by the score of 69-12. This game moved Hemingford’s record to 11 – 6 on the season heading into the first round of the Western Trails Tournament. Christian Rozmiarek led the Lady Cats in scoring with 12, followed Kelsy Wood with 10. Kaitlyn Bergfield had 11 rebounds, followed Alexis Phillips with 9. This was a really good game for us to get quite a few minutes for everyone that dressed for the game. We had quality contributions by all players.”
Season Game 16 (10-6) - Lady Cats beat Edgemont, (65-23) (Saturday, January 26th
“The Lady Cats finished a really nice week of basketball with a 65-23 win over Edgemont. Kelsy Wood led all scorers with 20 pts., followed by Kaitlyn Jespersen with 11, and Jayleen Forgey with 10. Kelsy Wood led the rebounding as well with 9, followed by Cali Rohrbouck with 7. This moves the varsity record to 10 wins and 6 losses on the season.
Junior Varsity Girls Basketball Update
Our Junior Varsity had a good week as well with a win over Mitchell, 36-13, in the first round of the Bridgeport Invitational. They followed that up with a close loss to Bridgeport, 23-18, in the Championship Game. On Saturday they completed the week of competition with a win against Edgemont, 28-9. This moves the JV record to 6 wins and 6 losses on the season”
Season Game 15 (9-6) - Lady Cats beat Bayard, (54-32) (Thursday, January 24th
“On January 24 our Lady Cats were able to defeat the Bayard Tigers 54-32. This is one of the better games that we have played all year. Kelsy Wood led us in scoring with 24, followed by Jayleen Forgey with 8. Jayleen Forgey grabbed 8 rebounds followed by Kelsy Wood with 7. Our team will be home again on Saturday the 26 with Edgemont coming to town. “
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Season Game 14 (8-6) - Lady Cats beat Hay Springs, (63-28) Tuesday, January 22nd
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Season Game 13 (7-6) - Lady Cats beat Edgemont, (52-22) Saturday, January 19th
(Panhandle Conference Third Place Game)
Edgemont PAC Tourney Game HTML Link
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Season Game 12 (6-6) - Lady Cats lose to Sioux County , (44-45) Friday, January 18th
(Panhandle Conference Semi-Finals)
Sioux County PAC Tourney Game HTML Link
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Season Game 11 (6-5) - Lady Cats beat Sioux County , (56-53) Saturday, January 12th
“The Lady Cats played some of their best basketball on Saturday night January 12 in Harrison coming home with a 56 – 53 win. This win moves our record 6-5 on the season. Sioux County is one of the best three point shooting teams around and they proved it again in this game connecting on ten long range shots. In contrast, Hemingford did a nice job of scoring from the inside and in transition. Kelsy Wood led the Bobcats with 18, followed by Cali Rohrbouck with 12. Kaitlyn Bergfield, Cali Rohrbouck and Kelsy Wood all came up big in the rebounding department. We will play Sioux County again on Friday the 18th of January in the Panhandle Conference Tournament in Crawford.”
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Season Game 10 (5-5) - Lady Cats beat Banner County , (73-17) Saturday, January 5th
“On Saturday night Jan. 5th our kids played their best all – around basketball game of the year in defeating Banner County 73-17. For the second night in a row our defense really set the tone with numerous steals and break away layups. Kelsey Wood led us again in scoring with 26, followed by Christian Rozmiarek with 12 and Jayleen Forgey 11. Our rebounding was a very balanced affair with Christian Rozmiarek pulling down 8, followed by Cali Rohrbouck and Kelsey Wood with 7. Our JV team really had a nice win as well against Banner County.”
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Season Game 9 (4-5) - Lady Cats beat Garden County, (51-17) Friday, January 4th
“At Garden County on Jan. 4th the defense really had a nice night holding the Eagles to just 17 points. It was a nice night scoring as well as the Lady Cats had Kelsey Wood with 21 points, Jayleen Forgey with 11 and Kris Kramer with 9. In the rebounding department Kelsey Wood led us again with 13, followed by Alexis Phillips with 7 and Cali Rohrbouck with 6. This was a very nice all around games where we were able to play all twelve girls that were on the bench. The final score was 51 to 17.”
