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No. 11 Chargers Clip MMCJAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&D

Mount Marty’s Scott Odekirk, left, shoots aroundthe defense of Briar Cliff’s Ricky Torres duringtheir Great Plains Athletic Conference men’s bas-ketball game on Saturday at Laddie E. CimplArena.

Lancers Drop 10thGame In 11 TriesBY NICK ROBINSONsports@yankton.net

Briar Cliff University spoiled Mount Marty’shomecoming and handed the Lancers their 10thloss in 11 games, dropping the Lancers 64-51 inGreat Plains Athletic Conference men’s basket-ball action on Saturday at Laddie E. Cimpl Arena.

Briar Cliff (18-8, 9-7 in GPAC) has been led bysharp-shooter Jake Shapely all season. Shipleyhas averaged 17 points a game and came up bigfor the Chargers in their upset defeat of No. 16ranked conference opponent Doane this pastweek.

Not only trying to stop Shipley, the Lancerswere looking to avoid the turnover bug, as theyaverage 15.5 a game.

Mount Marty (7-18, 3-13 in GPAC) was ridingan adrenaline rush from the homecoming activi-ties, looking for some momentum to try andsneak into the GPAC tournament.

Lancer starting swingman Jose Pena-Ben-jamin was out for the third straight game, nurs-ing a right knee.

The Lancers started the game out on a 6-0run. Joe Hieb went the distance on a coast-to-coast lay-up to give the Lancers some earlyhope. Saladin Smith snagged an offensive boardand dished a backdoor cut to Hieb for an easybucket. Jeff Larsen hit two free-throws in theearly minutes.

But, Briar Cliff answered back with twostraight buckets in transition.

Lancer guard Chris Richardson went on atear early in the first half, putting up 10 points inthree minutes. He nailed a three-pointer andstole the inbound pass for an easy lay-up, to givethe Lancers an early 9-4 lead.

After a Charger three pointer, Richardsonsunk a three-pointer from the left wing to givethe Lancers a five-point, 14-9 lead.

Mount Marty had enthusiasm in the first half,playing solid defense and connecting on BriarCliff’s missed opportunities.

After both teams were going back and forth, a

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Apower outage at the SuperBowl put the nation's biggestsporting event on hold formore than a half-hour Sunday,interrupting an otherwise elec-tric, back-and-forth game thatended with Joe Flacco and theBaltimore Ravens as NFLchampions thanks to a 34-31victory over the San Francisco49ers.

Flacco, voted the MVP,threw three first-half touch-down passes to cap an 11-TD,zero-interception postseason.Jacoby Jones returned the sec-ond-half kickoff 108 yards, aSuper Bowl record, to give Bal-

timore a 28-6 lead.Moments later, lights lining

the indoor arena faded, makingit difficult to see. When actionresumed, Colin Kaepernick andthe 49ers scored 17 consecu-tive points, getting as close as31-29.

But Baltimore stopped SanFrancisco on fourth-and-goalfrom the 5 with under 2 min-utes left when Kaepernick'spass sailed beyond MichaelCrabtree in the end zone.

The biggest deficit a teamhas ever overcome to win aSuper Bowl is 10 points, andthere were moments were itappeared San Francisco had a

chance to better that mark. In-stead, the 49ers lost for thefirst time in six trips to theSuper Bowl.

The AFC champion Ravens(14-6), a franchise that movedfrom Cleveland to Baltimore 17years ago, improved to 2-0 inthe big game. They also wonthe championship in 2001,when linebacker Ray Lewiswas voted the game's MVP.Lewis was not a major factorthis time, but he was a centerof attention, playing in the finalgame of his 17-year career be-fore retiring.

The 49ers struggled early inthe first Super Bowl coaching

matchup between brothers:Baltimore's John Harbaugh is15 months older than San Fran-cisco's Jim Harbaugh.

Baltimore led 28-6 afterJones opened the second halfwith the longest kickoff returnin a Super Bowl, his eyes glanc-ing up at the videoboard, pre-sumably to watch himselfsprint to the end zone. The49ers showed they were capa-ble of a comeback in their pre-vious game: They trailed by 17against the Atlanta Falcons be-fore winning the NFC champi-onship game.

