Headed to State

VALENTINE — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils have once again earned what has become an annual March trip to Lincoln for the girls state basketball championships.

Wynot defeated the Sioux County Lady Warriors in their District finals Friday.

A big second-half Wynot surge determined the outcome as they outscored the Lady Warriors 34-13 in the final 16 minutes to pull away for the 64-37 win.

Karley Heimes dominated both the inside and outside scoring 19 points to lead all scorers.

Emersyn Sudbeck and Autumn Lawson helped out with eight points each and Edyn Sudbeck and Amber Lawson chipped in with seven points each in a balanced attack.

Kodie Rempp rained in four 3-pointers to lead the Lady Warriors with 12 points and Kailey Klein got nine of her 11 points from the freethrow line to provide offense for her team. Karlee Juhnke helped out with a seven-point effort, as well.

In the opening quarter Sioux County got four points each from Skylar Edmund and Kailey Klein. Wynot got a trey by Edyn Sudbeck and Karley Heimes worked the paint for seven points as Wynot held an early 14-11 lead.

In the second quarter the Lady Warriors got a 3-pointer by Kodie Rempp, a bucket plus-one by Karlee Juhnke and five points from Kailey Klein.

Wynot kept pace with five more points by Karley Heimes, four points by Krystal Sudbeck and a conventional three points by Amber Lawson as they maintained the 30-24 advantage at halftime.

Coach Steve Wieseler’s halftime talk must have worked as the Lady Blue Devils came out breathing fire in the third quarter.

Wynot dominated both ends of the court as they went on a 25-5 run to put this one away early.

A pair of 3-pointers by Emersyn Sudbeck, seven more points by Karley Heimes and six points by Autumn Lawson, along with a trey by Edyn Sudbeck fueled the uprising.

Sioux County was held to a single field goal by Kodie Rempp as the Blue Devils earned a 57-29 cushion going into final quarter.

Reserves mopped up in the fourth quarter. A bucket each by Amy Tramp and Lauren Haberman and some free throws provided the Lady Devils offense. -

Sioux County 11 13 5 8 - 37

Wynot 14 16 27 7 - 64

SCORING

Wynot- Karley Heimes, 19; Emersyn Sudbeck, 8; Autumn Lawson, 8; Edyn Sudbeck, 7; Amber Lawson, 7; Amy Tramp, 5; Krystal Sudbeck, 4; Kinslee Heimes,2; Lauren Haberman, 2; Myrah Sudbeck, 2. Sioux County- Kodie Rempp, 12; Kailey Klein, 11; Karlee Juhne, 7; Skylar Edmund, 4; Beth Krein, 2; Rachel Krein, 1.

Wynot Lady Blue Devils State Tourney Appearances

Champion-D2/2005, D2/2011, D2/2012, D2/2013, D2/2014, D2/2016, D2/2019, D2/2020

Runner-up--D2/2010, D2/2015, D2/2017

1. 2004-Banner County L38-40

2. 2005-Paxton W77-41, Newcastle W47-37, Clearwater W53-49

3. 2010-Hitchcock County W50-40, Chambers W43-38, Lindsay HF L37-40

4. 2011-Ansley W51-28, Lindsay Holy Family W53-44, Hay Springs W45-33

5. 2012-Falls City Sacred Heart W55-31, Elkhorn Valley W55-35, Howells W50-47 OT

6. 2013-Giltner W80-53, Lindsay Holy Family W43-40, Osmond W60-52

7. 2014-Bancroft-Rosalie W56-39, Falls City Sacred Heart W55-38, Sterling W53-38

8. 2015-Hampton W66-48, Sandhills/Thedford W42-32, Falls City Sacred Heart L39-44

9. 2016-CWC W56-46, Falls City Sacred Heart W43-39, St. Mary’s W41-40

10. 2017-Red Cloud W52-30, St. Mary’s W47-37, Sacred Heart L36-48

11. 2019-Humphrey St. Francis W45-44,Bruning-Davenport-Shickley W53-40, Falls City SH W39-38

12. 2020-Lawrence-Nelson W48-39, Falls City Sacred Heart W37-27, Humphrey St. Francis W59-51