Iowa -- Jessica Christians scored 18 points Monday as the George-Little Rock girls basketball team opened the District 1A playoffs with a 57-44 victory against Clay Central-Everly.
Kaylin Christians added 10 points for G-LR (16-6), which advances to play the winner of Boyden-Hull and Harris-Lake Park Saturday in Hull.
Leah Klett topped CC-E (11-11) with 10 points.
CC-E 9 9 6 20 -- 44
G-LR 19 10 11 17 -- 57
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H-LP 53, RSM 43
LAKE PARK, Iowa -- Lara Gillespie and Raquel Rost each chipped in 16 points as Harris-Lake Park picked up a first-round victory.
Gillespie added 14 rebounds, six steals and five assists, while Rost had six assists for the Wolves. Brittany Ahrenstorff followed with 13 points and nine rebounds.
Lisa Kelley topped Remsen-St. Mary's with 15 points.
H-LP (8-14) visits Boyden-Hull Wednesday.
RSM 10 13 11 9 -- 43
H-LP 8 12 11 22 -- 53
SSC 62, Blue Earth 38
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OKABENA -- Adri Rasche scored a game-high 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds to power the Quasars past the Buccaneers in a non-conference contest.
Whitney Place scored 11 points and recorded four assists, while Brooke DeWall scored 10 and tallied three assists for Southwest Star Concept (14-6). Linnea Henkels and Whitney Pelzel grabbed seven and six rebounds, respectively.
SSC head coach Les Knutson, in his 30th season, recorded his 450th career win.
Anita Becker led Blue Earth (12-9) with 10 points.
Blue Earth 18 20 -- 38
SSC 32 30 -- 62
Edgerton 74, Ellsworth 64
ELLSWORTH -- Amy Kallemeyn was unstoppable inside, scoring a game-high 45 points and grabbing 18 rebounds to lead the 9-11 Flying Ducthmen. Alexa Vanden Bosch added 10 points and five steals for Edgerton.
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Kelli Vanderstoep had seven assists, while Heather Van Kley and Katie Hadler posted nine rebounds apiece for the Flying Dutchmen.
Amy Tiesler knocked down 20 points to lead the 10-11 Panthers. Tiesler also grabbed 17 rebounds and recorded six steals for Ellsworth. Mya Mann added 16 points for the Panthers, while Rosie Lewis snatched nine rebounds and Brooke Kramer tallied five assists.
Edgerton 36 38 -- 74
Ellsworth 36 28 -- 64
H-BC 72, Lake Benton 39
LAKE BENTON -- Chelsi Fink paced the 5-15 Patriots with a game-high 25 points. Kerri Fransman added 17 points, while Stacey Bush and Kari Roozenboom scored 13 and 10 points, respectively. Amanda Tilstra pulled down 10 boards for Hills-Beaver Creek.
Lake Benton was led by Brianna Doohen with 11 points, followed by Brittany Schindler with nine. Jenn McConnell grabbed eight boards for the 1-20 Bobcats.
H-BC 35 37 -- 72
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Lake Benton 16 23 -- 39
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SV-RL-B 74, H-LP 72
ROUND LAKE -- Lon Eichenberger hit a free throw with 7.9 seconds left to ice the victory for Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster (7-11).
Michael Schmitz led SV-RL-B (7-11) with 17 points, followed by Riley Pohlman (13), Jared Bourquin (11 points, six rebounds), Cole Baumgard (11 points, six boards), Jay Malenke (11 points) and Eichenberger (nine).
Nathan Shipman topped H-LP with 26 points and 13 rebounds. Seth Hiveley and Kyle Noble each had 15.
H-LP 30 42 -- 72
SV-RL-B 36 38 -- 74
