Girl cagers start slow in holiday tourney

By Vicki Gerdes

January 01, 2010 at 6:50 PM

It was a disappointing start for the Laker girls' basketball team in this week's holiday tournament at Sartell, as they lost their opener against Princeton 57-35 Tuesday night.

"Princeton came out with high energy, and we were unable to match the speed of the game they played," said DL head coach Mike Hoganson.

After a slow start, the Lakers trailed by 15 points at halftime, but battled back in the second half to close the gap to 10 points before Princeton surged back to put the game well out of reach.

"Princeton is a very good team," said Hoganson. "They're ranked in the state for a reason."

Jenny Matter led the Lakers on the scoreboard with 16, while Kayli Muckenhirn and Courtney Gray each contributed six.

Rounding out the scoring for the Lakers were Jalen Even with four points and Courtney Hedstrom with three.

The Lakers finished out tournament play Wednesday night with a game against Annandale; full results in Wednesday's Detroit Lakes Tribune.

By Vicki Gerdes

A reporter at Detroit Lakes Newspapers since relocating to the community in October 2000, Vicki was promoted to Community News Lead for the Detroit Lakes Tribune and Perham Focus on Jan. 1, 2022. She has covered pretty much every "beat" that a reporter can be assigned, from county board and city council to entertainment, crime and even sports. Born and raised in Madelia, Minnesota, she is a graduate of Hamline University, from which she earned a bachelor's degree in English literature (writing concentration). You can reach her at vgerdes@dlnewspapers.com.