Xavier girls basketball fights past Menasha

AppletonSportsPage.com

MENASHA – The Xavier girls basketball team took over sole possession of second place in the Bay Conference with a hard-fought 49-43 win over Menasha on Friday night at Menasha High School.

Halle VandeHey scored 11 points and Elle Krull added 10 in a balanced scoring attack for the Hawks, who are now 11-5 overall and 5-1 in the Bay Conference.

Hannah Neubert scored 19 points for Menasha (10-5, 4-2 Bay).

Xavier remains 1½ games behind first-place West De Pere (7-0) in the conference standings. The two teams play at Xavier on Friday.

The Hawks will first take on Hartland Arrowhead, the No. 2-ranked team in this week’s Wissports.net Division 1 state coaches poll, on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Hawks 49, Blue Jays 43
Xavier   29   20   –   49
Menasha   13   30   –   43
XAVIER (49): Hailey Hafner 0 0-0 0, Kyley Standish 3 1-3 8, Joy Krull 4 0-0 9, Halle VandeHey 5 1-4 11, Chloe Pfefferle 0 0-0 0, Molly Martine 0 0-2 2 0, Elle Krull 3 3-3 10, Allie Tylinski 0 0-2 0, Faith Hafner 2 0-0 4, Annika Heimann 0 0-0 0, Carsyn Stempa 2 2-2 7. FG: 19. FT 7-16. 3-pointers: 4 (Standish 1, J. Krull 1, E. Krull 1, Stemps 1). Record: 11-5, 5-1 Bay Conference.
MENASHA (43): Isabells Timm 0 0-0 0, Rayanna Jenkins 4 2-4 13, Monica Robinson 0 4-4 4 Kelsie Mohr 0 0-0 0, Aria Bilke 2 3-5 7, Emma Hanagan 0 0-0 0, Gabby Farr 0 0-0 0, Madeline Timm 0 0-0 0, Hannah Neubert 7 5-5 19, Kya Weber 0 0-0 0. FG: 15. FT: 14-18. 3-pointers: 3 (Jenkins 3). Record: 10-5, 4-2 Bay Conference.