Shortly following Jones' re-turn, the sudden, odd poweroutage arrived. Escalatorsweren't working. Officials

stopped play about 1½ min-utes into the third quarter, andthe bizarre delay lasted 34minutes in real time before ac-tion resumed. Some playerssat. Others stretched. Somefans chanted, "Let's go,Ravens!" Others passed timeby doing the wave.

This was the 10th time NewOrleans hosted the big game— tying Miami for most in acity — and first since Hurri-cane Katrina devastated theBig Easy in August 2005.

When play resumed, NFCchampion San Francisco (13-5-1) began making things moreinteresting, scoring 17 pointsin less than 4½ minutes.

BY CHRIS RILEYsports@yankton.net

It was a tale of two halves at the Cimpl Arena for theLancer women on Saturday afternoon as Mount Martylooked to upset tenth-ranked Briar Cliff but could not holdoff the Chargers after the break. Briar Cliff outscoredMount Marty 37-13 in the second half to take the 66-44GPAC victory.

Leading 31-29 at halftime on the strength of a 14-for-16free-throw performance, the Lancers saw their offensecompletely fall apart in the final 20 minutes as they couldnot get any penetration and made just one of their 15three-point attempts.

“We got behind a little bit and our kids starting playingscared,” Mount Marty head coach Tim Schlimgen said. “Itwas a nightmare.”

The Lancers (16-9) came into the game averaging bet-ter than 72 points per contest with a 42 percent field-goalpercentage but managed just 44 points while shooting aneven 25 percent, including 13 percent on three-pointers.Adding to the post-halftime struggles was the fact thatMount Marty only attempted four free throws in the sec-ond half after converting 14 in the first.

In what was a very physical first half in front of a largehomecoming crowd, the Lancers took a 28-21 lead with2:43 to play in the period on a Holly Hegge layup. Fromthat point on however, despite the two-point halftimelead, Mount Marty was outscored 45-16 as Briar Cliff’shalf-court trap defense took over.

“We are just disappointed in the way we played in thesecond half,” Schlimgen added. “We had a big crowd andwere playing at home. It’s a very important game and wedidn’t respond very well.”

Briar Cliff, 21-5, only made 41 percent of their shotsbut the Chargers did manage to sink 9-of-10 free throws inthe second half along with 4-of-9 three-point attempts.Sara Reeves led the Chargers with 15 points and eight re-bounds. Avon-native Kela Cihak recorded six points andthree assists.

April Winne led the Lancers with 16 points, hitting alleight of her free-throw attempts but going just 3-of-13from the floor. Taylor Forsch added 12 points while Brit-tany Little scored seven points and grabbed a game-highnine rebounds.

Mount Marty faces Northwestern (Wednesday) andHastings (Saturday) on the road this week before finishingthe regular season with a pair of home games. TheLancers currently sit fifth in the GPAC standings, onegame behind Northwestern and one game ahead ofDakota Wesleyan.

When asked if there is anything to be taken away froma game like this, Coach Schlimgen responded that theLancers could learn some things from the experience.

“This is the first time that we’ve felt like we really fellflat offensively,” he said. “We just have to be better thanthat - it was a long second half.”

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BRIAR CLIFF (21-5, 12-4 GPAC)Kelsey Evans 4-15 2-4 13, Kela Cihak 1-5 4-5 6, Mattie Murren 5-8 0-0 13, Summer Gordon 2-2 2-2

6, Sara Reeves 5-8 5-6 15, Paige Herrboldt 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Fuller 0-1 0-0 0, Slone Masters 1-4 0-0 2,Heather Haber 3-5 0-0 6, Lexi Henschike 0-3 0-0 0, Regan Cooper 0-2 0-0 0, Jordan Sanger 2-2 0-0 5.Totals 23-55 13-17 66.MOUNT MARTY (16-9, 10-6 GPAC)

Alexa Berg 1-5 0-3 2, April Winne 3-13 8-8 16, Taylor Forsch 3-12 4-4 12, Allison De Kam 0-2 0-0 0,Brittany Little 2-6 3-4 7, Tara DesLauriers 0-1 0-0 0, Alyssa Whetham 0-2 0-0 0, Holly Hegge 2-5 1-2 5,Raquel Sutera 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 12-48 16-20 44.

