Lucy Fearday scored 23 points Thursday night, helping the St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs remain unbeaten with a 63-33 road victory over Windsor/Stew-Stras.

St. Anthony led 11-4 after the first eight minutes and then expanded that to 33-17 at halftime. It was a 28-point margin, 54-26, heading into the fourth period.

Fearday had nine points in the first half and then pumped in 12 more in the third period. Freshman Nancy Ruholl scored 11 and Anna Faber added nine.

The Lady Bulldogs are now 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the National Trail Conference. They will face a tough conference challenge Monday night at Altamont.

By Steve Raymond

ET Sports Report

Only one question remained after the first quarter ended Monday night.

Would Okaw Valley score?

By that time, the St. Anthony Lady Bulldogs owned a 22-0 lead and were well on their way to their seventh win of the season.

When it was over, the Lady Bulldogs had a 69-17 victory.

“Every game, we challenge ourselves to get better,” said St. Anthony coach Aaron Rios. “After playing in the Robinson tournament, there were things we wanted to work on, especially at the defensive end.

“We need to do a better job getting in the passing lanes and we needed work on our help side defense,” Rios added. “Plus, we need to be better with our spacing on offense and we wanted to focus on being disciplined. I thought the girls did a nice job on those things tonight.”

As far as the outcome is concerned, that was determined in the opening minutes. It was clear the Timberwolves were no match for the talented St. Anthony squad.

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Logan Fleener, Cody Zimbars and Ethan Kuenstler each connected on three-point shots in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, helping the North Clay Cardinals come from behind and post a 53-49 victory at home over St. Anthony in the National Trail Conference opener for both teams.

The Cardinals trailed 37-36 entering the final eight minutes. The three shots from long range helped the hosts go on a 17-12 surge that earned the win. North Clay made just 2-of-6 free throws down the stretch, but the Bulldogs couldn’t capitalize. SAHS got three-pointers from Collin Westendorf and Ryan Schmidt, but it wasn’t enough.

The game was close throughout. It was 12-12 after the opening quarter. St. Anthony then held a slim 22-21 lead at intermission.

Zimbars led three Cardinals in double figures with 14 points. Levi Smith scored 13 and Fleener added 11.

Brock Fearday had a big game for the Bulldogs, leading all scorers with 24 points. Jonathan Willenborg scored nine.

St. Anthony dipped to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in the conference. The Bulldogs will play Friday at Sullivan.

By Steve Raymond

ET Sports Report

With three minutes left in the game, St. Anthony was still within striking distance, trailing by only seven points.

But as was the case throughout, turnovers caused their momentum to stall.

Highland scored after two consecutive miscues and went on a 7-0 run over the next two minutes, en route to a 56-44 win in the third place game Saturday in the St. Anthony Thanksgiving Tournament.

“We were just too sloppy and didn’t value the basketball,” said St. Anthony coach Cody Rincker. “You can’t have those kinds of mistakes and expect to win.”

The first half was close throughout. Highland jumped out to a 9-2 lead, but Griffin Sehy and Brock Fearday both hit jumpers and Sam Link connected on a three to tie the game. A three by Sehy at the end of the first period gave the host Bulldogs a 12-11 edge.

It was still a one-point lead, 17-16, after Ryan Schmidt drained a three two minutes into the second period, but back-to-back baskets from behind the arc by Brenden Gelly and Cade Altadonna put Highland on top to stay. At intermission, it was a five-point margin, 29-24.

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