FREEMAN GIRLS, BOYS LOSE TO HOWARD

Looking for their fourth win in as many games to start the season, the Freeman High School girls fell behind by double-digits, cut the lead to two points with less than a minute to play, but couldn’t complete the comeback, falling to Howard 41-37 in their home-opener Monday night, Dec. 18.

The Tigers improve to 4-2.

Seniors Ashlin Jacobsen and Cami Fransen paced the Flyers with 17 and 11 points, and Peyton McCune dished out five assists. Rylee Peters and Ella Waltner each had a pair of steals.

Peters and Vaida Ammann were leading rebounders with five apiece.

Freeman shot 19-for-51 from the field and 5-of-22 from three-point range.

BOX SCORE

Ashlin Jacobsen: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 fouls; Cami Fransen: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 fouls; Rylee Peters: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 fouls; Vaida Ammann: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 fouls; Peyton McCune: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 foul; Cadence Hofer: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 foul; Ella Waltner: 1 point, 2 rebounds, 2 steals

FHS boys 36, Howard 58

A strong second half helped give Howard the surge it needed to pull away from the Freeman boys; the Tigers took down the Flyers 58-36 to improve to 2-1 while Freeman fell to 1-3. The Flyers trailed 13-8 after one and 20-14 at the half.

Senior Rocky Ammann had 13 points and a blocked shot to lead Freeman. Freshman Tate Sorensen had four rebounds, junior Sawyer Wipf had a pair of assists and Chris Aasen and Luke Peters each had two steals for the Flyer boys, who are now off until after Christmas.

BOX SCORE

Rocky Ammann: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block; Chris Aasen: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals; Tayden Kerrigan: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal; Tannen Auch: 3 points, 2 rebounds; Dillon Podzimek: 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist; Tate Sorensen: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist; Luke Peters: 1 rebound, 2 steals