Halftime — MM 31, BC 29. Three-Point Field Goals — BC 7-19 (Murren 3-6, Evans 3-5, Sanger 1-1,Cihak 0-1, Reeves 0-1, Fuller 0-1, Masters 0-2, Henschke 0-2), MM 4-29 (Winne 2-7, Forsch 2-11, De Kam0-1, DesLauriers 0-1, Whetham 0-1, Little 0-2, Berg 0-3, Hegge 0-3. Rebounds — BC 39 (Gordon 8), MM34 (Little 9). Personal Fouls — BC 18, MM 17. Assists — BC 8 (Cihak 3), MM 7 (Little 2). Turnovers —MM 20, BC 19. Blocks — MM 4, BC 1 (Evans). Steals — BC 10 (Reeves 3), MM 10 (Winne 3). FouledOut — Sutera. Attendance — 617.

JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&DBriar Cliff’s Kela Cihak passes out of a double-team by Mount Marty’s April Winne, 15, and Holly Hegge duringtheir Great Plains Athletic Conference women’s basketball game on Saturday at Laddie E. Cimpl Arena. LANCERS | PAGE 8

Golden Eagles Escape Yankton 36-35

JAMES D. CIMBUREK/P&DYankton's Landon Breen, left, attacks the basket against AberdeenCentral's Aaron Lorenz during their Eastern South Dakota Confer-ence boys' basketball game on Saturday at the Summit Center.

Gazelles Sixth At ESDHURON — The Yankton-Bon Homme gymnastics

team posted a score of 136.55 to finish sixth in theEastern South Dakota Conference GymnasticsChampionships, held on Saturday at Huron Arena.

Watertown ran away with the team title, scoringa 148.15 to finish almost five points ahead ofMitchell (143.2). Huron was a distant third at138.075.

Less than two points separated third placeHuron and seventh place Aberdeen Central.

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Aberdeen Central Girls Rally Past YHSABERDEEN — Top-ranked and

unbeaten Aberdeen Central over-came a slow start to beat Yankton53-34 in Eastern South Dakota Con-ference girls’ basketball action onSaturday.

Samantha Knecht scored 13points, and Brynn Flakus and SaraNiederbaumer each had 12 pointsto lead Aberdeen Central (15-0).Knecht also had 10 rebounds andfour blocked shots. Flakus addedfive assists in the victory.

Mikala Hora led Yankton with 11points and seven rebounds. Mor-gan Tessier scored eight points.Kelsey Fitzgerald blocked fourshots.

Aberdeen Central looks to lockup a share of the ESD title as ittravels to Mitchell on Friday. Yank-ton, 3-10, heads to Huron on Thurs-day.

Aberdeen Central won the JVgame 47-33. For Yankton, AnnaGulick led the way with 10 pointsand five rebounds. Becky Frickadded seven points and four re-bounds.

Aberdeen won the sophomoregame 55-33. For Yankton, JaclynArens scored 11 points and SophieDrotzmann had six points.

The Golden Eagles scored thefreshmen ‘A’ game 41-32. KateWeinandt led Yankton with eightpoints. Hannah Bockholt had

seven points and six rebounds.Madason Tessier scored 22

points to lead Yankton to a 52-45victory in the freshmen ‘B’ game.Kami Cornemann scored 10 pointsand Tessa Hagen had seven pointsfor YHS. Lindsey Hale finished withsix points and five rebounds.Amber Simek had five assists andSam Heumiller added nine re-bounds in the victory.YANKTON (3-10)

Andi Sparkel 0-4 2-2 2, Mikala Hora 2-6 5-6 11, KelseyFitzgerald 1-4 4-6 6, Morgan Tessier 3-12 2-2 8, Kelsey Butler 0-7 0-0 0, Brianna Newman 1-1 0-0 2, Whitlee Larson 1-5 2-2 4,Jessica Wirth 0-1 0-0 0, Becky Frick 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 8-42 16-20 35.ABERDEEN CENTRAL (15-0)

Kelsey Hannigan 2-4 0-0 6, Samantha Knecht 4-8 5-8 13,Brynn Flakus 4-9 4-4 12, Leah Beringer 1-3 0-0 3, Sara Nieder-baumer 6-10 0-2 12, Jamie Larson 0-2 0-0 0, Ally Steckler 1-1 0-0 2, Maddy Goetz 0-1 0-0 0, Brianna Kusler 1-4 1-2 3, EricaShields 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-43 10-16 53. YANKTON............................................................11 16 20 34ABERDEEN CENTRAL.......................................10 21 35 53

