Turkey Valley remains atop UIC standings

By By Kelly Terpstra, sports@nhtrib.com

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 9:23 am

Trojan sophomores Hazel Nieman (left) and Bella Stika slap a double team on the West Central ball handler last week. (Photo courtesy of Leah Kruse)

The Turkey Valley Trojan girls’ basketball team is in the driver’s seat of the Upper Iowa Conference standings – although they’re sharing the wheel with the Bulldogs of MFL MarMac.
The pair of UIC squads share identical league marks, but TV does hold the tiebreaker with a 45-40 win over MFL (8-5, 8-1 UIC) back in the first week of December.
The two leaders of the pack in the UIC played on Tuesday in Jackson Junction, a key game that went a long way to determine the league championship.
Turkey Valley (8-3, 8-1 UIC) rolled over West Central (52-19) last week Tuesday and Postville (82-22) on Friday. The in-between non-conference game at home versus No. 5 Riceville on Thursday went the way of the Wildcats by a score of 37-25.
Riceville (10-1) held TV to a season-low point total of 25 points on 6-46 shooting – just 13 percent from the field.
TV netted a season-high point total against Postville (0-12, 0-9 UIC) and exploded for 30 points in the opening period on the road versus the Pirates. The Trojans shot over 50 percent from the field and had five players in double-figure scoring. Those standout performers were Ellaney Bodensteiner (career-high 14 points), Addison Steinlage (13), Bella Stika (10), Delaney Busta (10) and Emersyn Hoffert (10).
Stika and Busta snared 10 rebounds apiece while Bodensteiner grabbed eight boards versus the Pirates.
Steinlage led the charge for the Trojans versus the two-win Blue Devils (2-9, 1-7 UIC) with 13 points. Hoffert was perfect from the field (4-of-4) and tallied eight points.
Stika came up with 14 rebounds versus Riceville and 11 versus West Central.

Riceville 9 14 6 8 37
Turkey Valley 9 4 9 3 25
Scoring – Addison Steinlage 9; Bella Stika 5; Ellaney Bodensteiner 5; Emersyn Hoffert 3; Annika Bodensteiner 2; Delaney Busta 1
Rebounds – Stika 14; Busta 6; Layni Schuchhardt 5; E. Bodensteiner 5; Hoffert 2; Steinlage 1; A. Bodensteiner 1; Hazel Nieman 1; Steals – Stika 2; Busta 1; E. Bodensteiner 1; Blocks – Steinlage 1; A. Bodensteiner 1; Stika 1

Turkey Valley 30 21 22 9 82
Postville 7 4 6 5 22
Scoring – E. Bodensteiner 14; Steinlage 13; Stika 10; Busta 10; Hoffert 10; A. Bodensteiner 9; Nieman 6; Brynlee Hayek 4; Ella Ivers 4; Schuchhardt 2
Rebounds – Stika 10; Busta 10; E. Bodensteiner 8; Hayek 5; Hoffert 4; Ives 3; Steinlage 1; A. Bodensteiner 1; Nieman 1; Assists – Steinlage 6; Schuchhardt 3; Kendall Kuennen 3; A. Bodensteiner 2; Stika 1; Busta 1; Nieman 1; Hoffert 1; Hayek 1; Miyah Byrne 1; Steals – Stika 5; Steinlage 2; Nieman 2; Kuennen 2; A. Bodensteiner 1; Busta 1; E. Bodensteiner 1; Hoffert 1; Blocks – E. Bodensteiner 1

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