HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High boys and girls split a pair of home games against Fredonia to tip-off their 2023 slate Tuesday.
The Lady Cubs (4-3) allowed a rough third quarter to get the best of them in a 45-36 loss to Fredonia while the boy Cubs (7-0) stayed undefeated by knocking off the Yellowjackets behind an overall efficient performance, 66-53.
Girls Basketball
It was a tale of two halves for the Lady Cubs. By the end of the first, the girls were down by only two. But the Yellowjackets came out of the locker room a different team after the break and ultimately prevailed.
Kennisyn Hottenstein and Carson Haviland were both factors early on for the Humboldt girls. The duo combined to net 11 points in the opening half. Haviland notched a pair of layups and a couple of free throws to lead the way while Hottenstein hit a three in the second.
Fredonia’s Natalie Jenkins knocked down a three and a two-pointer in the opening quarter before going in for another layup in the second quarter. Madison Jenkins also helped lead the Yellowjackets’ first half offensive attack with a pair of layups and a free throw.
Humboldt trailed Fredonia at halftime, 19-17.
The Lady Cubs were held to six points in the third when Shelby Shaughnessy, Karley Wools and Haviland each dribbled inside for layups. They were met with Fredonia pouring on 16 points behind Campbell Odell’s three and layup and a pair of Zoey Sims two-pointers.
Fredonia jumped ahead and took a 12-point lead heading to the fourth, 35-23.
Wools helped her Lady Cubs outscore the Yellowjackets in the fourth, 13-10, but it simply wasn’t enough. Shaughnessy also added a pair of two-pointers to lead Humboldt’s fourth quarter attack.
Shaughnessy and Haviland led Humboldt’s scoring with 10 points apiece, followed by Wools’s nine points and Hottenstein’s five.
Humboldt (15/1-3-20—36) (FG/3pt-FT-F—TP): Jones 1-0-1-2, S. Hottenstein 0-0-1-0, K. Hottenstein 1/1-0-5-5, Shaughnessy 5-0-3-10, Haviland 4-2-5-10, Hillmon 0-0-1-0, Wools 4-1-4-9.
Fredonia (13/4-7-15—45) (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): M. Jenkins 2-1-1-5, N. Jenkins 4/1-2-2-13, Odell 1/2-1-3-9, Spohn 1-0-4-3, Bracken 2-1-1-5, Sims 3-2-2-8, Blackwell 1-0-1-2.
Boys Basketball
The Humboldt boys were dominant as ever offensively and cleaned up nicely enough defensively in the first half to take a 66-53 victory over Fredonia.