3-point field goals — Yankton 2-4 (Hora 2-3, Wirth 0-1); Ab-erdeen 3-8 (Hannigan 2-3, Flakus 0-2, Beringer 1-3). Fouled out— Fitzgerald. Total fouls — Yankton 15; Aberdeen 15. Rebounds— Yankton 26 (Hora 7); Aberdeen 35 (Knecht 10). Turnovers —Yankton 17; Aberdeen 17. Assists — Yankton 2; Aberdeen 16(Flakus 5). Steals — Yankton 9; Aberdeen 8. Blocked shots —Yankton 8 (Fitzgerald 4); Aberdeen 5 (Knecht 4). Officials — LeeJohnson, Greg Blue, Matt Clark.

MSC: Crofton 62, Pierce 41NORFOLK, Neb. — Crofton won the Mid-State Con-

ference girls’ basketball tournament with a 62-41 rout ofPierce on Saturday on the Northeast Community Collegecampus.

Allison Arens scored 18 points and had six assists tolead Crofton. Quinn Wragge had 14 points, four assistsand three steals. Bridget Arens posted 13 points and sixrebounds. Maria Wortmann snagged 12 rebounds andhad five assists. Tiffany Tramp added nine points in thevictory.

For Pierce, Rochelle Tucker scored 10 points.Crofton, 19-0, takes on Norfolk Catholic on Thursday.

Pierce, 18-2 after the team’s second loss to Crofton in 10

days, travels to Creighton on Tuesday.CROFTON (19-0) ................................................14 33 51 62PIERCE (18-2).......................................................6 16 30 41

Cornbelt ClassicMarion 50, Menno 33

FREEMAN — Marion outscored Menno 42-28 afterthe first quarter on Saturday in Freeman to take a 50-33victory in Cornbelt Classic basketball action.

Erica Schoenwald led the Lady Bears with 17 pointswhile Devin Nelson added 16 points.

Abby Herrboldt scored 11 points for the Wolves.MARION (4-8)........................................................8 22 34 50MENNO (2-13).......................................................5 10 17 33

Hanson 72, Freeman 30FREEMAN — Hanson outscored Freeman 45-15 in

the second half to take a 72-30 victory in the CornbeltClassic on Saturday in Freeman.

Cassidy Graham scored 19 points for the Beaveretteswhile Kynedi Cheeseman added 15 points.

Dina Soulek led the Flyers with 10 points.HANSON (15-2)...................................................12 27 49 72FREEMAN .............................................................7 15 21 30

Other GamesWagner 57, McCook Central-Montrose 32

WAGNER — Jessa Doom and Ali Kuca scored 15points apiece to lead Wagner to a 57-32 victory over Mc-Cook Central-Montrose on Saturday in South Dakota girls'basketball action.

Kuca added 11 rebounds to record a double-doublewhile Nicole Weber was also in double-digits, scoring 14points.

Jean Skogland scored nine points for MC-M.Wagner, 13-4, hosts Chamberlain on Friday.McCook Central-Montrose, 8-9, hosts West Central in

Salem today (Monday).MCCOOK CENTRAL-MONTROSE (8-9) ...............5 12 21 32WAGNER (13-4) ..................................................13 24 44 57

BY EMILY NIEBRUGGEsports@yankton.net

The Yankton Bucks and AberdeenCentral Golden Eagles battled througha tough, defensive game Saturday af-ternoon.

The Golden Eagles came away withthe 36-35 Eastern South Dakota Confer-ence win against the Bucks at the Sum-mit Activities Center, and Aberdeenhead coach Brent Norberg knew it was-n’t pretty.

After Yankton’s Landon Breen tiedthe game 32-32 with 2:08 left in thegame, Aberdeen’s Carter Paulsonscored two free throws to put his teamahead 34-32. A three-pointer byMichael Rucker put Yankton aheadwith 21 seconds left to play, but Carteranswered back with seven secondsleft, giving Aberdeen the 36-35 win.

