Glasser leads Titans to District 14 championship

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BEULAH — Dickinson Trinity wanted to start the District 14 girls basketball championship game the right way Monday night at the Beulah High School gymnasium.

The top-seeded Titans did that and kept on cruising, defeating No. 3 seed Beulah 61-26.

“The girls did a great job, they played all four quarters with great intensity,” Dickinson Trinity coach Alysia Barman said. “They kept attacking the hoop and put a complete game together. We were proud of their effort.”

Trinity’s Mackenzie Glasser led the way with a game-high 20 points.

The senior guard made all six of the Titans’ 3-pointers.

“She gets things started for us on the defensive end, and she really got all her shots offensively too,” Barman said.

Junior center Nikki Grinsteinner added 16 points and had team highs of 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Katie Kovash had 17 points. She and Glasser each had five steals.

Alison Schaper and Meghan Battest each had six points to lead the Miners.

Kovash and Schaper were named Senior Athletes of the Year for the district. Barman and Beulah head coach Rick Miller shared Coach of the Year honors.

“We really wanted to get after things, and start rolling into the regional tournament, and we did that,” Barman said. “We’re excited to get into next week’s game.”

The Titans will take on District 13 No. 4 seed Mott-Regent at 3 p.m. next Monday in the Region 7 tournament quarterfinals at Knights of Columbus Activities Center. Beulah faces Scranton at 7:30 p.m.

Beulah 6 14 20 26

Trinity 17 35 58 61

B: Alison Schaper 6, Meghan Battest 6, Anna Iverson 5, Emmie Miller 3, Cheyanne Pederson 2, Heidi Zimmerman 2, Kaycee Link 2.

T: Mackenzie Glasser 20, Katie Kovash 17, Nikki Grinsteinner 16, Andrea Jirges 8, Nicole Kristianson 2.

3-pointers: B 0, T 6 Glasser 6). Free throws: B 8-16, T 11-16. Total fouls: B 11, T 13. Rebounds: B 41 (Miller 7), T 38 (Grinsteinner 10). Assists: B 4 (Schaper 2, Pederson 2), T 16 (Grinsteinner 6). Steals: B 3 (Schaper 1, Lorenz 1, Battest 1), T 15 (Glasser 5, Kovash 5). Blocks: B 5 (Link 2, Iverson 2), T 4 (Grinsteinner 3). Turnovers: B 22, T 10.

Region qualifiers

Killdeer 69,

Richardton-Taylor 42

Megan Klein had 24 points to lead No. 2 seed Killdeer into the Region 7 tournament with a qualifying-game victory over the Raiders.

Sadie Gjermundson led Richardton-Taylor with 20 points.

Moriah Karey added 10 points in the balanced effort behind Klein.

Killdeer faces District 13 runner-up Heart River at 4:30 p.m. next Monday in the region quarterfinals.

RT 14 25 31 42

Killdeer 18 33 50 69

RT: Sadie Gjermundson 20, Hallie Olson 8, Amber Rebel 8, Logan Olson 6.

K: Megan Klein 24, Moriah Karey 10, Morgan LeMieux 9, Emily Doe 8, Heidi Ottmar 7, Ashley Brew 5, Steph Quintus 4, Tess Gaugler 2.

3-pointers: RT 2 (Rebel 2), K 2 (Ottmar 1, Klein 1). Free throws: RT 4-10, K 9-17.

Hazen 52, Hebron-Glen Ullin 44

Paige Burling led a balanced Bison effort as they claimed the district’s fourth and final spot in the region tournament.

Karen Schaaf had 17 points and Taylor Gerving added 13 to lead the Bearcats, who cut the score to within two points late in the fourth quarter.

Hazen faces District 13 champion and No. 1-ranked Beach at 6 p.m. next Monday in the region quarterfinals.

HGU 14 23 33 44

Hazen 16 25 39 52

HGU: Karen Schaaf 17, Taylor Gerving 13, Laura Duppong 5, Mackenzie Glass 4, Jodi Richardson 3, Teasha Voegele 2.

H: Paige Burling 11, Sadie Bolton 9, Morgan Karges 8, Sarah Grimm 7, Courtney Ost 7, Breaunna Oakland 6, Ashton Carter 4.

3-pointers: HGU 3 (Gerving 2, Schaaf 1), H 2 (Karges 1, Grimm 1). Free throws: HGU 10-19, H 12-20.

Awards

Senior athletes of the year: Katie Kovash, Dickinson Trinity and Alison Schaper, Beulah.

Coaches of the year: Alysia Barman, Dickinson Trinity and Rick Miller, Beulah.

All-District 14 Team: Katie Kovash, Dickinson Trinity; Mackenzie Glasser, Dickinson Trinity; Nikki Grinsteinner, Dickinson Trinity; Emmie Miller, Beulah; Alison Schaper, Beulah; Megan Klein, Killdeer; Steph Quintus, Killdeer; Breaunna Oakland, Hazen; Sarah Grimm; Hazen; Sadie Gjermandson, Richardton-Taylor; Karen Schaaf, Glen Ullin-Hebron.

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