Tuesday,  Feb. 11, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 210 • 2 of 39

Groton girls avenge earlier loss to Roncalli

• It was another intense, crowd-pleasing home game for the Groton Area Tigers as this time, the Lady Tigers beat Aberdeen Roncalli, 52-38. It was the third lowest scoring game for Roncalli this year.
• "I told the girls we're not going to play as bad as we did the first time we played them," said Coach Shaun Wanner. "The first time we just got out hustled and we didn't rebound very well. And I thought if we did those two things a little bit better, we're going to win." Groton controlled the boards, 31-21.
• The non-conference win will boost Groton's standing in the regional standings, edging ever so closer to that number one seed, which is where Groton

Camille Sippel jumps to control the opening tip-off.

has been for the past several weeks.  Roncalli is now 11-5 on the season while Groton goes to 15-3. Right now, the number two seeded team is Milbank followed by Webster at number three.
• A huge test is happening on Friday where the Northeast Conference Championship will be at stake. Groton, Hamlin and Clark-Willow Lake each have one loss in the conference race. "At this time

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Ashley Gibbs and Carly Wheeting try to get the rebound away from this Roncalli player.

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