“Anytime you get a road win in thisconference is great,” he said. “It cer-tainly wasn’t a pretty game offensively,but both teams really battled defen-sively. It was very physical, and it wasone of those tough, physical, hardfought games. It feels a lot better towin that than it does to lose it.”

The Bucks did what they were sup-posed to during the first quarter, headcoach Chris Haynes said, but theGolden Eagles fired back after the half.

Yankton, now 4-9, completed a 6-0run early in the game, and only al-lowed Aberdeen (5-10) to score twicewithin the first quarter. Yankton wentinto the second quarter with a 12-4lead, and finished with an 18-16 lead atthe end of the first half.

“That first quarter was by far our

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Boys: Menno Downs Marion At Cornbelt ClassicFREEMAN — Menno jumped

out to a 27-13 halftime lead overMarion and held on for the 44-27win at the Cornbelt Classic in Mar-ion on Saturday.

Dylan Lehr scored 12 points tolead the Wolves while Austin Her-rboldt and Chet Peterson added 10points apiece.

For the Bears, Nick Gortmakerrecorded nine points and fivesteals.MENNO (5-8).......................................................12 27 33 44MARION (1-12)......................................................8 13 18 27

Canistota 70, Freeman 46FREEMAN — Alex Robertson and Cody Bunger had

20-point efforts to lead Canistota to a 70-46 victory overFreeman at the Cornbelt Classic on Saturday.

Robertson had 24 points, five steals and three assistswhile Bunger recorded 21 points. Jason VanWinkle added12 points and nine rebounds as Canistota improved to 13-1 this season.

Jordan Rinehart led the Flyers with 13 points. CalebLang added 12 points while Brennan Schmidt grabbed a

game-high 12 rebounds.Freeman, 9-5, travels to Alexandria tonight (Monday)

to face Hanson.CANISTOTA (13-1) ..............................................21 45 60 70FREEMAN (9-5)...................................................10 22 34 46

Other GamesAndes Central 57, Scotland 47

LAKE ANDES — Andes Central jumped out to a 25-16lead on the way to a 57-47 victory over Scotland in boys’basketball action on Saturday.

Darrin Hopkins scored 15 points and Neulan Dion had14 points and seven assists to lead Andes Central. JoeEvans added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

For Scotland, Anthony Walloch and Garrett Kotalikeach had 11 points. Seth Ireland grabbed 12 rebounds.

Andes Central travels to Marty today (Monday). Scot-land travels to Parkston today.

Andes Central won the JV game 28-16.SCOTLAND (3-11).................................................6 16 31 47ANDES CENTRAL (5-8) ......................................14 25 37 57

McCook Central-Montrose 59,Wagner 49

WAGNER — Brandon Reif scored 17 points to leadMcCook Central-Montrose to a 59-49 victory over Wagnerin boys’ basketball action on Saturday.

Will Gottlob and Bill Kapperman each had 11 pointsfor MCM. Zach Bies grabbed seven rebounds in the vic-tory.

Noah St. Pierre scored a game-high 18 points forWagner. Dylan Brunsing netted 10 points.MCCOOK CENTRAL-MONTROSE.....................13 28 41 59WAGNER.............................................................14 22 38 49

Platte-Geddes 59, Miller 48PLATTE — Coby Johnson scored a game-high 21

points to lead Platte-Geddes to a 59-48 victory over Millerin boys’ basketball action on Saturday.

Matthew Randall scored 14 points in the victory.For Miller, Lee Sivertsen scored 11 points and Beau

Keeter had 10 points to lead the way. Preston Blackwellgrabbed eight rebounds for the Rustlers.

Centerville 78, Ellsworth 50BRANDON — Seamus O’Malley scored 29 points to

lead Centerville to a 78-50 rout of Ellsworth, Minn., at theSanford Pentagon Classic on Saturday in Brandon.

Ty Knutson netted 19 points and Ethan Cunninghamhad 10 points for Centerville. Logan Hunter added 10 as-sists for the Tornadoes, who led 43-19 at the half.

Mitch Leuthold led Ellsworth with 18 points. DanKramer scored 15 points and Tim Nolte had eight re-bounds in the effort.

Centerville, 11-3, travels to Freeman Academy onTuesday for a Tri-Valley Conference matchup.

GIRLS | PAGE 8

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