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Season Statistics after Eight Games - Click on HTML Link): CLICK HERE FOR TOTALS
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Season Game 8 (3-5) - Lady Cats lose to Bayard , (35-38) Saturday, December 29th
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Season Game 7 (3-4) - Lady Cats lose to Chadron, (24-70) Friday, December 28th
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Season Game 6 (3-3) - Lady Cats over Leyton , (33-29) Saturday, December 15th
“On Saturday December 15 we concluded our Pre-Christmas schedule with a nice win against a long and athletic Leyton team. We found it very difficult to score on the inside against the shot blocking Warriors. Our Lady Cats did do a nice job on the defensive end of the court holding an opponent under thirty points for the second time this season. Kelsy Wood once again led our scoring and rebounding as well as the number of times being knocked to the floor.
She had 15 points and 12 rebounds completing the fourth double-double of the season. We did not do a very good job of shooting from the free throw line hitting only 10-28. That must improve if we hope to meet our goals for the season. Our team and coaching staff would like to recognize the wonderful crowd that provided such strong support for our team. We head into the Christmas break with a 3 wins and 3 losses.”
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Season Game 5 (2-3) - Lady Cats lose to Bridgeport (34-55) , Friday, December 14
“We did not do a very good job of dealing with a very quick and deep Bridgeport team on December 14. The final score was 55-34. They packed the key with a 2-3 defense, and dared us to shoot from the outside and we just did not do a very good job of dealing with that. Our scoring was led by Kelsy Wood with 11 and Kris Kramer with 6. Kaitlyn Bergfield led our rebounding with 7".
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Season Game 4 (2-2) - Lady Cats lose to Mitchell (58-45) , Saturday, December 8th
“We came up short in both the JV and Varsity games at Mitchell on Saturday, December 8th. The score in the JV game was 40-35 with Taylor Keegan leading the scoring with 10 points. In the Varsity game Kelsy Wood led all scorers with 18. She completed her double-double with 12 rebounds. Kaitlyn Jespersen had 13 points and Kaitlyn Bergfield grabbed 9 rebounds. Our kids will be back in action on Friday against tough Bridgeport and finish out the Pre-Christmas part of our schedule with Leyton at home on the 15th.”
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Launch the media gallery 2 playerSeason Game 3 (2-1) - Lady Cats Over Crawford (56-25) , Tuesday, December 4th
“The Hemingford Lady Cats basketball picked up their second win of the season on December 4th by defeating the Crawford Lady Rams 56 – 25. This game really highlighted our ability to get out and run the floor. Our half - court defense was very solid as the Lady Rams have some fine outside shooters, our Lady Cats did a nice job of rebounding on the defensive end as well. Kaitlyn Bergfield and Kelsy Wood led our team in rebounding with 12 each. Kelsy completed a double – double on the evening with 25 points to go along with her rebounding efforts. She was joined in double figure scoring by Cali Rohrbouck with 10. This game was an improvement over our two previous contests and we look forward to taking another step forward in Mitchell on Saturday, December 8th.
The Lady Cat Junior Varsity were able to get their first win of the season by defeating the Lady Rams 53 – 40. This game showed great improvement for this team that the coaching staff found very satisfying. Ashleigh Galles led the scoring with 10, followed by Christian Rozmiarck,Kaitlyn Bergfield, and Alexis Phillips all with 8 points. Our Junior Varsity will also play at Mitchell on Saturday the 8th of December.”
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Launch the media gallery 3 playerSeason Game 2 (1-1) - Lady Cats Over Hyannis (49-36), Saturday, December 1st
“On December 1st we hosted Hyannis and were able to battle to a 49 – 36 victory against an athletic and physical Longhorn team. This was a great bounce-back win for us after dropping the first contest in Gordon. Our defense was much improved, and we did a nice job of running our press break. As time goes on we will get our roles better defined and we look forward to developing some depth on the bench which will make us more competitive during the middle of the season when our conference tournaments role around. Kaitlyn Jespersen led us with 19 points followed by Kelsey Wood with 16. Kaitlyn Bergfield was our leading rebounder with 10. We look forward to welcoming Crawford on December 4th
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Season Game 1 (0-1) - Lady Cats Drop Contest to Gord-Rushville, (41-59), Fri., Nov. 30th
“The Hemingford Lady Cats opened up the 2012 – 2013 Basketball season with a road loss, 59-41 at Gordon/Rushville. After getting a two point lead at half time, we came out in the third quarter and gave up 20 points to the Mustangs. Foul trouble really played a big role in this game as we had to sit a couple of players with 4 fouls for much of the third quarter. Kelsey Wood led in scoring with 11, followed by Kaitlyn Jespersen with 9. Kelsey Wood also led us rebounding with 11.
We would anticipate that we might see this team again later on during the conference tournament, and our team really believes that we will fare better the next time around.”